GOLDEN DRUM: VANIK AND SANTARIUS FROM SAATCHI & SAATCHI TAKE GOLD

15. 10. 2025 This year’s winners at the Portorož Advertising Festival in the Young Drummers category were Czech talents Joanna Santarius and Vojtěch Vaník from Saatchi & Saatchi Prague. TheYoung Drummers Competition 2025, held alongside the 31st edition of the Slovenian International Festival of Creativity Golden Drum, knows its young winners. This year’s Young Drummers winners are Czech… Continue reading GOLDEN DRUM: VANIK AND SANTARIUS FROM SAATCHI & SAATCHI TAKE GOLD

ADFORM ADDS DIGITAL SCREENS, LINKS CTV, DOOH AND AUDIO

14. 10. 2025 Adform is expanding its programmatic ad buying platform with new channels and formats. In particular, CTV, digital outdoor and audio are growing rapidly. Viewing of video content on connected large TV screens (CTV) is increasing and is already overtaking traditional linear TV globally. According to data presented at this year’s Adform Summit by Anton Karpovych… Continue reading ADFORM ADDS DIGITAL SCREENS, LINKS CTV, DOOH AND AUDIO

FORUM MEDIA 25 CONFERENCE IS COMING UP. WHAT WILL THE EFFIE STAGE BRING?

14. 10. 2025 The Effie Stage at this year’s Forum Media 2025 international conference will provide an opportunity to look at data on marketing effectiveness and be inspired by the best European and domestic projects. For the second time, the Effie Stage will announce the Effie Czech Republic shortlist and the winners of the Art Directors Club special… Continue reading FORUM MEDIA 25 CONFERENCE IS COMING UP. WHAT WILL THE EFFIE STAGE BRING?

ONEPLAY PREPARES VIEWERS FOR THE ARRIVAL OF NOVA KRIMI

12. 10. 2025 Nova is rebranding its thematic channel Nova Gold to Nova Krimi from November. Before the launch, it is using its online platform Oneplay to promote and prepare viewers for the launch of the new project. The current communication includes a taster channel at position number 17, where Viasat True Crime has been included since October.… Continue reading ONEPLAY PREPARES VIEWERS FOR THE ARRIVAL OF NOVA KRIMI

WHY PAY ATTENTION TO ANOTHER ATTENTION STUDY?

10. 10. 2025 Because this study proves the link between high attention media and advertising effectiveness, writes Newsworks’ Heather Dansie. Newsworks’ attention research not only charts the swing away from high-attention media in recent years in favour of shiny new platforms but offers a few simple solutions to boost any campaign’s effectiveness. I, like many others, wanted to… Continue reading WHY PAY ATTENTION TO ANOTHER ATTENTION STUDY?

HOW MOVIES INCREASINGLY DRIVE STREAMING REVENUE

10. 10. 2025 A Parrot Analytics study of thousands of titles across Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix, and Max finds that movies deliver disproportionately high engagement relative to the volume of content hours they represent. For years, the narrative has been that movies, in contrast to TV series, were in decline — casualties of a once-in-a-century pandemic that… Continue reading HOW MOVIES INCREASINGLY DRIVE STREAMING REVENUE

THE START OF NAKED ATTRACTION BROUGHT TV ÓČKO AN ABOVE AVERAGE SHARE

9. 10. 2025 On Wednesday evening, Óčko TV launched the domestic edition of the dating reality show Naked Attraction. The opening episode of the domestic edition of the “naked” reality show Naked Attraction was watched by an average of 133,000 viewers over 15 years of age on TV Óčko on Wednesday 8 October. This earned the TV station… Continue reading THE START OF NAKED ATTRACTION BROUGHT TV ÓČKO AN ABOVE AVERAGE SHARE

NOVA BUYS O2 TV WITH CHANNELS ONEPLAY SPORT AND PREMIER SPORT

9. 10. 2025 The RRTV agrees that TV Nova should acquire a 100% stake in O2 TV. This consolidates the sports channels under PPF. The Radio and Television Broadcasting Council (RRTV) has agreed to the change of ownership of O2 TV. The new 100% owner will be TV Nova from 1 December 2025. The current owner of O2… Continue reading NOVA BUYS O2 TV WITH CHANNELS ONEPLAY SPORT AND PREMIER SPORT

CONSUMERS PLAN TO SHOP — AND CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS — DESPITE ECONOMIC GLOOM

8. 10. 2025 Even with tariffs, inflation fatigue, and nonstop economic anxiety, Americans are still determined to make this a merry holiday season. ICSC, formerly the International Council of Shopping Centers, forecasts retail sales will climb 3.5% to 4% from October through December, pushing total spending past $1.7 trillion. According to ICSC’s 2025 Holiday Shopping Intentions Survey, 91%… Continue reading CONSUMERS PLAN TO SHOP — AND CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS — DESPITE ECONOMIC GLOOM

