THE STATE OF PERFORMANCE TV IN 2026

6. 2. 2026 Attention is the hardest thing to buy. And everyone else is bidding too. People are scrolling, skipping, swiping, and split-screening their way through the day. Which is exactly why TV stands out. It offers a rare, uninterrupted moment where your audience is truly paying attention. Performance TV combines the power of TV advertising with the… Continue reading THE STATE OF PERFORMANCE TV IN 2026

STREAMING VIDEO ADS HOLD ATTENTION FAR BETTER THAN TV

30. 1. 2026 The Video Futures Collective and Amplified have published findings from a market-wide study that measured attentive viewing of advertising on streaming video platforms in Australia. The study reported that audiences watched an average of 79% of a streaming video advert attentively. It split that total into 59% active attention and 20% passive attention. The organisations… Continue reading STREAMING VIDEO ADS HOLD ATTENTION FAR BETTER THAN TV

THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED INFLUENCERS IS GROWING

23. 1. 2026 Audience size is no longer the main measure of success, and the importance of small and medium-sized influencers is growing. The year 2025 brought significant changes to influencer marketing. Audience size is no longer the main measure of success, reach is declining due to algorithm changes, and brands are focusing on long-term collaborations. At the… Continue reading THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED INFLUENCERS IS GROWING

ATTENTION ABOVE ALL: THE SUCCESS OF ADVERTISING DEPENDS ON CONTENT QUALITY AND A TRUSTWORTHY ENVIRONMENT

28. 12. 2025 Advertising that is not seen does not sell. Yes, it sounds banal. Yet a new, large-scale study by Newsworks, conducted in collaboration with Lumen Research and marketing expert Peter Field, once again shows that the attention paid to advertising is becoming the decisive measure of campaign effectiveness. It also demonstrates that ads placed in high-attention… Continue reading ATTENTION ABOVE ALL: THE SUCCESS OF ADVERTISING DEPENDS ON CONTENT QUALITY AND A TRUSTWORTHY ENVIRONMENT

HOW CAN ADVERTISING RECAPTURE ITS APPEAL AND DRIVE BUSINESS RESULTS? BESIDES CREATIVITY, THE KEY FACTORS ARE EMOTION, DISTINCTIVENESS, AND CONSISTENCY

19. 12. 2025 New research by System1 and Effie Worldwide shows that advertising is losing effectiveness. However, the study also reveals how effectiveness can be increased again. While outstanding creative is one of the essential prerequisites, it is not enough on its own. Advertising needs to return to three simple yet often neglected principles: emotion, distinctiveness and consistency,… Continue reading HOW CAN ADVERTISING RECAPTURE ITS APPEAL AND DRIVE BUSINESS RESULTS? BESIDES CREATIVITY, THE KEY FACTORS ARE EMOTION, DISTINCTIVENESS, AND CONSISTENCY

STUDY: CTV ADS HAVE UP TO FOUR TIMES THE ATTENTION SPAN OF DIGITAL

7. 12. 2025 Advertising in big-screen streaming (CTV) is getting nearly four times the attention of digital channels, according to a study by Amplified and VFC. Ads in big-screen streaming (CTV) receive nearly 80% of viewers ‘ attention, compared to only around 20% in conventional digital environments. That’s according to research by Amplified and Video Futures Collective (VFC), an… Continue reading STUDY: CTV ADS HAVE UP TO FOUR TIMES THE ATTENTION SPAN OF DIGITAL

TV’S THIRD PLACE: HOW TVOOH CAN HELP EXTEND REACH, ATTENTION, AND INCREMENTAL OUTCOMES

17. 11. 2025 TVOOH combines the scale and storytelling power of TV with the targeting and flexibility of digital. C-Screens’ CEO offers advice for planners considering TV’s ‘third place’. You don’t need to be an expert to know that TV has never been more under pressure to command the marketing plans and budgets it used to. Certain media… Continue reading TV’S THIRD PLACE: HOW TVOOH CAN HELP EXTEND REACH, ATTENTION, AND INCREMENTAL OUTCOMES

FINNISH STUDY: ATTENTION IS THE MOST VALUABLE CURRENCY IN ADVERTISING, SAYS SCREENFORCE ATTENTION REPORT

3. 11. 2025 The attention paid to advertising is more important than ever in today’s fragmented media environment. The world of advertising has entered a new era in which it is no longer enough to monitor the number of views or the reach of a campaign. Attention is becoming the key factor, specifically, how long and to what… Continue reading FINNISH STUDY: ATTENTION IS THE MOST VALUABLE CURRENCY IN ADVERTISING, SAYS SCREENFORCE ATTENTION REPORT

