TOY STORY 5 HEADS TO CINEMAS — AND ITS HEROES ARE BACK AS ADVERTISING STARS

Toy Story 5 returns Woody, Buzz and the franchise’s wider commercial engine to cinemas, with brand activity spanning advertising spots, limited-edition products, competitions and experiential events. The film’s marketing appeal remains rooted in a rare advantage for advertisers: characters that translate almost directly from the screen into consumer products and family-focused campaigns. The new installment also gives brands a timely narrative hook by framing childhood around the tension between traditional play and digital distraction, creating clear relevance for campaigns across telecommunications, food, travel and consumer goods.

APPLE SPENDS THE MOST, BUT OTHERS ARE GRABBING THE LIMELIGHT. WHAT DETERMINES A VIEWER’S VALUE?

Apple spends about $20 billion for each 1% of TV airtime share, while YouTube and Fox spend roughly $1 billion, underscoring that higher content investment does not automatically deliver greater audience attention. For advertisers, the more useful benchmark is how effectively a platform converts spending into viewing time and attention, not simply how much content it produces. Streaming platforms are also redefining customer value: viewers on ad-supported tiers who watch more can generate revenue comparable to or above ad-free subscribers, a shift reflected in Netflix’s expanding advertising focus and its goal of narrowing the gap between the two segments.

WHY NETFLIX, DISNEY AND GOOGLE TV ARE ADOPTING THE VERTICAL VIDEO FORMAT

Technological evolution often brings with it a number of paradoxes. Streaming services, which originally assumed that viewers would watch digital entertainment primarily on a large screen, are now beginning to experiment with mobile formats, including within the CTV landscape. The traditional horizontal video format, which has defined cinema and television broadcasting for over a century,… Continue reading WHY NETFLIX, DISNEY AND GOOGLE TV ARE ADOPTING THE VERTICAL VIDEO FORMAT

WHEN DISNEY CAME TO DANCING: A LIVE SHOW BECOMES A FAIRYTALE

Inspired by Disneyland Paris’s Disney Music Festival, where performances by Disney-movie characters fill the park with dance and live music, DPG Media’s creative team proactively conceived an unprecedented brand integration: a dedicated Disney-themed episode of Dancing With The Stars. The concept was not driven by a client brief. Knowing the client’s wishes and dreams, and… Continue reading WHEN DISNEY CAME TO DANCING: A LIVE SHOW BECOMES A FAIRYTALE

WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 AD TRACKER: SEE THE BIGGEST COMMERCIALS FROM MILANO CORTINA

The Winter Olympics ad tracker shows ongoing updates of the latest Milano Cortina commercials. NBCUniversal was going for gold with its Winter Olympics advertisers. The broadcaster sold out its Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics ad inventory with a month to go before the games, setting a new Winter Olympics ad sales record, with the highest… Continue reading WINTER OLYMPICS 2026 AD TRACKER: SEE THE BIGGEST COMMERCIALS FROM MILANO CORTINA

A STREAMING SERVICE WITH VERTICAL VIDEO? DISNEY+ IS PLANNING TO LAUNCH IT THIS YEAR.

The popular streaming service wants to capture interest in watching videos on mobile phones. It plans to introduce vertical videos to the American audience this year. It presented its plans last week at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. According to The Walt Disney Company, the vertical video channel with short videos is intended to make… Continue reading A STREAMING SERVICE WITH VERTICAL VIDEO? DISNEY+ IS PLANNING TO LAUNCH IT THIS YEAR.

DISNEY HAS OPENED PANDORA’S BOX. IT IS STARTING TO INVEST IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Disney has announced a billion-dollar investment in OpenAI. It will also allow its characters to be used in the Sora video tool. After about a year of intense warnings about the impact of artificial intelligence on the film industry, the dam has finally broken, as the first and largest Hollywood studio will officially allow people… Continue reading DISNEY HAS OPENED PANDORA’S BOX. IT IS STARTING TO INVEST IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE BEGINNING OF 2026 IS A TURNING POINT FOR PAY TV

While viewers in the Czech Republic have mainly noticed the end of MTV music channels or Paramount Network stations, there have been significantly more changes in the world of pay TV. Even Nickelodeon, the children’s TV channel, has seen a new version. Paramount, under the wing of Skydance, has significantly reduced its broadcasts across Europe… Continue reading THE BEGINNING OF 2026 IS A TURNING POINT FOR PAY TV

A TASTE OF THE WORLD’S CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING

All over the world, Christmas is spent baking, singing carols, using the Gift-o-mat, as well as building a library or going to visit loved ones. This year, too, advertisers around the world have prepared Christmas commercials. Some are humorous, others touch on more serious themes like being able to be fully present with loved ones,… Continue reading A TASTE OF THE WORLD’S CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING

