PRIMA BOOSTED ITS AUTUMN PROGRAMME AND TAKES INTEREST IN ANOTHER CHANNEL

25. 8. 2021 Its innovated autumn programme schedule should help Prima to increase its ad capacity and market share, says Marek Singer, Prima’s CEO, in an interview. The unexpected growth in the TV ad market in the first half of this year resulted in the increased attention that Prima paid to its autumn programme schedule. In the following… Continue reading PRIMA BOOSTED ITS AUTUMN PROGRAMME AND TAKES INTEREST IN ANOTHER CHANNEL

IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA OF TV, ALL BRANDS ARE DTC

23. 8. 2021 Australia’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are capitalising on Australia and New Zealand’s ecommerce growth – the highest across the globe at +107% in Q3 2020 – to expand their market presence. And they’re using TV to do it. Accustomed to impression-based measurement and data-driven insights, DTCs came to TV with high expectations. Their approach changed the… Continue reading IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA OF TV, ALL BRANDS ARE DTC

COMCAST AND VIACOMCBS TO LAUNCH SKYSHOWTIME IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

19. 8. 2021 They join forces to achieve a better position in the competition with their rivals, Netflix and Disney+. Comcast and ViacomCBS will launch SkyShowtime, a new streaming service in Europe, offering movies, series and reality shows, said the US media companies on Wednesday. They teamed up to build a better position to take on their competitors Netflix and Disney+, wrote Reuters. SkyShowtime will offer content… Continue reading COMCAST AND VIACOMCBS TO LAUNCH SKYSHOWTIME IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

TV SETS AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS OF THEATRICAL WINDOWS

19. 8. 2021 Narrowing the Gap Between Cinemas and Sofas  The desire to watch new theatrical movies at home is not new; it’s something consumers have wanted for a long time. Until now, studio experiments with “day-and-date” simultaneous releases in cinemas and at home were stymied by theater owners.  But the intertwined impact of the pandemic and direct-to-consumer… Continue reading TV SETS AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS OF THEATRICAL WINDOWS

RESEARCH: 6 IN 10 US HOMES AVOD VIEWERS

19. 8. 2021 According to research firm TDG, six-in-ten connected-TV households now watch a free ad-supported streaming service on television. YouTube remains the dominant free VoD provider, with free ad-supported streaming TV services (FASTs) such as Pluto TV and IMDb seeing growing audiences. “Clearly the effects of work-from-home and lack of traditional leisure options during the pandemic accelerated consumer… Continue reading RESEARCH: 6 IN 10 US HOMES AVOD VIEWERS

OLDER VIEWERS ARE FASTEST GROWING AVOD SEGMENT

10. 8. 2021 Ad-supported streaming services need to ramp up originals to attract younger, more affluent audiences, new research from Ampere Analysis suggests LONDON—New research from Ampere Analysis shows that advertising supported streaming services continue to be the fastest growing streaming category, with a quarter of US Internet users now relying on a mix of Advertising-funded Video on… Continue reading OLDER VIEWERS ARE FASTEST GROWING AVOD SEGMENT

NEWS MEDIA COMPANIES ARE LAUNCHING AMBITIOUS NEW CTV SERVICES

3. 8. 2021 Linear TV has been the natural home outlet for 24 hour news coverage ever since the launch of cable and satellite TV services, and as a format it works. Linear viewing lends itself to rolling ‘up to the minute’ news coverage. So when it comes to news, CTV services have primarily been used for evergreen or… Continue reading NEWS MEDIA COMPANIES ARE LAUNCHING AMBITIOUS NEW CTV SERVICES

CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRAND MAGNIFICATION

2. 8. 2021 Consumers choose brands for many reasons. One important reason is how a specific brand makes them feel about themselves. Since the best way to leverage that emotional element in connecting with consumers is by combining sight, sound and motion through video, it’s no surprise that so many big brands choose TV advertising as the backbone of… Continue reading CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRAND MAGNIFICATION

OPINION: TV ADVERTISING HAS EVERYTHING IT NEEDS TO PERFORM

22. 7. 2021 Marketers shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that they are living in a period of data abundance Agencies are frustrated about TV measurement. In the past, TV currency data provided a consolidated view of how TV budgets were spent. Broadcast, cable and even selective digital video could be consolidated into a single view of delivery to age/gender… Continue reading OPINION: TV ADVERTISING HAS EVERYTHING IT NEEDS TO PERFORM

