STUDY USA: 60% OF TV TIME SPENT VIEWING STREAMING CONTENT

30. 10. 2025 Sports remains strong for linear broadcasters, but streaming platforms are challenging their status.

ADVERTISING BREAKS ON PRIMA REMAIN LONG: PRICE INCREASE NEEDED

20. 10. 2025 Jan Čadek, CCO of Media Club, explains the double-digit increase in television advertising prices for 2026 and describes developments in the advertising market and Media Club’s plans.

SNOOP DOGG TURNS 53 — AND STILL PROVES AUTHENTICITY IS THE BEST MARKETING

20. 10. 2025 On 20 October, Snoop Dogg celebrated his 53rd birthday — calmly, humorously, and with the effortless detachment that has become his trademark. The rapper who helped define the sound of West Coast gangsta rap in the 1990s has become a living brand and a cultural institution. His voice, style, and irony long ago crossed the boundaries of music, transforming him into a figure who can sell sneakers, food delivery, or an entire philosophy of life with equal ease. For marketers, Snoop Dogg is the perfect example of authenticity in practice. In every campaign, he preserves his own rhythm, language, and humour — he never pretends to be something he is not. And that is precisely why his commercials still feel alive even years later: they are not ads about Snoop, but ads that speak in his voice. Cool Comfort Snoop’s public image has always been tied to a generous dose of unrestrained hedonism. Over time, the rapper became the voice of pleasure, comfort, and laid-back perspective — a persona that has been used in more than one advertising campaign. In these campaigns, Snoop usually appears as the viewer’s guide and as an ambassador for products guaranteed to make life more enjoyable. A textbook example of this stylisation is undoubtedly the Did Somebody Say campaign for the food delivery service Just Eat (known in other countries as Menulog or Grubhub). It is a model example of how high-quality food-delivery marketing should be done.

IT WILL CHANGE WITHIN FIVE YEARS, SAY THE HEADS OF NOVÁ AND PRIMA. INCOME FROM STREAMING WILL BE HIGHER THAN FROM TELEVISION.

15. 10. 2025 In Germany, viewers already spend more time streaming than watching television. Czechia expects the same trend.

INSIDE FRANCETV PUBLICITÉ’S ADSPACE•IA’S PLANNING LAYER

14. 10. 2025 FranceTV Publicité is transitioning its media buying operations into an AI-assisted mode. ADspace•ia now produces real-time, inventory-aware recommendations for TV-cross-video campaigns. It executes these plans as a managed service on france.tv’s premium offer. For sales houses, this marks a tangible step in AI commercialisation: algorithmic Total Video mixes enriched with attention and carbon reporting.

STUDY: ADDRESSABLE TV UNLOCKS GROWTH IN A FRAGMENTED MARKET

7. 10. 2025 Research from Dish Media argues that advertisers are missing millions of consumers by underutilizing addressable TV in their media strategies.

FOOTBALL HELPS CABLE, BROADCAST RECLAIM SOME VIEWERS IN AUGUST

16. 9. 2025 Streaming still outpaces traditional TV, but Nielsen’s monthly figures show the first gains for linear outlets in four months.

THE FUTURE OF STREAMING IS DIFFERENT AD LOADS FOR EACH VIEWER

28. 8. 2025 As streamers experiment with ad load optimization, their only constraint is the consumer experience.

STUDY USA: NEARLY HALF OF AD-SUPPORTED TV VIEWING IS STREAMING

22. 8. 2025 Streaming accounts for almost half (45.3%) of total US time spent with ad-supported TV, according to a July report from Nielsen.

FALSE PREJUDICES AGAINST TELEVISION. TV REMAINS ESSENTIAL FOR VIEWERS AND ADVERTISERS

13. 8. 2025 “Television is for older people,” “They only show ads on TV,” “I never watch it,” etc. There are many prejudices against television. But is there any truth to them? The answer to this question was provided by a new study from Screenforce titled “The Beauty of TV.” The results, presented during an exclusive webinar, show that while prejudices against television certainly exist, the reality is quite different.

STUDY USA: LINEAR’S AD-SUPPORTED ADULT VIEWING SHARE STILL NEAR 70%

7. 8. 2025 Traditional TV content viewing of long-form programming (half-hour and hour-long TV shows) still commands major attention among adults age 18 and up comprising 67.4% share for June for ad-supported linear TV networks, according to the TVB.

PEOPLE LOSING TRUST IN SOCIAL MEDIA AS DISINFORMATION SPREADS

30. 7. 2025 The trust gap between legacy media and social media is growing, as disinformation, fake news, and a lack of regulation knocks people’s confidence in creator-led content, research finds.

NIELSEN: AD-SUPPORTED CONTENT REPRESENTED NEARLY 74% OF ALL HOUSEHOLD TV VIEWING IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2025

29. 7. 2025 Ad-supported content across legacy television and streaming platforms watched on household TVs accounted for almost 74% of a TV viewing in the first six months of the year, according to new data from Nielsen.

STUDY: TV ADS ARE TOP INFLUENCER OF OLDER ADULTS BUYING RETIREMENT HOMES

27. 7. 2025 Television advertising remains an effective means to market and influence younger baby boomer and Generation X consumers approaching retirement age, according to the findings of a study from the Television Advertising Bureau (TVB). 80% of baby boomers and Gen Xers are reached by TV ads; 94% took some action.

TOTAL TV: THE DIVIDE BETWEEN STREAMING AND LINEAR TV NO LONGER MAKES SENSE—IT’S TIME TO SMASH THE BARRIERS

15. 7. 2025 For several years now, it has been said that the divide between linear and streamed television makes no sense from the viewer’s perspective. After all, when people sit down to watch TV, they don’t think about whether it’s time for linear programming or streaming. They are just watching TV. This issue—along with the inefficiencies of current advertising models and a potential solution in the form of Total TV—was explored in depth in this year’s report by the media analytics company TVREV.

SURVEY: MORE VIEWERS TURN TO STREAMING FOR SPORTS

13. 7. 2025 The latest wave from Hub’s sports tracker shows that in just one year, streaming platforms have made great strides toward becoming the “home base” for sports.

HOW AUTHENTIC PRODUCT PLACEMENT CAPTURES THE STREAMING GENERATION

9. 7. 2025 For many brands, traditional paid media no longer guarantees the results that it used to. Linear TV programming can rack up six-figure invoices, even for start-ups or smaller brands, and more and more consumers are actively avoiding ads on streaming services, no matter the cost.

ČT, NOVA AND PRIMA SWITCH TO SUMMER PROGRAMME. SERIES, FILMS AND ENTERTAINMENT RETURN

30. 6. 2025 The main television stations have launched their summer programming schedules. Evenings will feature reruns of series, films, crime dramas and entertainment.