SCREENVOICE TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGNS 2025

The pre-Christmas shopping frenzy is reaching its peak, and one of the driving forces encouraging consumers to spend is the Christmas campaigns of both major and lesser-known brands. What Christmas spots have international companies come up with this year, and how successful have their festive campaigns been? Over time, Christmas adverts have become a ritual… Continue reading SCREENVOICE TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGNS 2025

THE WAVE OF CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGNS ROLLS ON: INTERNATIONAL AND CZECH BRANDS HAVE OPTED FOR TRIED-AND-TESTED FESTIVE THEMES

Capturing consumers’ attention in the run-up to Christmas — a period traditionally overflowing with emotion, nostalgia and an excess of advertising messages — represents an extraordinary challenge for brands. This year, they launched their Christmas campaigns even before Advent. Let’s take a look at more Christmas offerings that are trying to strengthen brand image and… Continue reading THE WAVE OF CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGNS ROLLS ON: INTERNATIONAL AND CZECH BRANDS HAVE OPTED FOR TRIED-AND-TESTED FESTIVE THEMES

STREAMING BUSINESS GROWTH IS DRIVEN BY PRICE INCREASES

The pressure to make streaming platform services more expensive is likely to continue, estimates Erika Luzsicza. Do streaming services still have room to grow? Let’s take a look at what’s driving the growing potential of streaming services so far. The numbers from the United States offer a prime example. The market there shows a penetration… Continue reading STREAMING BUSINESS GROWTH IS DRIVEN BY PRICE INCREASES

HOW MOVIES INCREASINGLY DRIVE STREAMING REVENUE

A Parrot Analytics study of thousands of titles across Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix, and Max finds that movies deliver disproportionately high engagement relative to the volume of content hours they represent. For years, the narrative has been that movies, in contrast to TV series, were in decline — casualties of a once-in-a-century pandemic that… Continue reading HOW MOVIES INCREASINGLY DRIVE STREAMING REVENUE

BUNDLES DRIVE STREAMING GROWTH, BUT PRICE HIKES RISK MASSIVE CANCELLATIONS, STUDY WARNS

Nearly half of all streaming users in Germany now subscribe via bundles combining several services or including TV options – and this model is proving to be a powerful loyalty driver. According to a new study by consultancy Simon-Kucher, 41% of streaming subscribers use so-called “superbundles”. These reduce the likelihood of cancellations and boost long-term… Continue reading BUNDLES DRIVE STREAMING GROWTH, BUT PRICE HIKES RISK MASSIVE CANCELLATIONS, STUDY WARNS

“STREAM’S GRAY ZONE” LIVES ON, AFFECTING ONEPLAY AND PRIMA+

It has been exactly three months since the Stream Cinema Community add-on, which plagued not only the official streaming service, ended for unknown reasons. Its “successor” continues to operate. At the end of April this year, exactly one quarter ago, the Czech pirate scene was hit by streamed content unexpected news in the form of… Continue reading “STREAM’S GRAY ZONE” LIVES ON, AFFECTING ONEPLAY AND PRIMA+

THE CHOICE OF CHEAPER WATER SERVICES IS INCREASINGLY COMMON IN EUROPE

The desire to save money is increasingly reflected in media behaviour. Europeans, who on average have two paid subscriptions to SVOD services, are looking for cheaper options. Media behaviour is changing. Europeans are seen to be trying to save on subscriptions for SVOD services. The credibility of social media is decreasing in their eyes due… Continue reading THE CHOICE OF CHEAPER WATER SERVICES IS INCREASINGLY COMMON IN EUROPE

SNOW WHITE AND THE DWARFS IN ADVERTISING THEN AND NOW: STILL EFFECTIVE

A new adaptation of Snow White recently hit cinemas and sparked a wave of discussion. Despite the mixed reactions to the new animated film from The Walt Disney Studios, the timeless story of a beautiful, innocent girl, an evil stepmother, and seven dwarfs still resonates emotionally with both children and adults. And as such, it… Continue reading SNOW WHITE AND THE DWARFS IN ADVERTISING THEN AND NOW: STILL EFFECTIVE

STREAMING SERVICES ARE CHANGING: VOYO IS OUT, ONEPLAY IS IN. AMAZON AND MAX ADJUST PRICES

The merger of Voyo and O2 TV is a big change on the Czech market, which will also affect the price. After last year’s price increase for Netflix, Max, SkyShowtime and Disney+, this year the payment terms are also changing for Amazon Prime Video. Max, on the other hand, is adjusting its tariff for long-term… Continue reading STREAMING SERVICES ARE CHANGING: VOYO IS OUT, ONEPLAY IS IN. AMAZON AND MAX ADJUST PRICES