DON’T CHANGE THE CHANNEL: TV IN ALL ITS FORMS IS KEY TO REACHING YOUR AUDIENCE

4. 10. 2019 Media buying has traditionally been about blending ingredients together for the perfect marketing mix. But with so many new channels and such fragmented audiences, this age-old recipe is rapidly becoming more difficult to follow. So, what’s to be done? The age of total video TV is complicated these days. In just one household, a family… Continue reading DON’T CHANGE THE CHANNEL: TV IN ALL ITS FORMS IS KEY TO REACHING YOUR AUDIENCE



TV IS NOT BROKEN, THE MEASUREMENT OF THE MEDIUM IS, SAYS ASTRO CEO HENRY TAN

30. 8. 2019 The proliferation of digital has led to shrinking budgets in the traditional space such as TV. According to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, traditional TV ad revenues to shrink annually from 2019 to 2021, falling from US$184 billion to US$180 billion in 2021. Interestingly however, while everyone is turning towards digital, four companies – Facebook, Amazon,… Continue reading TV IS NOT BROKEN, THE MEASUREMENT OF THE MEDIUM IS, SAYS ASTRO CEO HENRY TAN



UK: ADDRESSABLE TV AD VIEWERS ARE MORE ENGAGED

16. 8. 2019 The UK addressable TV market is growing, with 40% of homes now addressable, and a new report from Sky AdSmart claims this channel delivers higher engagement and clear business results for advertisers. A white paper, AdSmart: Five Years and Forward, pulls together insights collated from five years of learnings into the UK addressable TV market through Sky’s AdSmart… Continue reading UK: ADDRESSABLE TV AD VIEWERS ARE MORE ENGAGED



THINKTV REPORT: VIDEO ADVERTISING HAS MONTH-LONG AFFECTS

31. 7. 2019 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. The ‘Decay Edition’ of Professor Nelson-Field’s ongoing Benchmark Series, commissioned by ThinkTV, contains a number of findings that are designed to help advertisers and… Continue reading THINKTV REPORT: VIDEO ADVERTISING HAS MONTH-LONG AFFECTS



TOO MANY STREAMING CHOICES LEADS SOME VIEWERS BACK TO TRADITIONAL TV

15. 7. 2019 Content abounds on streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video. But when viewers are faced with too many choices of what to watch, some end up tuning out.  That’s the main finding from Nielsen’s Total Audience Report from the first quarter of 2019. What some have dubbed the golden age of TV led to… Continue reading TOO MANY STREAMING CHOICES LEADS SOME VIEWERS BACK TO TRADITIONAL TV



EGTA’S CEO SURVEY – A TV AND RADIO ADVERTISING INDUSTRY IN TRANSFORMATION

12. 7. 2019 Results of an exclusive egta survey confirm top management’s expectations for the industry. Over 100 CEO’s and senior executives from surveyed egta members – leading TV and radio sales houses across Europe and beyond – expect growth in ad spend for both Total Video and Total Audio in the next three years. An exclusive survey… Continue reading EGTA’S CEO SURVEY – A TV AND RADIO ADVERTISING INDUSTRY IN TRANSFORMATION



TRADITIONAL TV IS NOT DEAD

11. 7. 2019 Manatt, Vorhaus Digital Strategy Study Reveals Traditional TV Is Not Dead Despite Continued Online Video Ascendance. Research uncovers surprising trends for the future of cord-cutting, SVOD and esports. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a multidisciplinary, integrated professional services firm, and digital media consulting company, Vorhaus Advisors, today released their inaugural Digital Strategy Study, which analyzes the… Continue reading TRADITIONAL TV IS NOT DEAD



EXPOSING THE BLACK HOLE OF ONLINE VIDEO ADVERTISING

28. 5. 2019 There were lots of interesting things to catch the eye in the Advertising Association/Warc annual adspend figures for 2018 – not least the rapid growth of Broadcaster VOD advertising, up 29% to £390m and forecast to grow at a similar rate for the next two years. Total TV investment was stable year on year at… Continue reading EXPOSING THE BLACK HOLE OF ONLINE VIDEO ADVERTISING



WHY IT’S TIME TO RE-EVALUATE TV PLANNING

20. 5. 2019 As BARB releases its latest Viewing Report, Wavemaker’s Emma Moorhead discusses how new multiple-screen data is changing the way that agencies plan television. The media industry is in search of the Holy Grail: a single-source measurement of TV viewing across all screens and channels. In 2018, we got one step closer to this with the launch… Continue reading WHY IT’S TIME TO RE-EVALUATE TV PLANNING



