NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF TV HOMES STREAM VIDEO ON SMART TVS

11. 8. 2023 | 3 min read New Hub survey on changes in smart TV usage also found that music streaming is one of the more popular applications

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

10. 8. 2023 | 2 min read 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.

CALL FOR SPEAKERS FOR 11TH HBBTV SYMPOSIUM

3. 7. 2023 | 2 min read The HbbTV Association has issued a call for speakers ahead of the 11th HbbTV Symposium and Awards on November 28-29, 2023 in Naples, Italy.

STUDY USA: STREAMING TV VIEWING VIA MOBILE CASTING RISES AS MEDIA PLAYERS, GAMING BOXES DECLINE

29. 6. 2023 | 2 min read Streaming TV viewing via mobile devices - through "casting" on TV sets - continues to grow, as the viewing of OTT content on older TV-based technology devices sinks, including streaming media players, legacy pay TV, and gaming boxes, partly due to the habits of 18-34 viewers, according to a new study by Aluma Insights.

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WATCHING PAY VIDEO AND SMART TV IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IS GROWING

22. 3. 2023 | 3 min read New data from the Czech Statistical Office (CSÚ) for 2022 confirms the rapid growth of pay-per-view videos and the proliferation of smart TVs in Czech households.

SMART TV USAGE GROWS IN CZECH REPUBLIC

23. 11. 2022 | 1 min read The share of Czech homes using a TV with an internet connection rose from 34% to 44% in the two years to June 30.

WHAT 25 YEARS OF PAID SEARCH CAN TEACH US ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TV ADVERTISING

21. 11. 2022 | 6 min read Television has always been the most important and powerful screen in the American home. And even with the continued trend of cord-cutting, we know consumers are still tuned in—now, on connected television (CTV).

THE NEW LIFE OF THE LIVING ROOM AKA ALL EYES ON THE BIG SCREEN

1. 8. 2022 | 12 min read Recent years have accelerated the growth of media consumption on a global scale - especially when it comes to home use, as our living rooms have become the epicenter of a whole new lifestyle. What does this mean for advertisers and broadcasters themselves, and how can they use it to their advantage? This was the aim of the current research “New Life of the Living Room”, which was jointly carried out by smartclip a RTL AdConnect.

NOVA WANTS VIEWERS TO ACTIVELY USE HBBTV. IT WILL OFFER MORE VIDEO AND VOTING

25. 7. 2022 | 7 min read Czech viewers have become quite used to the fact that the red button on the remote control brings up additional functions to the broadcast. In the last year, TV Nova has also paid more attention to this area.

STUDY USA: NEARLY HALF OF ADULTS WATCH VIDEO ON A CONNECTED TV EACH DAY

6. 6. 2022 | 3 min read 87% of U.S. TV households have at least one connected TV device according to LRG.

NEW SVOD DATA: NETFLIX, HBO MAX AND VOYO ARE USED THE MOST

1. 6. 2022 | 3 min read The number of SVOD users in the Czech Republic is growing. The top three services on the local market are Netflix, HBO Max and Voyo.

NOVA EXPANDS SOCIAL NETWORKS TO HBBTV, LAUNCHES SOCIAL TV

11. 5. 2022 | 2 min read Nova Group is launching Social TV, a hybrid broadcasting (HbbTV) app that extends its red button services.

USA STUDY: SMART TV OWNERSHIP RISES TO 76% OF TV HOUSEHOLDS

7. 4. 2022 | 2 min read Rapid growth in ownership means that the majority of TV sets (57%) are now smart sets according to new data from Hub Entertainment Research.

SMART TVS BECOME DEFAULT PLATFORM FOR VIEWING STREAMED CONTENT

10. 3. 2022 | 2 min read A new Parks Associates white paper finds that more than half of U.S. broadband homes own smart TVs

THE PANDEMIC AND CONNECTED TV MEAN THE POOL OF TV ADVERTISERS IS MORE DIVERSE

23. 1. 2022 | 6 min read TV is not only for big advertisers and now has a more diverse advertiser set – and that transition accelerated because of the pandemic, Katie Coteman, Vice President, Advertising and Partnerships at Discovery told The Future of TV Advertising Global in London last month. “Some of the bigger traditional advertisers were pulling away [from TV advertising during the pandemic] so it was a great time to encourage new advertisers to TV.” New-to-TV advertisers was a key theme in a panel discussion that also spanned the transition to more connected TV and addressable TV, moderated by Thomas Bremond, GM International at the adtech pioneer FreeWheel.

THE PANDEMIC AND CONNECTED TV MEAN THE POOL OF TV ADVERTISERS IS MORE DIVERSE

6. 1. 2022 | 6 min read TV is not only for big advertisers and now has a more diverse advertiser set – and that transition accelerated because of the pandemic, Katie Coteman, Vice President, Advertising and Partnerships at Discovery told The Future of TV Advertising Global in London last month.

STREAMING’S FUTURE MAY LOOK LIKE CABLE, ACCENTURE SAYS

4. 1. 2022 | 5 min read A new report from Accenture said consumers are complaining about streaming getting to be more like cable and, ironically, that cable operators are among the potential aggregators that could solve some of the issues facing the industry.

2022 NEW YEAR’S PREDICTIONS FOR GAMING, TV, ADVERTISING AND DIGITAL MEDIA

31. 12. 2021 | 5 min read As we near the end of 2021 it is time to look back at my predictions for 2021 and see how I did. In 2020 I gave myself a B (3.25 out of 4) and you can read my 2020 predictions and self evaluation here. You can read my self-grading for 2021 for each prediction here. This year I scored myself at 3.77 (out of 4), a strong A-.