ART IN ADVERTISING: ALFONS MUCHA PROMOTED FAMOUS BRANDS THROUGH TENDER FEMALE BEAUTY

23. 7. 2024 If Alfons Mucha had been born into the present day as a creative, media agencies would probably have fought over him. After all, even in his time he worked for the most important brands and promoted a variety of products, such as biscuits, champagne, instant soups, rum, chocolate, bicycles, or cigarette papers. Even today, he is a role model for many artists. And the Pilsner Urquell brand has been so inspired by him that it has incorporated him into its television advertising.

OLYMPICS COMING UP, PARTNERS LAUNCH THEIR ACTIVATIONS

23. 7. 2024 On Friday 26 July, the Summer Olympics will kick off in Paris. The Czech Olympic Team partners have prepared thematic campaigns and other activities.

OLYMPICS ADVERTISING: HOW TO STRIKE GOLD WITHOUT JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS

22. 7. 2024 The Olympics is a global phenomenon that captures the attention of audiences, brands and advertisers worldwide. With over three billion viewers tuning in for the 2020 Tokyo Games and similar numbers expected for the upcoming 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, brands have an exceptional opportunity to connect with a vast, diverse audience.

49% OF CONSUMERS BELIEVE THEY CAN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND AI ADS ON CTV

22. 7. 2024 49% of consumers are confident they can distinguish ads generated by AI versus traditional methods, with nearly half (49%) stating they do not care whether an ad was made using AI or traditional methods as long as it looks authentic.

TOP ADS HAVE DISTINCT EMOTIONAL TRAITS

19. 7. 2024 Ads from top-performing campaigns typically have a distinct emotional profile, according to new research by DAIVID, the creative effectiveness measurement platform, and WARC.

THE MOST ADVERTISED MUSIC EVENTS ARE HRADY.CZ AND LIVE NATION

19. 7. 2024 In the music events segment, the strongest advertisers are the festival series Hrady CZ and the organiser Live Nation.

PREPARATIONS ARE DRAWING TO A CLOSE. THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES ARE ALWAYS A CHALLENGE NOT ONLY FOR THE ATHLETES BUT ALSO FOR THE MARKETING DEPARTMENTS OF THE PARTNERS

19. 7. 2024 We are just days away from the start of the most spectacular sporting event of this year. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are just around the corner and preparations are reaching their peak on all fronts. Fans are already studying the schedule, searching for the streaming platforms that will offer them the best coverage of each event. The athletes go into the finals after often more than a year of intensive preparation. Organisers are making the final touches and reassuring the public that they have done their utmost in terms of security to ensure the smooth running of the Games. And what about the Olympic team partners? Their marketing departments are racing to see who can put together the most creative campaign full of hope, motivation, and positive sportsmanship with the help of national heroes. The same applies to the Czech Olympic Committee and its most important sponsors. How have they managed this discipline during the past Olympics and what have they prepared for us this year? Czech Olympic Committee - Living London like John Cleese (2012) Traditionally, the Czech Olympic Committee, as the main carrier of the Olympic message in the country, airs its TV advertisements in the run-up to the Olympics. In 2012, it managed to engage a truly exclusive partner – British actor John Cleese, best known as a former member of the legendary comedy group Monty Python, and neurotic hotel manager Basil Fawlty from the Britcom Fawlty Towers. The campaign featured several spots in which Cleese takes the role of the viewer’s guide to Olympic and traditional London. Of course, he provides basic information on red phone booths, the five o’clock tea tradition, and a basic English language lesson. The COC has launched a total of ten spots featuring John Cleese, and interestingly, the actor has made one condition for his participation – that he will be actively involved in the scripting of all the adverts. The result is a unique campaign with an international star actor who excels in the art of dry British humour, which would be difficult to imitate by an exclusively Czech creative team. Czech fans couldn’t have asked for a better invitation to London.

