Tag: efficiency
STUDY: ADVERTISERS BOOSTING SPENDING ON CONNECTED TV, NEW STUDY FINDS
2. 3. 2026 Premion, Advertiser Perceptions respondents see best results when linear TV and CTV are coordinated.
THE VISUAL TRANSFER EFFECT: HOW SOUND BUILDS BRANDS
24. 2. 2026 In collaboration with neuro-marketing agency Unravel, Talpa Media has produced the scientific proof that audio does not just complement TV. It actively reactivates it, reconstructing visual brand memories in the consumer’s mind through sound. The findings carry significant implications for how audio is planned, sold, and valued within the wider media mix. Context Talpa Media is one of the Netherlands’ largest media companies, operating a broad portfolio of TV, radio, and digital platforms. That multiplatform reach puts them at the centre of a question: what actually happens in the brain when consumers encounter TV and audio advertising together? Specifically, Talpa aimed to explore whether prior exposure to a TV commercial changes how the brain processes a matching audio ad, and whether that effect can be measured without relying on conscious recall. Research Forty participants were fitted with EEG caps to capture real-time brain activity and exposed to commercial breaks from 14 brands. The study used a two-group design:
WHEN A CROSS-FORMAT APPROACH MULTIPLIES IMPACT: BOL × HUIS GEMAAKT ACROSS CONTENT & CONTEXT
23. 2. 2026 Description Bol is Belgium’s largest e-commerce platform, a household name for buying books, electronics, and everyday items online. But furniture and home décor? That was not what consumers associated with the brand. DPG Media set out to change this perception through a multi-format partnership with Huis Gemaakt (“Home Made”), a popular Flemish TV show where couples compete to renovate run-down properties, with the winning couple keeping their fully transformed home.
TURNING ONE TRAVEL OFFER INTO TWO TV STORIES FOR TWO TYPES OF FAMILIES
22. 2. 2026 Attraction Tickets sells Florida attraction tickets and theme-park hotel packages to UK customers. It has served more than five million customers since 2002 and offers access to destinations including Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Orlando Resort, SeaWorld and Disneyland Paris. In a competitive travel market, people compare options quickly, and marketing is judged by its ability to turn interest into bookings.
VAB STUDY: SOCIAL MEDIA HAS NO CHANCE OF HELPING SMALL BRANDS BREAK THROUGH WITHOUT ADVERTISING ON STREAMING TV
17. 2. 2026 Today’s VAB webinar showed that while social media is popular among advertisers, it is far from a silver bullet. It’s true that it is easy to buy, easy to measure, and allows for quick testing. But there is one major problem: new research shows that its effect on new brands is limited and absolutely insufficient for breakthrough success. However, when streaming TV is added as an additional channel alongside social media, brands achieve significantly greater attention, better recall, and higher purchase intent.
WHAT GIVES A SUPER BOWL AD SHELF LIFE IN 2026
10. 2. 2026 For decades, the price tag to advertise during the Super Bowl has been justified by access to a centralized audience. As attention disperses across platforms and star power extends to creators, marketers are rethinking how Super Bowl investments translate into consumer recall.
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.
THE MOST EFFECTIVE SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS, RANKED BY VIEWERS
4. 2. 2026 The top 10 Super Bowl ads of the past five years and why they work, according to System1. Every year, about 60 brands spend millions—in 2026, up to $10 million— to advertise in the Super Bowl. They try to shock, delight, surprise, confuse, and inspire the upwards of 127 million-strong audience in the hopes that they’ll be remembered long after the Big Game ends.
MARK RITSON: CZECH MARKETING KNOWS WHAT TO DO AT CHRISTMAS. BUT IN JANUARY, IT FORGETS.
4. 2. 2026 Marketing expert Mark Ritson focused his commentary on Czech Christmas campaigns and how January campaigns are failing.
CAMPAIGNS SEE BETTER BUSINESS EFFECTS WHEN THEY INCREASE BRAND TRUST
3. 2. 2026 Advertising that amplifies brand trust can have an outsized impact on traditional markers of commercial success, including growth in sales, market share or profit, according to new analysis from the IPA.
THINKBOX: TV WORKS LIKE A BATTERY, POWERING OTHER MEDIA
2. 2. 2026 Do brands still matter? How should media mixes be planned in an environment of limited budgets? How long does advertising work, and why is trust becoming one of the most valuable currencies in communication? These are the questions addressed by the British marketing organisation Thinkbox in its Nickable Studies 2025 report. The new study summarises key research responding to the major dilemmas of modern marketing. Results across the studies show that long-term media, particularly television, play an irreplaceable role in building brand value and sustaining business growth.
EVERYONE HATES ADS. EXCEPT ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
1. 2. 2026 “The Super Bowl is such an egregious waste of money. Brands who advertise during its ad breaks are stuck in the past.”
CREATIVE AND MEDIA TOGETHER DRIVE ADVERTISING IMPACT
28. 1. 2026 Creative quality and media support together explain 60.1% of the business results generated by advertising, according to The Creative Dividend, a new book published by System1 and Effie. Why joined-up thinking matters Creative and media are often siloed endeavours within the advertising process. Making sure creative work has emotional resonance is undoubtedly vital, as is reaching consumers through the right mix of media channels. But thinking about these activities in a connected, coordinated way ultimately leads to the strongest returns. Media and creative’s combined power While creative quality and media support are responsible for just over 60% of advertising’s business impact on average, The Creative Dividend found clear variation by category.
CAMPAIGNS SEE BETTER BUSINESS EFFECTS WHEN THEY INCREASE BRAND TRUST
28. 1. 2026 Advertising that amplifies brand trust can have an outsized impact on traditional markers of commercial success, including growth in sales, market share or profit, according to new analysis from the IPA.
STUDY: TOP REASON FOR CANCELLING STREAMING SERVICE IS PROGRAMMING
27. 1. 2026 In contrast the main reason for cancelling pay TV services is to reduce costs and save money, according to Parks Associates
HOW TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF SUPER BOWL ADS
25. 1. 2026 Read about creating messages that resonate with consumers well beyond the Big Game.
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 media, such as news brand sites and television, are more visible, more memorable, and deliver key business effects, including profit.
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, according to a webinar entitled The Creative Dividend.