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SHORT-FORM ADS ARE THIS YEAR’S BIG THING

9. 1. 2019 | 2 min read TV advertisers are starting to turn to short-form ads, which can be as effective as the traditional 30-second spot at far less cost, but marketers and brands need to ensure they are achieving the right objectives and are executing the ads properly.

4 TRENDS THAT WILL SHAPE VIDEO ADVERTISING IN 2019

3. 1. 2019 | 4 min read For brand marketers, video continues to be the most important story in media. Audience behavior is evolving rapidly across generations, and consumers now watch more than eight hours of online content every week, according toThe State of Online Video 2018 report by Limelight Networks.

WHERE DOES ADVANCED TV ADVERTISING FIT IN 2019?

27. 12. 2018 | 3 min read Seems like addressable/advanced TV advertising has existed in a whirlpool of doubt, alongside the promise of better business opportunities. Now, however, the latter is getting a bigger profile.

WHAT DIDN’T CHANGE THE WORLD OF ADVERTISING IN 2018 – AND PROBABLY WON’T IN 2019

20. 12. 2018 | 2 min read It seems like a good time to relive some of the most-hyped technologies and trends predicted to change the world of advertising in 2018.

EXPERTS PREDICT HOW TV WILL EVOLVE FOR ADVERTISERS IN 2019

11. 12. 2018 | 8 min read The year 2019 is almost upon us. ExchangeWire have invited hundreds of thought leaders to share their thoughts on what next year will hold, across a range of topics. Following what could be termed as one of the most interesting years in the connected TV space since its inception, thought leaders from across the industry share how they think 2019 will push the opportunities even further for brands to effectively target consumers across TV.

WHY TV AND DIGITAL ARE THE PERFECT COUPLE

10. 12. 2018 | 4 min read What plays together, stays together. As advertisers and media buyers have flocked to digital advertising, something unfortunate happened: Television advertising, the medium that has always delivered a loyal, attentive audience—and has always been a master brand storyteller—began to get pushed aside for younger, “hipper” alternatives.

TV CAN NOW COMPLETE THE ATTRIBUTION PUZZLE

5. 12. 2018 | 5 min read Once confined to brand and awareness metrics, the world of TV attribution has evolved to measure responses and effectiveness in the same way digital media has for years. Critically, the concept of quantifying offline media's contribution to a business outcome, no matter where the consumer is in their purchase journey, has realigned the industry's approach to assigning value across all channels. For television, the availability of smarter data from devices such as set-top boxes and smart TVs, as well as the advanced application of that data by specialist companies, has shone a light on TV's efficacy in pushing the consumer through the purchase funnel. Whether measuring brand metrics or transactional behavior, marketers can now employ reach and precision tactics through advanced TV to drive mass and personalized messaging and attribute value to those media investments. This has led to more robust techniques to not only ensure that TV is getting its fair share of credit for a conversion, but also validate what we have known instinctively for years: TV drives results. There is no question that TV is the king of building brands. Television has been the platform that marketers have turned to for decades due its mass reach, ability to drive awareness, cultural influence and social (in the macro sense) engagement. Advanced TV now expands those capabilities beyond awareness, down through the funnel, enabling solutions and measurement at the consideration, intent and sales stages.

TV AUDIENCE SEGMENTS, AND WHY ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL

4. 12. 2018 | 5 min read Networks want to build audience segments to optimize tune-in campaigns, to reach the audience of a specific show or genre online, or to aid scheduling and show planning. These all lend themselves to different segment creation methodologies, as do the size and make-up of a network’s audience, and the number and types of shows they are segmenting.

WHAT THE GROWN-UPS THINK ABOUT TV

3. 12. 2018 | 7 min read Ahead of this week's Future TV Advertising Forum, and with a hefty new GroupM report by his side, Dominic Mills outlines the most important issues now facing the television industry

THIS IS WHAT ADVERTISING TRANSFORMATION LOOKS LIKE, SAYS NBCU AS IT OUTLINES ITS 2019 ROADMAP

27. 11. 2018 | 4 min read Linda Yaccarino, Chairman, Advertising and Client Partnerships at NBC Universal, has been outlining the company’s change vision for the year ahead, and re-iterating her determination that one of the world’s most important media companies will not settle for the status-quo and intends to ‘set the new standard’ for what ad-supported TV means for both consumers and marketers.

STUDY THE AGE OF TELEVISION: THE NEEDS THAT DRIVE US

21. 11. 2018 | 18 min read Video is firmly entrenched in our lives. Whether we’re snuggling on the sofa for an evening of telly or killing time on our mobiles before the bus arrives, the opportunities to watch have never been greater. Back in 2013, we investigated what viewer motivations underpinned the TV we chose to watch. What drove someone to watch live TV over VOD or vice versa? What needs did these video formats satisfy? That study discovered there were six TV ‘need states’. Since then, the video landscape has changed considerably. We wanted to revisit these need states and broaden the lens to encompass all video formats, including online. Partnering with MTM, we detangled the role that video plays in our lives to determine how the different video formats coexist and why viewers choose to invest their time in a range of video platforms. Key Findings

WORLD TELEVISION DAY CELEBRATES THE QUALITY OF TV AROUND THE GLOBE

21. 11. 2018 | 5 min read Investments in TV programmes approaches 140 billion dollars.