VAN GOGH, DA VINCI, AND PICASSO WOULD BE SURPRISED OR FAMOUS WORLD ARTWORKS IN ADVERTISING

18. 7. 2024 What do Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Picasso, or Vermeer have in common? Apart from being the authors of the most famous paintings of all time, they are the artists whose works are often used in advertising in a thousand different ways. The works are not only interesting and original but they also add a touch of prestige to an advertising message and, of course, strike a positive chord with a visually familiar element. After all, who doesn’t know the Mona Lisa?

FTP OFFERS SUBTITLING ON COMMERCIALS DURING THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES

18. 7. 2024 FTP: Reinforcing its commitment to social inclusion According to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost 200 million people in the wider European region experience some degree of hearing loss. This is a significant health issue around the globe, and France is no exception, with serious hearing loss affecting nearly 10% of the French population.

CHANNEL 4 INTRODUCES SUBTITLED ADS AND ACCESSIBLE SPONSORSHIP FOR PARIS 2024 PARALYMPICS

18. 7. 2024 The most accessible games yet Channel 4 announced that all advertising on its network during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will carry subtitles. This enhances Channel 4’s commitment to making its coverage of the Games the most accessible yet.

HOW CAN BRANDS EFFECTIVELY REACH THE OLYMPIC AUDIENCE WITH CONNECTED TV ADVERTISING?

17. 7. 2024 With Paris 2024 just around the corner, Martin Wexler, (SVP channel partnerships at Acxiom), outlines why brands are putting connected TV (CTV) at the center of their Olympic marketing strategies. He also explains what you can do to achieve medal-worthy performance from your CTV campaigns.

HUSAK’S CHILDREN ARE GETTING OLD. MARKETERS MUST PREPARE FOR THE “NEW” SENIORS

17. 7. 2024 Today's sixty-somethings behave like consumers two to three decades ago at the age of 45, writes Oldřich Vávra of the Prague University of Economics.

ADVERTISING THE FUTURE? IT’S A BOX NO ONE CAN SEE INTO, SAYS JOSEF HAVELKA

17. 7. 2024 When we think of the advertising of the future, we might think of the famous scene from the movie Minority Report, where John Anderton, played by Tom Cruise, walks through a department store trapped in a tangle of marketing messages that, after scanning his retina, offer him tailored advertising.

REPORT: 49% SHOPPERS LIKELY TO SEARCH FOR ITEM AFTER SEEING ON TV

17. 7. 2024 Innovid, a software platform for the creation, delivery, measurement and optimisation of advertising across connected TV (CTV), linear TV, and digital, released CTV x Commerce 2024: Data-Driven Insights to Reach Shoppers with CTV Advertising.

HOW MARKETERS CAN UNLOCK THE POWER OF RITUALS

16. 7. 2024 New research from MSQ, the global creative, media & technology group, and WARC explores the role of rituals, how they uncover truths behind human behaviour, and why brands need to understand the powerful opportunity behind becoming a more fixed part of a person’s life.

PWC: ADS WILL MAKE UP OF A QUARTER OF STREAMERS’ REVENUES BY 2028

16. 7. 2024 In its Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2024-2028, PWC analysts suggest that by 2028, advertising will contribute almost 28 per cent of all the money that streaming services make.

ŠKODA, ČEZ, JÁGR, ČESKÝ LEV AND ČLOVĚK V TÍSNI. WHAT ARE THE MOST FAMOUS SPONSORSHIP BRANDS?

16. 7. 2024 The success of athletes goes hand in hand with the interest of Czechs in supporting professional sport, which maintains a high awareness of sponsorship among the Czech public. Engaging in supporting projects in the field of sustainability and environmental protection can be a safe bet in building a positive image.

THE ALPHA GENERATION WILL GIVE LESS IN ADVERTISING TO CELEBRITIES AND ATHLETES

15. 7. 2024 The technical prowess of the alpha generation presents a new challenge for brands. Celebrities and athletes in advertising appeal to them less than content creators.