PARADOX: STREAMING WARS WILL BE GREAT FOR TV ADVERTISERS

14. 10. 2019 We’re in the midst of the streaming wars, as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and a host of smaller players like Tubi, Fubo and CBS All Access fight to win new streaming video subscribers.

CONNECTED TV AD SPEND IS GROWING BUT THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF CHALENGES

8. 10. 2019 Connected TV ad spending is increasing significantly, but it still faces issues when it comes to the fragmentation of inventory, lack of standardized measurements, frequency capping and ad fraud. In our newest report on US digital video, we look at connected TV’s limitations and what leaders in the industry think.

CZECH PRIMA PROMOTES HBBTV

7. 10. 2019 The Czech national broadcaster Prima will soon start to complement the HbbTV verification of smart TVs by Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRa) with its own iPrima seal.

WIEMER SNIJDERS, AUTHOR OF THE EAT YOUR GREENS BESTSELLER, SHARED HIS BEST MARKETING KNOW-HOW AT THE TV ON THE MOVE CONFERENCE

1. 10. 2019 Traditionally, early October saw a conference of the Association of Commercial Television intended primarily for advertisers and media agencies. The key topic of the TV ON THE MOVE conference was the TV development in the post-linear era when TV is no longer and will never be just a screen in the living room.

THE SCIENCE OF BRANDING: HOW BRANDS MAKE US “THINK DIFFERENT”

12. 9. 2019 Brand exposure could have a profound effect on our behavior.

TRADITIONAL AND ADVANCED TV ARE MELDING IN REAL TIME

16. 8. 2019 Just in case we needed more evidence of the central role that advanced TV is already beginning to play in the media ecosystem, this week’s announcement of the re-merger of CBS and Viacom underscored it, big-time. In years past, the news would have been totally dominated by the traditional measures of power: ViacomCBS is now #1 in TV audience, with a 22% share of total prime-time viewers, and boasts a combined $8 billion in national TV ad revenue.

UK: ADDRESSABLE TV AD VIEWERS ARE MORE ENGAGED

16. 8. 2019 The UK addressable TV market is growing, with 40% of homes now addressable, and a new report from Sky AdSmart claims this channel delivers higher engagement and clear business results for advertisers.

WILL D2C BRANDS CHANGE HOW TV ADS ARE BOUGHT, SOLD, MEASURED?

8. 8. 2019 The emergence of digital-first, direct-to-consumer brands as a significant, growing pool of new TV advertisers was a big theme this past spring during the upfront. I believe that D2C brands will become such an important part of the TV ad industry over the next few years that they will end up reshaping in their own image much of how TV advertising operates.

THINKTV REPORT: VIDEO ADVERTISING HAS MONTH-LONG AFFECTS

31. 7. 2019 New research from marketing science academic Professor Karen Nelson-Field reveals the extent to which video advertising affects consumers’ product choices for up to a month after they are exposed to an ad.

TOO MANY STREAMING CHOICES LEADS SOME VIEWERS BACK TO TRADITIONAL TV

15. 7. 2019 Content abounds on streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video. But when viewers are faced with too many choices of what to watch, some end up tuning out.

WHY EMOTIONS IN ADVERTISING ARE THE KEY TO SUCCESS

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EXPOSING THE BLACK HOLE OF ONLINE VIDEO ADVERTISING

28. 5. 2019 There were lots of interesting things to catch the eye in the Advertising Association/Warc annual adspend figures for 2018 – not least the rapid growth of Broadcaster VOD advertising, up 29% to £390m and forecast to grow at a similar rate for the next two years. Total TV investment was stable year on year at £5.1bn.

WHY IT’S TIME TO RE-EVALUATE TV PLANNING

20. 5. 2019 As BARB releases its latest Viewing Report, Wavemaker's Emma Moorhead discusses how new multiple-screen data is changing the way that agencies plan television.

TV ADS STILL MORE RELEVANT TO CONSUMERS THAN STREAMING VIDEO ADS

15. 5. 2019 Despite marketers’ efforts with advanced programmatic and data targeting for video ads, consumers still find that they are more likely to be served a relevant ad on linear TV. What does this say about programmatic video ads?

TWEETING WHILE VIEWING DOESN’T DIMINISH TV ADVERTISING’S REACH AND OFTEN LEADS TO SHOPPING

4. 4. 2019 People watching "social shows" like "Dancing with the Stars" or "The Bachelor" on television and simultaneously sharing their views on Twitter are more likely to be committed to the program and shop online, according to new research from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

THINKBOX’S LINDSEY CLAY BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE GLOBAL TV GROUP

26. 3. 2019 Lindsey Clay, CEO of Thinkbox, has been appointed as the first President of the Global TV Group, the informal grouping of TV broadcasters, sales houses, and trade bodies in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and Latin America.

UK: ONLINE BUSINESSES ARE BIGGEST TV ADVERTISERS

21. 3. 2019 Collectively, online businesses are the biggest category of advertisers on TV in the UK, accounting for almost 15% of total spending via this channel in 2018 and 40% more than the next biggest category which is food.

IT’S TIME TO LOOK AT TV ADVERTISING IN A NEW LIGHT

4. 2. 2019 While addressable TV has been talked about in certain industry circles for some time, it seems the wider marketing industry has yet to truly appreciate its potential.