THE FESTIVE FORMULA: HOW TO WIN LASTING AUDIENCE ATTENTION THIS CHRISTMAS

2. 11. 2025 Christmas ads may be big business, but attention is hard won. Lumen’s Mike Follett reveals how advertisers can sustain festive impact year after year. For most of us, this time of year is about barbeques, beaches and sunburn – not sleigh bells and Santa hats. But for adland, Christmas is bigger in August than it… Continue reading THE FESTIVE FORMULA: HOW TO WIN LASTING AUDIENCE ATTENTION THIS CHRISTMAS

STUDY AUSTRALIA: THE OTHER HALF OF THE ATTENTION EQUATION

1. 11. 2025 We’ve all become obsessed with attention as a media metric. As marketers, we’ve spent the past few years fixated on measuring how long people look at our ads, how engaged they are, and which channels deliver the most eyeball time. But we’re missing something fundamental: before anyone can pay attention to your ad, they first… Continue reading STUDY AUSTRALIA: THE OTHER HALF OF THE ATTENTION EQUATION

MARK RITSON AT THE VISION 2025 CONFERENCE: TELEVISION ADVERTISING OUTPERFORMS DIGITAL IN KEY AREAS – EMOTION AND ATTENTION

20. 10. 2025 In an inventive presentation, Mark Ritson channels Steve Jobs, presenting an alternative reality in which television and television advertising are only being invented today. This stylisation has a single aim: to show how dramatically we underestimate a medium that we have long had at our disposal, and to highlight the fundamental advantages that television advertising… Continue reading MARK RITSON AT THE VISION 2025 CONFERENCE: TELEVISION ADVERTISING OUTPERFORMS DIGITAL IN KEY AREAS – EMOTION AND ATTENTION

MUSIC DRIVES ADVERTISING PROFITABILITY

20. 10. 2025 A new study by Massive Music and the IPA details the brand and business effects that highly engaging, fitting, and memorable music can have on advertising performance. Why music matters We know intuitively that great music, from jingles to sonic assets, can lodge in our brains in a way that other media doesn’t. But the… Continue reading MUSIC DRIVES ADVERTISING PROFITABILITY

STUDY: MANY NEW STREAMING SUBS DROP THE SERVICE AFTER NFL ENDS

15. 10. 2025 A new report from Samsung Ads provides some disturbing data for streaming services that have been spending massive amounts of money on their NFL and sports rights. The Samsung Ads’ Quarterly State of CTV Report found that while the number of new users to three apps that streamed live NFL football games grew by 28%… Continue reading STUDY: MANY NEW STREAMING SUBS DROP THE SERVICE AFTER NFL ENDS

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?

KNOW.ATTENTION RESEARCH MAPS THE MEDIA BEHAVIOUR OF CZECHS

22. 9. 2025 The Know.attention research project will deliver attention indices across TV, online, audio and outdoor advertising. The effectiveness of advertising is not only determined by its visibility, but also by the attention people pay to it. This is what the Know.attention project by media group Knowlimits and agency Median is investigating using eye cameras and EEG… Continue reading KNOW.ATTENTION RESEARCH MAPS THE MEDIA BEHAVIOUR OF CZECHS

UNBOXING THE FUTURE: TURNING SWEEPSTAKES INTO AN IMMERSIVE AR EXPERIENCE

11. 9. 2025 In summer 2025, RTL AdAlliance in Austria reimagined the traditional sweepstakes by transforming it into an interactive Augmented Reality experience. Instead of waiting for a prize in a physical package sent to be to the winners, participants could place a virtual gift box in their own living room via smartphone and unbox it themselves. What… Continue reading UNBOXING THE FUTURE: TURNING SWEEPSTAKES INTO AN IMMERSIVE AR EXPERIENCE

ORLANDO WOOD INTERVIEW: WHY ADVERTISING NEEDS SHOWMANSHIP AGAIN – AN INTERVIEW WITH ORLANDO WOOD

2. 9. 2025 Orlando Wood share his views on the enduring principles of effective advertising, the future role of television, and how brands can rediscover the creativity that fuels long-term growth.

THE FUTURE OF STREAMING IS DIFFERENT AD LOADS FOR EACH VIEWER

28. 8. 2025 As streamers experiment with ad load optimization, their only constraint is the consumer experience. Ad loads on streaming services today are a fraction of what viewers once endured on linear television. While cable and broadcast typically pack in 12 to 16 minutes of commercials per hour, most streaming platforms hover between four and eight minutes… Continue reading THE FUTURE OF STREAMING IS DIFFERENT AD LOADS FOR EACH VIEWER