TV ADS STILL MORE RELEVANT TO CONSUMERS THAN STREAMING VIDEO ADS

15. 5. 2019 Despite marketers’ efforts with advanced programmatic and data targeting for video ads, consumers still find that they are more likely to be served a relevant ad on linear TV. What does this say about programmatic video ads? According to a survey conducted by Adobe in February 2019, 49% of US internet users said that TV… Continue reading TV ADS STILL MORE RELEVANT TO CONSUMERS THAN STREAMING VIDEO ADS



UK: ONLINE BUSINESSES ARE BIGGEST TV ADVERTISERS

21. 3. 2019 Collectively, online businesses are the biggest category of advertisers on TV in the UK, accounting for almost 15% of total spending via this channel in 2018 and 40% more than the next biggest category which is food. Latest figures from Thinkbox indicate Amazon, in particular, boosted its TV spending by 21% to £60m last year… Continue reading UK: ONLINE BUSINESSES ARE BIGGEST TV ADVERTISERS



FOR TV, MEDIA TRADE GROUPS, GROWTH MEANS EXPANDING INTO COMPETING AREAS

14. 2. 2019 TV/media-based business trade groups need to keep growing in a disruptive world. And that can mean spillover, as they extend into sometimes competing professional disciplines. Promax, the TV marketing group that has been around since the 1950s, is now expanding global membership efforts to include a digital marketing and theatrical marketing emphasis. Steve Kazanjian, president/chief executive officer of Promax,… Continue reading FOR TV, MEDIA TRADE GROUPS, GROWTH MEANS EXPANDING INTO COMPETING AREAS



IT’S TIME TO LOOK AT TV ADVERTISING IN A NEW LIGHT

4. 2. 2019 While addressable TV has been talked about in certain industry circles for some time, it seems the wider marketing industry has yet to truly appreciate its potential. With new, head-turning channels and marketing approaches launching all the time, it can be easy to overlook the transformation other media channels have undergone, especially those around for a long time.… Continue reading IT’S TIME TO LOOK AT TV ADVERTISING IN A NEW LIGHT



COMING TO A TV NEAR YOU: PERSONALIZED ADS

25. 1. 2019 The hottest new trend in TV tech is “addressable” ads, or TV ads that can be targeted to specific households via user data. By the end of this year, almost every major TV network and provider will have rolled out their version of an addressable ad product. Why it matters: It’s a huge departure from the way… Continue reading COMING TO A TV NEAR YOU: PERSONALIZED ADS



HOW MARKETERS ARE ALTERING THEIR TV ATTRIBUTION STRATEGIES

22. 1. 2019 The slow but steady digitization of TV advertising will place further pressure on ad measurement companies to create more robust cross-platform metrics and attribution models. But for that to happen, several types of companies—including multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) and TV networks—need to update their technologies and strategies. TV ad buyers have long advocated for more… Continue reading HOW MARKETERS ARE ALTERING THEIR TV ATTRIBUTION STRATEGIES



DTC BRANDS ARE USHERING IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT TV BUYING

15. 1. 2019 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… Continue reading DTC BRANDS ARE USHERING IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT TV BUYING



4 TRENDS THAT WILL SHAPE VIDEO ADVERTISING IN 2019

3. 1. 2019 For brand marketers, video continues to be the most important story in media. Audience behavior is evolving rapidly across generations, and consumers now watch more than eight hours of online content every week, according toThe State of Online Video 2018 report by Limelight Networks. Faced with a fragmented device landscape, advertisers are seeking greater simplicity and… Continue reading 4 TRENDS THAT WILL SHAPE VIDEO ADVERTISING IN 2019



EXPERTS PREDICT HOW TV WILL EVOLVE FOR ADVERTISERS IN 2019

11. 12. 2018 The year 2019 is almost upon us. ExchangeWire have invited hundreds of thought leaders to share their thoughts on what next year will hold, across a range of topics. Following what could be termed as one of the most interesting years in the connected TV space since its inception, thought leaders from across the industry share how they… Continue reading EXPERTS PREDICT HOW TV WILL EVOLVE FOR ADVERTISERS IN 2019