DIGITAL ADVERTISING IS GROWING. DRIVEN BY VIDEO ON CTV, SOCIAL MEDIA AND RETAIL

25. 5. 2025 Two-thirds of advertising investment in Europe is directed towards digital advertising. Most European countries saw double-digit growth in digital advertising spending last year, according to a new report by IAB Europe. The European digital advertising market achieved double-digit growth in 2024, specifically 16%, and exceeded €118.9 billion for the first time. This is according to… Continue reading DIGITAL ADVERTISING IS GROWING. DRIVEN BY VIDEO ON CTV, SOCIAL MEDIA AND RETAIL



NEW SURVEY: GLOBAL MARKETING BUDGETS STAGNATE

21. 5. 2025 This year, marketers are faced with the question of how to achieve growth without increasing budgets. The key answer seems to be technology-enabled productivity, particularly AI and data analytics. Global marketing budgets remain at the same level as last year, averaging 7.7% of total corporate revenues. This is according to a new survey by Gartner.… Continue reading NEW SURVEY: GLOBAL MARKETING BUDGETS STAGNATE



ADVERTISING REPORT 2024: THE ADVERTISING MARKET IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC GREW BY 3%. IT IS STABLE, BUT COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, THIS REPRESENTS A SLOWDOWN

15. 5. 2025 The results of the annual Advertising Report 2024 survey are in. The advertising market in the Czech Republic grew by 3%. The year 2024 brought moderate but stable growth to the Czech advertising market. Investments in marketing communications exceeded CZK 150 billion, with television and online media maintaining their dominant position. Despite a global growth… Continue reading ADVERTISING REPORT 2024: THE ADVERTISING MARKET IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC GREW BY 3%. IT IS STABLE, BUT COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, THIS REPRESENTS A SLOWDOWN



THANKS TO DIGITAL, CME CHANGES ITS REVENUE STRUCTURE AND CONTINUES ITS TRANSFORMATION

2. 5. 2025 The media group CME, which includes the Czech TV Nova, is continuing its digital transformation, gradually changing the structure of its revenues. However, in the countries where it operates, it does not apply a purely centralised strategy, explains Klára Brachtlová, Deputy CEO of the CME group. Digital transformation, changes in viewer behaviour, and the growing… Continue reading THANKS TO DIGITAL, CME CHANGES ITS REVENUE STRUCTURE AND CONTINUES ITS TRANSFORMATION



WARC: GLOBAL AD SPENDING TO FALL BY $20 BILLION

30. 3. 2025 The global advertising market is slowing down due to growing economic uncertainty, trade barriers and tightening regulation. According to WARC’s latest study, ad spending growth will decline by $20 billion over the next two years. WARC’s new study shows that global ad spending will grow 6.7 percent this year to $1.15 trillion, but that is… Continue reading WARC: GLOBAL AD SPENDING TO FALL BY $20 BILLION



OMD AND PHD HAD THE HIGHEST SHARES IN ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS LAST YEAR

13. 2. 2025 Audit firm Media Strategy presents data as part of its PPA Ranking for the full year 2024. Media agencies OMD and PHD had the highest share of net investment in TV advertising among domestic media agencies last year. For the period from January to December 2024, both agencies’ share stood at 12%. Specifically, it was… Continue reading OMD AND PHD HAD THE HIGHEST SHARES IN ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS LAST YEAR



LIDL INVESTED THE MOST IN MEDIA ADVERTISING IN 2024

28. 1. 2025 Food chains were the biggest advertisers in the media last year by a wide margin. The Lidl supermarket chain was also the largest advertiser in media advertising in 2024. It was followed by Albert and Kaufland. The top three remained unchanged from 2023. This is according to monitoring data from Nielsen. Last year’s data also… Continue reading LIDL INVESTED THE MOST IN MEDIA ADVERTISING IN 2024



GLOBAL ADVERTISING SPEND TO PASS $1 TRILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR

26. 11. 2024 Global advertising spend is on course to grow 10.7% this year to a total of $1.08trn, with online media leading the charge – the strongest growth rate in six years and the largest absolute rise on record if the post-Covid recovery of 2021 (+27.9% year-on-year) is disregarded – the new forecast represents a 0.2 percentage… Continue reading GLOBAL ADVERTISING SPEND TO PASS $1 TRILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR



WARC WARNS: BY FOCUSING ON SHORT-TERM ROI YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON HALF OF MEDIA REVENUES

29. 10. 2024 Research from WARC and Google highlights the importance of investing in solutions such as MMM or attribution, as well as AI, for sustainable growth across the marketing funnel.</strong WARC has long held the view that effective marketing strategies combine immediate results with long-term goals. However, a fragmented media landscape and a focus on short-term measurement… Continue reading WARC WARNS: BY FOCUSING ON SHORT-TERM ROI YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON HALF OF MEDIA REVENUES



