TV ADVERTISING CELEBRATES 80 YEARS THIS YEAR. THE FIRST AD APPEARED ON TV SCREENS IN 1941

10. 11. 2021 | 5 min read TV advertising has been with us for 80 years. Over that period, it has undergone a very turbulent development. The first attempts were more or less tentative and experimental as commercial messages were sort of sneaked into the scripts of tv announcers. The situation changed forever in 1941. Back then, the first ten commercial licences were issued and viewers could see the first authentic TVspot: a black-and-white map of the usa overlaid by a massive clock face. Can you guess the product to which the spot was intended to attract viewers’ interest?

CZECH TV COMPANIES WANT TO COMPETE WITH NETFLIX, THEY ARE INVESTING IN VIDEO LIBRARIES

2. 11. 2021 | 4 min read Number one and number two of the Czech commercial TV market invest in paid streaming services. Nova’s strategic priority is its video library Voyo. Prima will come with a competitive project within several months.

MEDIA AD INVESTMENTS FOR THREE QUARTERS ARE HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR

25. 10. 2021 | 2 min read According to the monitoring, the gross amount of ad investments in the media was higher in the first nine months of this year than in the same period last year.

LINEAR TV CONSUMPTION REMAINS ABOVE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS

9. 8. 2021 | 2 min read An overview of linear TV consumption and daily reach in Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States in Q2 2021.

MEDIA SPEND RESEARCH REVEALS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE ROI

19. 7. 2021 | 5 min read Latest Payback study examines channels with scale, less risk, plus short & long term impact

OVER-THE-TOP AND CONNECTED TV ARE HAVING A MOMENT

12. 7. 2021 | 5 min read During a time when adtech is experiencing tectonic shifts in how it handles consumer data privacy and obtains information about its audiences, the over-the-top (OTT) and connected TV (CTV) channels bring welcomed new opportunities to marketers. They are some of the biggest marketing channels at the moment, and they have a phenomenal reach with significant measurability in understanding the customer journey.

TV DRIVES BUSINESS OUTCOMES

30. 4. 2021 | 3 min read Global TV Group arms advertisers with latest TV effectiveness evidence from around the world. Research collection demonstrates how TV works in every market, for all customer objectives.

CONSUMERS REVEAL A PREFERENCE FOR TV ADVERTISING OVER SOCIAL MEDIA

27. 4. 2021 | 1 min read Around a third of consumers say TV advertising is ‘entertaining’ (34%) and ‘informative’ (30%) – far more than the equivalent figures for social media advertising (17% and 19% respectively).

WHY TV ADS ARE STILL KING

27. 4. 2021 | 6 min read Continued strong levels of consumption and an audience preference for its advertising means that diversifying media habits aren’t killing broadcast TV, says GWI’s Jason Mander.

LINEAR TELEVISION IS HERE TO STAY. WHERE IS ANOTHER STORY.

8. 3. 2021 | 4 min read When we talk about the potential demise of traditional linear TV, we’re talking about the potential demise of cable and broadcast delivery of linear TV, not linear TV itself.

TV VIEWING WAS THE HIGHEST IN 24 YEARS OF MEASURING LAST YEAR

7. 2. 2021 | 2 min read The average daily time spent watching TV increased to nearly four hours last year; time-shifted viewing doubled year on year.

RESEARCH: TV HELPS LEGITIMISE YOUNGER BRANDS

20. 11. 2020 | 3 min read Effectv, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, in partnership with industry body VAB, has released a new report, The Halo Effect: TV as a Growth Engine, which analyses TV’s influence on businesses’ ability to drive financial outcomes and growth by life stage. The analysis found that both direct-to-consumer (DTC) and non-DTC brands across all life stages see measurable results from TV advertising across the board.