EXPERTS: PAY TV AND STREAMING TO CONVERGE

17. 8. 2022 | 2 min read Nearly one third of TV industry professionals expect traditional pay TV and streaming services to converge.

STUDY USA: VOD USERS INCREASINGLY ACCEPTING ADS

17. 8. 2022 | 5 min read The Q2 2022 wave of Hub Entertainment Research’s TV Advertising: Fact vs. Fiction study reveals strong satisfaction with ad-supported streaming TV platforms. Key findings from this year’s study:

THE SHARE OF CZECH PEOPLE WATCHING SVOD WILL RISE TO 42% NEXT YEAR

10. 8. 2022 | 2 min read The market for paid VOD services in the Czech Republic is expected to grow next year, declares research of Atmedia company.

„YOU CAN EITHER MAKE PEOPLE CRY AND LAUGH, OR YOU CAN’T SUCCEED IN THE TV BUSINESS,“ SAYS CME CHIEF DIDIER STOESSEL

10. 8. 2022 | 7 min read CME Media Group CEO Didier Stoessel is one of the most influential figures in the domestic media business. The former investment banker with experience at HSBC and Merril Lynch is the top executive chosen by the PPF Group two years ago to bring the newly acquired CME Media Group back to the limelight. And Stoessel hasn’t held back at all - he has pulled creative producers and developers on his side („Having good content and a way to deliver it - that’s the name of the game these days“), hired triple the number of studios and is spending hundreds of millions on content production. On top of that, he has “revived” the then-stagnant Voyo, an online video library project, which he has made into one of the distinctive pillars of its strategy and which is now generating hundreds of millions in revenue a year. However, Stoessel still faces a number of challenges: competition in the market („Even though our biggest competition is sleep - that’s six to seven hours a day when you’re not consuming our content“), the economic slowdown or the steady decline in viewership of linear broadcasting. How does one of the most important Television executives in the Czech republic plan to deal with them?

CZECHS LIKE TO WATCH TV, RADIO AND VOD SERVICES IN SUMMER

4. 8. 2022 | 4 min read Data from Nielsen Atmosphere research shows how media consumption in summer evolves compared to the rest of the year. We listen to the radio more often in the summer, while go to the cinema and watch TV content less.

PRIMA IS PREPARING AN ANSWER TO NETFLIX AND VOYO. THE NEW STREAMING SERVICE WILL BE BOTH SUBSCRIPTION AND AD-FREE

4. 8. 2022 | 2 min read Prima is preparing an answer to Netflix and Voyo. New streaming service will be subscription and ad-free.

40 % OF CZECHS USE PAID VOD SERVICES. BUT NOT EVERYONE PAYS FOR THEM

3. 8. 2022 | 2 min read 40 % of Czechs aged 15 to 69 use at least one paid service to watch TV shows, series and movies. They have access to multiple services but do not always pay for all the platforms they use, for example because they use shared access from their friends. The data comes from the Altmedia Index research for the first half of this year.

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.

HOW TO REACH CONSUMERS WATCHING BOTH LINEAR AND STREAMING TV

26. 7. 2022 | 4 min read Using connected TV to go after cord-cutters is only part of the story

VOYO WILL HAVE ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS WITHIN FIVE YEARS, BELIEVES TV NOVA’S CEO VLČEK

25. 7. 2022 | 3 min read PPF-led TV Nova, the most powerful TV station in the Czech Republic, has vigorously switched to paid services, pumping hundreds of millions into Voyo. According to Nova’s CEO, Jan Vlček, income from advertising will be key in future.

RESEARCH UK: CONSUMERS USING SAVINGS TO COVER MEDIA SUBS

18. 7. 2022 | 5 min read Almost a third (29 per cent) of individuals have struggled to pay for their media subscription services since the start of 2022, with people needing to borrow money or use savings to pay their bills according to KPMG research. The survey of UK consumers conducted by OnePoll found that 15 per cent have missed or defaulted on a payment for a media subscription service in the last three months.

DEMYSTIFYING CTV IN THE UK

5. 7. 2022 | 7 min read Thinkbox’s Matt Hill examines the world of CTV and explores why the UK is a hard market to crack.

ESTIMATE: 60% OF CUSTOMERS PAY FOR STREAMING, TREND HITS CINEMAS

24. 6. 2022 | 2 min read According to Axocom data, 60 percent of the 1.3 million total viewers are paying for streaming video content.

VOYO IS DOING FUNDAMENTALLY BETTER THAN WE PLANNED. ORDINACE IS STILL THE DRIVING FORCE, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT OF CME

23. 6. 2022 | 6 min read Daniel Grunt returned to CME a year ago as head of digital activities. His task was to secure one million subscribers for Voyo within five years. How's it going?

IN A WORLD OF INSTANT GRATIFICATION, DON’T FORGET THE POWER OF ANTICIPATION

17. 6. 2022 | 5 min read As humans, we have a natural urge for instant gratification – the temptation to forego a long-term, future benefit, to obtain an immediate and often less rewarding one. It’s a concept that brands have leveraged with aplomb using technological and product innovation, coupled with bold marketing activity. As such, we find ourselves living in the epitome of a ‘Need it Now, Have it Now’ world. From Getir delivering groceries in just minutes, to on-demand manicures in the home with a click, the list is endless. And broadcasters also understand that we struggle to wait or limit our exposure - which is why between them, Channel 4, ITV, Sky, and the BBC now host hundreds upon hundreds of box sets ready to stream. But instant novelty doesn’t always work for everyone Indeed, inspired by TV and cinema, an increasing number of brands find themselves commissioning film-quality episodic branded content as part of their marketing activity. This mode of content has now become the norm, particularly when you look at the alcohol category, such as Stella, Fosters and Estrella.

REPORT USA: THE OPTIMAL TV/STREAMING AD BALANCE

10. 6. 2022 | 3 min read The Comcast Advertising Report 2022: Actionable Insights for the Modern TV Advertiser, recommends that advertisers allocate 20 per cent to 30 per cent of their premium video budget towards streaming, and the rest to traditional TV.

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.

STUDY EU: CTV VIEWERS EMBRACE AD-SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

3. 6. 2022 | 2 min read Connected television (CTV) viewers in six European countries – including France, Germany and the UK – use an average of 3.5 streaming platforms, with over a third utilizing ad-supported services.