LINEAR TV IS MOVING TO DIGITAL, STREAMING IS GROWING

21. 7. 2021 The key battle will be fought primarily for the total time spent watching TV screens in households according to a forecast by Nielsen. Linear TV continues to be a significant tool to address mass audience, however, the role of a TV screen will gradually move from linear to digital. The importance of streaming has increased… Continue reading LINEAR TV IS MOVING TO DIGITAL, STREAMING IS GROWING

LINEAR PROGRAMMING MIGHT NOT BE DEAD AFTER ALL

21. 7. 2021 Ad supported streaming options continue to become more popular according to Horowitz Research. Despite the proliferation of subscription streaming services in the streaming market, ad-supported streaming options continue to gain momentum, according to Horowitz Research’s “State of Viewing and Streaming 2021” report. The findings call into question the perception that linear TV may have less… Continue reading LINEAR PROGRAMMING MIGHT NOT BE DEAD AFTER ALL

FIVE STREAMING VIDEO TRENDS SHAPED 2021’S FIRST HALF, AND WILL SHAPE ITS FUTURE

9. 7. 2021 Halfway through a relatively momentous 2021, with the pandemic ebbing in at least some parts of the planet, several major trends have emerged, or re-emerged, and will help shape where the streaming-video industry heads going forward. The conflicts between those sometimes contradictory trends will shape the next stage of development in what’s clearly now the next… Continue reading FIVE STREAMING VIDEO TRENDS SHAPED 2021’S FIRST HALF, AND WILL SHAPE ITS FUTURE

INCREASE IN ONLINE SERVICES CAN IMPACT THE COST OF TV GRP

1. 7. 2021 The growing demand for TV advertising on the one hand and the excepted growth in streaming services on the other hand can have an impact on the development of prices for TV GRP. The growing demand for TV advertising on the one hand and the expected growth in streaming services on the other hand can… Continue reading INCREASE IN ONLINE SERVICES CAN IMPACT THE COST OF TV GRP

THE FUTURE OF VIDEO ADVERTISING: THINK BIGGER… AND SMALLER

1. 7. 2021 The point where TV meets digital is currently one of the most exciting places in media. Connected TV, broadcast video, addressable TV – all these innovations are changing the way consumers and advertisers think about video advertising. Suddenly, TV can stretch from the top of the marketing funnel to the bottom, from multi-national to local,… Continue reading THE FUTURE OF VIDEO ADVERTISING: THINK BIGGER… AND SMALLER

USA: STUDY TV WITH OR WITHOUT ADS? IT DEPENDS ON DELIVERY: STUDY

28. 6. 2021 When it comes to ad-supported TV platforms and networks versus ad-free TV services, one study says the decision is still mixed — essentially a hung jury. More than half (57%) of respondents of a recent poll say they can tolerate “some ads,” with 17% saying they can’t tolerate any advertising. Another 26% say “content matters more than… Continue reading USA: STUDY TV WITH OR WITHOUT ADS? IT DEPENDS ON DELIVERY: STUDY

USA RESEARCH: VIEWERS MORE WILLING TO WATCH ADS

25. 6. 2021 Conventional wisdom says that TV viewers will do anything to avoid ads, but viewer behavior says something different, the Hub reports BOSTON—While the popularity of ad-free SVOD services like Netflix and Disney Plus has caused worries that marketers will have a harder time reaching consumers, new research from Hub suggests that viewers are relatively tolerant of… Continue reading USA RESEARCH: VIEWERS MORE WILLING TO WATCH ADS

PAID TV WILL GROW IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, VIDEO AND TV WILL BLEND

21. 6. 2021 An increasing share of video on demand and online video and TV blending may be expected as one of the directions of TV broadcasting development. Payments for TV content viewing will increase in the Czech Republic, and TV and video content will blend at the same time. While TV operators gradually enter the field of… Continue reading PAID TV WILL GROW IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, VIDEO AND TV WILL BLEND

ÓČKO CONVERTS HBBTV VIDEO ADS INTO GRP

17. 6. 2021 Óčko and Hybrid convert video advertising delivered on the HbbTV platform into the GRP equivalent. The TV group Óčko and the tech company Hybrid use data from the official audience measurement of the non-linear digital video content (PEM-D) to calculate advertising GRPs. They measure the delivery of non-linear video ads using the HbbTV platform (the red button). It is a solution connecting linear and… Continue reading ÓČKO CONVERTS HBBTV VIDEO ADS INTO GRP