KANTAR SAYS AD TIERS RESHAPING STREAMING MARKET

13. 2. 2025 Data and analytics company Kantar says there’s a growing consumer preference for ad-supported streaming.

BRAD PITT, KEANU REEVES AND BRUCE WILLIS AS THE STARS OF ADVERTISING. FOREIGN MARKETING IS TEEMING WITH HANDSOME ACTORS

13. 2. 2025 Casting a celebrity actor in an ad usually costs a lot of money, but it pays off for brands. They know this abroad. Especially when the face of the brand is a handsome sight to behold, a tough guy or, on the contrary, a charismatic gentleman. Who wouldn’t want to drink coffee like George Clooney?

OMD AND PHD HAD THE HIGHEST SHARES IN ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS LAST YEAR

13. 2. 2025 Audit firm Media Strategy presents data as part of its PPA Ranking for the full year 2024.

GOOD ADS DON’T WEAR OUT. CONSISTENCY IS A GOOD ALLY FOR BRANDS

13. 2. 2025 Marketers’ biggest vice is their impatience and need for change. But sometimes it’s better to leave things as they are. Why? System1’s research shows that advertising consistency is a major contributor to brand growth.

STUDY EU: TV DOMINATES VIDEO IN EUROPE

12. 2. 2025 TV still dominates video in Europe, but viewing time in key markets drops by 30 to 55mn over 5 years.

STUDY USA: VALENTINE’S DAY 2025: CONSUMERS EXPECTED TO SPEND BILLIONS

11. 2. 2025 U.S. consumers are projected to spend a record-breaking $27.5 billion for Valentine’s Day in 2025. Jewelry, a night out, and flowers top the list of most popular gifts. Retailers are anticipating a boost, especially with the holiday falling on a Friday this year.

SUPER BOWL 59 IS THE MOST-WATCHED GAME IN HISTORY WITH 127.7 MILLION VIEWERS, ACCORDING TO FOX

11. 2. 2025 The Eagles knocked off the Chiefs and Fox set a record for viewership.

TELEVISION AND WEBSITES ARE THE MAIN SOURCE FOR FOLLOWING EVENTS

11. 2. 2025 Social events are most often followed by people through television and online news sites. That's according to new CVVM data.

WHO ‘WON’ THE ADVERTISING SUPER BOWL? IT DEPENDS

10. 2. 2025 Budweiser, Lay’s, T-Mobile and Nike could all claim to have “won” the advertising Super Bowl – depending on who you ask and what was being measured. These were winning brands according to some Monday morning post-game analyses.

IPTV AND CABLE HAVE OVERTAKEN TERRESTRIALS IN TV SIGNAL RECEPTION

10. 2. 2025 Receiving a TV signal via the internet or cable has become the strongest way to receive a signal in the Czech Republic. It has also overtaken the previously leading terrestrial reception by several percentage points. The data is presented by the ATO's Continuous Research.

OF TOYS LAST YEAR, THE LEGO BRAND ADVERTISED THE MOST

10. 2. 2025 In the games and toys segment, Lego was the largest advertiser last year.

A CAROUSEL OF MONEY CALLED THE SUPER BOWL. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A SEAT, MILLIONS FOR ADS

9. 2. 2025 The final game in American football, the famous Super Bowl is probably the most watched sports game ever. And the price of advertising matches it. But famous artists performing at halftime get nothing.

BEING INSPIRED BY PRODUCTS ON TV WILL DRIVE MOST US VIEWERS TO ACT

8. 2. 2025 After being inspired by something they saw on TV, almost three-fourths of US viewers (71.5%) either searched online to consider purchasing it, purchased it, or both, according to an August 2024 survey from Shopsense AI and EMARKETER.

STUDY USA: PARKS ASSOCIATES: 46% OF US INTERNET HOUSEHOLDS ARE CORD CUTTERS; 12% CORD NEVERS

8. 2. 2025 Parks Associates’ latest research from its Video Services Consumer Insights Dashboard reports 56 million (46%) US internet households are Cord Cutters, which illustrates the dominance of streaming video services. Additionally, 12% of US internet households are Cord Nevers, who have never subscribed to any sort of traditional pay-TV.

STUDIE USA: STREAMING, LINEAR TV SET NEW VIEWING RECORDS

7. 2. 2025 Streaming was up by 56% in the second half of 2024 but traditional TV also grew by 8%, highlighting the importance of live events.

REPORT: 56% OF SUPER BOWL LIX VIEWERS EXPECTED TO STREAM EVENT

7. 2. 2025 With the upcoming Super Bowl LIX, featuring the Kansas City Chiefs against the Philadelphia Eagles from the Superdome in New Orleans, again expected to dominate broadcast television viewing, new data suggests streamers will be a big part of the audience.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING? HOW TO ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE WHEN THEY’RE PROBABLY NOT PAYING ATTENTION

7. 2. 2025 People's attention spans have shrunk and marketers are literally fighting for seconds. What should creatives reach for and what should they try to engage with to make an ad have any impact at all?

SUPER BOWL LIX: HUMOUR DOMINATES CREATIVE STRATEGIES

6. 2. 2025 Humor and positivity are set to be major themes among this year’s Super Bowl spots, based on analysis of various ads released ahead of the NFL season-closer by DAIVID, an ad-testing platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to measure creative effectiveness.