RETHINKING SOME SUSTAINABLE STEREOTYPES

13. 3. 2024 | 2 min read While European consumers can be divided into four broad groups when thinking about the environment, their behaviours differ from one country to the next, often in unexpected ways, finds a new study.

SUPER BOWL: CELEBRITY IS NOT NECESSARY FOR ADVERTISING SUCCESS

12. 3. 2024 | 7 min read Not every Super Bowl ad this year had to have a celebrity or exaggerated humor to be effective and successful, an Ipsos analysis shows.

MEDIA STRATEGY: PHD INVESTS THE MOST IN TV ADVERTISING

12. 3. 2024 | 2 min read Auditing firm Media Strategy presents data as part of its PPA Ranking for the full year 2023.

STUDY USA: SPORTS INCREASINGLY INFLUENCING CONSUMER STREAMING CHOICES

11. 3. 2024 | 3 min read More than a third of respondents to Hub survey say sports is "much more important than other kinds of content".

DO CONSUMERS TRUST CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS ANYMORE? NEW RESEARCH TAKES A LOOK

9. 3. 2024 | 4 min read Celebrities and product advertising have been matched together since the ancient days of marketing. Authenticity wasn’t a big concern back in the day—it was just the way things were done, and often with great results. Whether it was the endorsement or the sheer visibility that moved the needle is a discussion for another day, but a large part of the ad industry is still built around this pairing, although with diminishing impact on an integrity-starved digital culture.

STUDY: TV TOP PURCHASE INFLUENCER

8. 3. 2024 | 2 min read US local broadcast television industry trade body TVB has released the findings of the 2024 Purchase Funnel Study which seeks to identify the importance of media platforms in influencing consumers during the purchase decision process.

SURVEY USA: VIEWERS OVERWHELMINGLY WANT TO SEE MORE TV SHOWS DEPICTING REALISTIC WORK-LIFE BALANCE, FAMILY CARE AND GENDER EQUITY

8. 3. 2024 | 4 min read When Hollywood accurately depicts work-family and gender-equity scenarios on screen, it’s good for business by driving up viewership and engagement, according to a new research study.

STUDY: ADVERTISING THRIVES IN THE LIVING ROOM

7. 3. 2024 | 7 min read The living room is the environment at home that’s best suited for advertising to succeed. That’s the key finding from a study of video advertising that examined where in the home advertising was most likely to be remembered – and why.

PRIME TIME DOESN’T CHANGE EVEN IN THE AGE OF STREAMING SERVICES

7. 3. 2024 | 6 min read Prime time, the time when most viewers sit down at their screens and TV stations show the latest or most attractive programmes, has always been between seven and eight in the evening. With the advent of internet TV, viewers have been given the opportunity to change that. According to the TV channels' data, they continue to sit down in the evening most often, with only the rhythm of viewing during the week differing.

DELOITTE: ONE TENTH OF CZECHS CANCELLED THEIR VOD SUBSCRIPTION LAST YEAR

6. 3. 2024 | 4 min read The Czech Republic saw a 30% increase in subscriptions to video-on-demand (VOD) services last year. Netflix, Voyo, Disney+, Spotify and HBO Max were the most subscribed to. This is according to a study by Deloitte.

CELEBRITIES IN ADVERTISING INFLUENCE PEOPLE’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS A BRAND

27. 2. 2024 | 4 min read Celebrity ads grab people's attention more than any other ads. Actors have long been the most popular, according to research by Ressolution Group and Nielsen.

MARKETERS KEEP ADDING TECH DESPITE FEELING OVERWHELMED BY TOO MANY TOOLS

24. 2. 2024 | 2 min read Nearly two-thirds (65%) of marketers are prioritizing technology over creativity, a new study from Clevertouch Consulting found.

29 PERCENT OF CZECHS PAY FOR STREAMING SERVICES. WHAT’S DRIVING THEM TO CANCEL THEIR SUBSCRIPTIONS?

22. 2. 2024 | 4 min read The number of subscribers to streaming platforms in the Czech Republic is stable and continues to grow. Despite high inflation and the rising cost of living, only 10 percent of users have cancelled their subscriptions in the past year. Netflix, Voyo, Disney+, Spotify or HBO Max are the most common users.

BRANDS SHOULD LEAN INTO LOYALTY

22. 2. 2024 | 1 min read More than six in ten consumers will pay more to shop with the brands they’re loyal to, according to Marigold.

NPAW: VOD, LINEAR TV VIEWING INCREASED IN 2023 FOR FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS

22. 2. 2024 | 3 min read Viewers worldwide viewed more on demand and linear TV than in the previous two years, according to NPAW’s 2023 Video Streaming Industry Report released this week.

STUDENTS GET THEIR NEWS MOST OFTEN FROM THE NET, BUT THEY TRUST READING THE MOST

21. 2. 2024 | 4 min read The level of information among high school students is declining, with social networks remaining the main source for receiving information. However, fewer students use them as a source of information than four years ago. They have the highest trust in information from public service television, but a full 37% of students place their trust in news on commercial television, such as Nova and Prima.

CONSUMERS ARE WARMING UP TO ADS ON STREAMING – IF IT MEANS SAVING MONEY: HUB

21. 2. 2024 | 4 min read American consumers are warming up to the idea of advertising on streaming and increasingly open to opting for ads in exchange for savings on their monthly subscription bill, new data from Hub Entertainment Research finds.

ADVERTISERS WASTE BILLIONS ON CONTENT THAT ISN’T ACTIVATED

20. 2. 2024 | 2 min read More than half of new content produced annually by brands is never published, according to an AI-powered analysis from CreativeX, translating to as much as $100bn spent on unused assets.