MARK RITSON: THE MEDIA BATTLE OF THE DECADE WILL BE FOUGHT FOR THE TV SCREEN

3. 10. 2018 | 5 min read Mark Ritson, the Australian university professor and marketing expert, started his European tour in Prague on Monday. He delivered a presentation to the representatives of clients, media agencies and the TV market. His speech ranks among the most interesting presentations on the local marketing scene in the last few years. Ritson came to Prague at the invitation of the Association of Commercial Television (AKTV), which continues its activities, inviting to Prague renowned representatives of the current marketing industry, predominantly those with a foreign university background. Initially, Mark Ritson provided a summary of the development of ad investments in media types in the recent 50 years using data from Morgan Stanley. He demonstrated that the last decade was significantly affected by the growth in digital media with the milestones being the years 2000 when Google started selling advertisements in its search engine and 2007 when advertisements were posted on Facebook. In Ritson’s opinion, the growth in the digital media had a negative impact namely on print media while radio and outdoor advertising was not affected too much by the onset of Google, Facebook and other digital platforms. That is because radio and OOH are more digital media today. Outdoor carriers are digitalised and more than half of radio broadcasting in the UK is delivered through digital platforms – DAB, applications and the Internet. (Editor’s note: This statement does not apply to the Czech radio where listening through FM still prevails.) As opposed to the above-mentioned media types, TV has not been impacted by the growth in the digital media and has succeeded in increasing ad investments despite the general perception that the days of TV are numbered. “In the media history, there has never been so much nonsense that would be so far from the truth. TV is not dying but the myth is spreading all over the world,” noted Ritson. The fact that big tech companies use TV advertising for communication and increase their investments in TV should be taken as evidence of the TV medium’s effectiveness. Ritson considers TV investments to be a goal pursued by digital players (represented namely by the Google/Facebook duopoly that accounts for 85% of all digital investments as estimated by Group M). “There is just one place that digital may use to grow – TV. It is a battle between digital and TV,” described Ritson. Technology firms will strive to attack TV ad budgets but the ‘battle of the decade’ will be fought for the TV screen according to Ritson. Or more precisely, for the ‘connected TV screen’, which he sees as the key medium. “I am not saying that TV companies are going to win but this is the playfield where the game will be played and that will be fought for. Digital firms will undoubtedly seek to get there,” he forecasts. But he is not talking about the form of TV broadcasting of ten years ago. In order to succeed in the competition, the existing TV companies must change – and go digital. With respect to the size of the Czech market, Ritson mentioned in the subsequent discussion that most probably, it will only be possible to face the global internet giants through cooperation with international TV players or associations. "The last decade was affected by the digital duopoly, completely devastating newspapers and taking most of their money. The next decade will offer a different battle. Digital firms will go after TV." says Mark Ritson. According to Ritson, the existing marketing mindset overestimates the effect of digital media. Although growing in recent years, mobile video is not the critical medium of future in his opinion. “Mobile video is small, we watch it occasionally when we have no access to a large screen,” he described. As indicated by the data of extensive research projects of BARB, ComScore or IPA Touchpoints, more than two thirds (71%) of all videos watched continue to be viewed on TV screens (live TV) and even millennials watch nearly half of video content on TV screens (47%). TV’s impact on advertising video content is expected to be even more significant with the majority of ad spots (90%) being watched on a TV screen. The times we are living in, which are referred to as the post-factual era, are to blame for the facts about media channel effectiveness being overlooked. Some of the guilt is also attributable to how media consumption development is perceived by marketers or agencies that tend to project their own media consumption methods to all consumers. The result is that while the data of Ebiquity’s Re-evaluating Media study demonstrate that traditional channels (TV, radio, newspapers, magazines) have the strongest effect on brand-building (in attributes such as reach, targeting, ROI, etc.), the marketer and agency community overestimates the effect of social media and online video. “It is a conflict between perception and reality,” noted Ritson. In order to achieve the highest communication effect, Mark Ritson recommends to integrate multiple media channels. TV is a medium that can still derive the largest reach from individual media carriers (in the Czech population, TV is watched weekly and monthly by 90% and 96% of people, respectively). Digital media also play an important role; however, Ritson thinks that their importance is exaggerated and investments in them are excessive. In conclusion, he also mentioned Les Binet’s opinion. In the last AKTV meeting in Prague, Binet spoke about the primary effect of reach on brand growth, about the importance of share of voice and the need to work on a long-term brand building. (You can read a summary of Binet’s presentation here). Mark Ritson recommended The Long and the Short of It written by Les Binet and Peter Field as one of the key marketing publications that would have an impact on communication planning in the near future. Source: mediaguru.cz

AUDIENCES ARE LEADING THE LEAN-BACK MEDIA REVOLUTION. WHERE ARE THE ADVERTISERS?

3. 10. 2018 | 4 min read Let's set the scene. The 1950s. A boom in affordable TV sets causes an increase in the number of small screens in homes across the United States. Families flock to their living rooms to watch new programming. With this boom comes the dawn of new advertising, as marketers can now directly reach consumers through TV program sponsorships, commercials and more.

THE NEW LIVING ROOM: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE BIG SCREEN

3. 10. 2018 | 5 min read Headlines would suggest that TV is dead, or at least is enduring a slow death.

TV ADVERTISING ISN’T DEAD, IT’S EVOLVING

26. 9. 2018 | 7 min read The back-to-school season this year was also the back-to-TV season for department stores. The top brands in the category spent $247.8 million from July 1 to Aug. 31, according to iSpot. That’s a 9.3% jump over the same period last year.

A GOLDEN AGE FOR TELEVISION ADVERTISING

25. 9. 2018 | 6 min read Ignore the doom-mongers, writes Ebiquity's Dr Nick Pugh - here are five reasons why TV is in rude health.