PETER FIELD: BRANDS HAVE TO INVEST DESPITE THE CRISIS, OTHERWISE THEY WILL GO WEAK

28. 5. 2020 | 3 min read Investment advantages grow faster in recession, says the expert Peter Field based on experience gained in the previous crisis in 2008/2009.

KEY MESSAGES THAT SPEAK IN FAVOUR OF TV IN THE POST-COVID-19 ERA

7. 5. 2020 | 2 min read What are the key messages that speak in favour of TV in the post-covid-19 era? Here is the short list.

PETER FIELD ON WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP ADVERTISING DURING A DOWNTURN

23. 4. 2020 | 7 min read There have been many warnings, often from anxious advertising agencies, about the danger of brands “going dark” during the COVID crisis, but British researcher Peter Field provided evidence-based analysis of why it’s imperative they heed that advice during a thinktv Canada webinar this week.

EGTABITE 293: HOW EUROSPORT IS USING BIOMETRIC RESEARCH TO DEEPEN AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT

13. 3. 2020 Keeping viewers engaged throughout a live sporting event on television - which may last up to several hours – often remains a challenge for TV companies. This week’s egtabite features the use of biometric measurement by Eurosport to tackle this challenge - an innovative approach aimed at understanding which moments during these events drive higher engagement and which moments are less engaging for viewers.

EGTABITE 289: VIACOMCBS GLOBAL CONSUMER INSIGHTS: WHAT DOES TV MEAN TO PEOPLE WORLDWIDE?

14. 2. 2020 The TV viewing experience has been changing drastically in the last years, especially with the rise of streaming services and all new devices for accessing them. The way audiences consume TV daily is constantly evolving. Therefore, there is a rising need for most recent figures that precisely show people’s viewing behaviour.

FIVE EXPERTS ON BRANDING: YES, IT’S CRITICAL AND TV IS THE KEY

13. 2. 2020 | 5 min read If you're like me, then your LinkedIn feed has been all about the resurgence of branding and traditional media recently. Companies such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google began 2020 with Super Bowl ads. Executives from adidas admit having prioritized activation over branding, saying they were focused on the wrong metrics because of their responsibility to shareholders. Lately, even experts who believe most strongly in the importance of results-driven advertising have been acknowledging the critical importance of brand building to long-term success.

EGTABITE 287: GOLDBACH MEDIA & LIBRIO-PROVING THE SHORT-TERM ACTIVATION AND THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF TV

31. 1. 2020 What is TV advertising really good for – offering short-term activation or long-term impact on brands? Any discussion of TV as an advertising medium is likely to involve buzzwords such as branding, image advertisements and long-term advertising impact. But what happens immediately after a TV spot airs? This week’s egtabite features Goldbach Media’s TV campaign for their client Librio that proved to deliver both short-term activation and long-term advertising impact Swiss start up’s debut on TV Librio is a Swiss publishing house specialising in personalised children’s books. The young e-commerce company was founded in Zurich in 2017 and has since sold more than 30,000 books in more than 70 countries. Its previous marketing measures were limited to the most common online channels such as search engine marketing, display advertising, social media campaigns, and influencer marketing.

LINDSEY CLAY: 6 TV MYTHS THAT NEED TO BE DEBUNKED

20. 1. 2020 | 7 min read It’s a new decade. Or is it? It depends on how you like your decades. Is the old one finished or is that not until the end of 2020? 'Who cares you pedantic twat, Clay?' you might ask.

FUTURE TV ADVERTISING GLOBAL 2019: THE BIG TAKEAWAYS

6. 1. 2020 | 6 min read Videonet has published detailed accounts about each of the big takeaways from Future TV Advertising Global 2019, and you can see links to those stories at the bottom (click on the original link at the bottom). Here is a summary of our analysis.

THE AGE OF SHOPPABLE TV ADS, ON A MASS SCALE, HAS ARRIVED

29. 10. 2019 | 5 min read Advertisers — and NBC Universal parent Comcast — will no doubt rejoice.

THINKTV REPORT: VIDEO ADVERTISING HAS MONTH-LONG AFFECTS

31. 7. 2019 | 5 min read New research from marketing science academic Professor Karen Nelson-Field reveals the extent to which video advertising affects consumers’ product choices for up to a month after they are exposed to an ad.

EGTABITE 262: D2C BRANDS LOVE TV: GREENWEEZ, A FRENCH PIONEER OF ONLINE SALE OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS, GAINS RECOGNITION THANKS TO A TV CAMPAIGN

24. 5. 2019 In today’s fast paced advertising world, it is becoming increasingly difficult for small brands to stand out. Online brands face strong competition, weak image and a general perception of unreliability. In the USA, the VAB have identified a clear trend of D2C (direct-to-consumer, sometimes called “pure players” in Europe) brands moving ad dollars into TV advertising, collectively spending over $2.5 billion on TV advertising in 2017. This trend is now coming to Europe, where online players are significantly investing in television, as it is driving strong ROI for them. In France alone, pure players invested €781,4 million in television in 2018. This week’s egtabite features one such successful TV campaign for an online shop which wanted to boost its brand awareness, Greenweez. Pure player and bio specialist Greenweez is a small start-up, specialising in the sale of organic products, in the nutrition, beauty and hygiene sectors. For 10 years, it has been a number one brand on the French market. However, despite this and its acquisition by Carrefour in 2016, Greenweez’s reputation was still dramatically low.

EGTABITE 256: TV2’S META-STUDY – HOW ADDRESSABLE TV PROVIDES HIGHER ROI THAN YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK

12. 4. 2019 In today’s fast-paced world, where everything happens in the blink of an eye, advertisers are constantly searching for the most effective way to place their brands in the spotlight. While often videos on Facebook and YouTube are opted for as a quick, cheap and easy solution for brands to reach consumers, new research now indicates that in the long run, these do not provide the greatest return on investment (ROI) for advertisers’ marketing campaigns.

TWEETING WHILE VIEWING DOESN’T DIMINISH TV ADVERTISING’S REACH AND OFTEN LEADS TO SHOPPING

4. 4. 2019 | 3 min read People watching "social shows" like "Dancing with the Stars" or "The Bachelor" on television and simultaneously sharing their views on Twitter are more likely to be committed to the program and shop online, according to new research from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

TARGETED BYRON SHARP, ANYONE?

1. 4. 2019 | 4 min read Data can now make TV more effective. Even Byron Sharp should welcome more accurate targeting.

DTC BRANDS ARE USHERING IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT TV BUYING

15. 1. 2019 | 5 min read Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands that grew up on Facebook are spending as much as 75% of their media budget on the social media platform — an all-in type of customer acquisition strategy for the young and ambitious. The chance to target precise slivers of largely millennial consumers would assumedly optimize DTC companies’ limited budgets while giving them traction with the influencers and those people who were most likely to buy.

SHORT-FORM ADS ARE THIS YEAR’S BIG THING

9. 1. 2019 | 2 min read TV advertisers are starting to turn to short-form ads, which can be as effective as the traditional 30-second spot at far less cost, but marketers and brands need to ensure they are achieving the right objectives and are executing the ads properly.

EGTABITE 241: HERE IS WHY THE FUTURE OF TV IS BRIGHT

14. 12. 2018 As the holiday season approaches and the year comes to an end, we are shamelessly putting the spotlight on ourselves. This week’s egtabite features our New York study trip and International TV Sales Directors’ Meeting which took place early November this year.