ADVERTISING MARKET TO GROW BY A TENTH GLOBALLY THIS YEAR

10. 7. 2024 Magna’s updated report on the development of advertising investments brings more optimistic news for the media, writes Pavel Koreň. During the first half of the year, Magna updated its outlook for the ad market with the Ad Forecast Report. It tracked the net revenues of media owners combined with data from organisations trading with them… Continue reading ADVERTISING MARKET TO GROW BY A TENTH GLOBALLY THIS YEAR



AKA: NET INVESTMENT IN ADVERTISING TO GROW BY 8% THIS YEAR, UP FROM 12% LAST YEAR

6. 5. 2024 The Association of Communication Agencies (AKA) and the Association of Media Agencies (ASMEA), in cooperation with ResSolution Group, publish an estimate of the development of net marketing investments on the Czech market. The marketing communications market grew by 12% in 2023, and is expected to grow by 8.4% in 2024, bringing the total net investment… Continue reading AKA: NET INVESTMENT IN ADVERTISING TO GROW BY 8% THIS YEAR, UP FROM 12% LAST YEAR



ADVERTISERS INCREASED ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS, MARKET GREW IN THE FIRST QUARTER

29. 4. 2024 Advertising investment in media increased in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, according to Nielsen monitoring data. The largest domestic advertisers increased their investment in buying ad space in media in the first quarter of 2024. This is according to data from Nielsen, which monitors the level of… Continue reading ADVERTISERS INCREASED ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS, MARKET GREW IN THE FIRST QUARTER



MEDIA STRATEGY: PHD INVESTS THE MOST IN TV ADVERTISING

12. 3. 2024 Auditing firm Media Strategy presents data as part of its PPA Ranking for the full year 2023. PHD had the highest share of net investment in TV advertising among domestic media agencies in 2023. For the period January to December 2023, it accounted for 11.8%. This is according to the PPA Ranking, provided by Media… Continue reading MEDIA STRATEGY: PHD INVESTS THE MOST IN TV ADVERTISING



FORECAST: GLOBAL AD SPEND TO GROW FASTER IN 2024

16. 2. 2024 Insider Intelligence forecasts that worldwide spending in digital, traditional, and total media ad spending will all grow faster in 2024 than they did in 2023 (when growth amounted to 0.5 per cent YoY). “After two years of relative malaise, the outlook is very positive on a global scale and in every major region,” commented Insider… Continue reading FORECAST: GLOBAL AD SPEND TO GROW FASTER IN 2024



BRANDS TO SPEND RECORD £9.5BN ON CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING

9. 12. 2023 Media inflation set to lift ad spend by 4.8% this Christmas, according to Advertising Association and Warc data. Advertisers are expected to spend a record £9.5bn this Christmas season, according to data from the Advertising Association and Warc, a 4.8% increase on the same period last year largely attributed in part to inflation. Brands have… Continue reading BRANDS TO SPEND RECORD £9.5BN ON CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING



HOW TO IMPROVE ADVERTISING PAYBACK

21. 9. 2023 Advertisers need to understand the different levers they can pull to improve ROI and to identify where resources should be put to maximise returns, reveals new research on the drivers of advertising profitability. In a WARC Spotlight on Drivers of Brand Growth, Paul Dyson, co-founder of Accelero, updates his previous study from 2014 to include… Continue reading HOW TO IMPROVE ADVERTISING PAYBACK



MARKETERS ARE ‘HOPEFUL YET REASONABLE’ AHEAD OF Q4 AND HOLIDAY SEASON

14. 9. 2023 Ad spend may be heading back to the mid-single digit levels seen in the 2010s, but that hasn’t stopped clients from approaching Q4 ad spend with a general sense of uncertainty, agency executives say. Multiple, compounding issues are causing continued uncertainty. Lingering Covid outbreaks, labor issues, the writer’s and actor’s strikes and inflation have caused… Continue reading MARKETERS ARE ‘HOPEFUL YET REASONABLE’ AHEAD OF Q4 AND HOLIDAY SEASON



WARC: AD SPENDING ON CTV GROWING, BUT SLOWER THAN RETAIL MEDIA

10. 8. 2023 Connected TV, or CTV for short, is in a growth phase, as viewers and advertisers migrate from linear broadcast television. The channel is being hyped by media owners and ad tech vendors alike as offering the ideal synthesis of TV reach and digital addressability. CTV ad investment is expected to reach $25.9bn globally in 2023,… Continue reading WARC: AD SPENDING ON CTV GROWING, BUT SLOWER THAN RETAIL MEDIA