BUNDLES DRIVE STREAMING GROWTH, BUT PRICE HIKES RISK MASSIVE CANCELLATIONS, STUDY WARNS

8. 10. 2025 Nearly half of all streaming users in Germany now subscribe via bundles combining several services or including TV options – and this model is proving to be a powerful loyalty driver. According to a new study by consultancy Simon-Kucher, 41% of streaming subscribers use so-called “superbundles”. These reduce the likelihood of cancellations and boost long-term… Continue reading BUNDLES DRIVE STREAMING GROWTH, BUT PRICE HIKES RISK MASSIVE CANCELLATIONS, STUDY WARNS

TV’S AD REACH CONSOLIDATES, AS SPEND AND AD MINUTES GROW

8. 10. 2025 Initial Q3 TV advertising data from iSpot reveals a landscape that’s steadying while consolidating itself around top networks and programming. Over the course of Q3 2025, est. national linear TV ad reach grew by 4.2% year-over-year, to $8.77 billion and ad minutes climbed as well, up 2.4% to 5.3 million. Interestingly, however: Household TV ad… Continue reading TV’S AD REACH CONSOLIDATES, AS SPEND AND AD MINUTES GROW

PRIMA HAS UNIFIED THE TV PROGRAMME IN THE VIDEO LIBRARY AND HBBTV

7. 10. 2025 Since October, the Prima Group has unified the form of its TV programme available on the HbbTV platform with the version used by users and subscribers of the prima+ video library. One of the innovations is, for example, the colour differentiation of the programmes. The updated version of the programme includes the display of photographs… Continue reading PRIMA HAS UNIFIED THE TV PROGRAMME IN THE VIDEO LIBRARY AND HBBTV

HOW DO CZECHS PERCEIVE ADVERTISING? RELEVANCE IS KEY FOR THEM

7. 10. 2025 We see thousands of advertisements every day, but only one tenth of Czechs agree that people like them appear in advertisements. New research from WPP Media shows that relevance is the key to engagement, writes Petr Tomáš. Estimates of how many ads a person might see in a day, for example, vary widely, but are… Continue reading HOW DO CZECHS PERCEIVE ADVERTISING? RELEVANCE IS KEY FOR THEM

MARKETERS’ EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS DISCONNECT RISKS ‘DEATH SPIRAL’, LES BINET WARNS

7. 10. 2025 Marketers appear to be misdiagnosing their challenge by optimising for efficiency rather than for profitability, according to a new research collaboration by Les Binet and Will Davis, chief data officer at Medialab. The research gets at a tension in modern marketing: efficiency – typically measured using ROI – versus a longer term investment in brand… Continue reading MARKETERS’ EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS DISCONNECT RISKS ‘DEATH SPIRAL’, LES BINET WARNS

HOW ABSOLUT VODKA IS REDEFINING WHAT CHATGPT SAYS ABOUT THE BRAND

7. 10. 2025 When Absolut Vodka wanted to understand how consumers were using ChatGPT to search for mixology recommendations, it found that nearly 70% of the answers it gave never mentioned a brand at all – a huge opportunity to own this space, craft brand narratives, and leverage sources like Reddit. That’s according to Mathilde Guinaudeau, managing director… Continue reading HOW ABSOLUT VODKA IS REDEFINING WHAT CHATGPT SAYS ABOUT THE BRAND

STUDY: ADDRESSABLE TV UNLOCKS GROWTH IN A FRAGMENTED MARKET

7. 10. 2025 Research from Dish Media argues that advertisers are missing millions of consumers by underutilizing addressable TV in their media strategies. As Advertising Week 2025 gets underway, Dish Media has released research that argues advertisers are missing millions of consumers by underutilizing addressable TV in their media strategies. The study, which was done in partnership with… Continue reading STUDY: ADDRESSABLE TV UNLOCKS GROWTH IN A FRAGMENTED MARKET

THE UNLIKELY RETAILERS WINNING HALLOWEEN

7. 10. 2025 Consumers are expecting higher prices this year, but that’s not deterring them from spending on the holiday. As ghosts and ghouls make their return, tariffs may cause the biggest fright to consumers this Halloween. “Consumers are weighed down by a fair amount of uncertainty when it comes to what’s going on with the economy, and… Continue reading THE UNLIKELY RETAILERS WINNING HALLOWEEN

HBBTV UNVEILS JURY FOR HBBTV AWARDS 2025

6. 10. 2025 The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to announce that the jury has been appointed for the HbbTV Awards 2025. The jury members are: Ophélie Boucaud, Dataxis William Cooper,… Continue reading HBBTV UNVEILS JURY FOR HBBTV AWARDS 2025