STUDY GERMANY: LINEAR TV STILL POPULAR WITH VIEWERS

3. 11. 2024 | 3 min read Linear TV is clearly - despite strong competition from streaming platforms - more resilient than expected. According to the survey, its use has declined only slightly over the last three years. By contrast, the streaming market appears to be saturated.

CRA: 5G TV BROADCASTING COULD GO COMMERCIAL IN 2027

24. 10. 2024 | 3 min read The development of the new 5G Broadcasting standard is progressing rapidly, according to Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRA). The company believes that within three years it could be commercially operational in the Czech market.

HOW DIFFERENT GENERATIONS WATCH TV

19. 10. 2024 | 5 min read Imagine a Millennial flipping through cable channels, a Gen Xer catching the game live on YouTube TV, and a Baby Boomer binge-watching Netflix. Today, media viewing habits might not be exactly what you'd expect.

MIPJUNIOR: STREAMERS’ KIDS CONTENT ACQUISITIONS INCREASE AS COMMISSIONING PLUNGES – AMPERE ANALYSIS

18. 10. 2024 | 4 min read “In 2007 I watched the “X Files” on YouTube. That changed my consumer experience!” said analyst firm Ampere Analysis’s Research Manager Olivia Deane, invited to discuss audience’s shift in the last 20 years, structural adaptations and new business models in kids’ content at MipJunior’s opening session Oct. 18.

6 WAYS TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMING TV ADVERTISING

18. 10. 2024 | 7 min read It’s July 1, 1941. A baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies flickers on TV screens in New York City. Suddenly, the game cuts away. A Bulova watch appears, accompanied by a voiceover intoning, "America runs on Bulova time." In just 10 seconds, the world's first TV commercial airs, forever changing the advertising landscape.

TV VIEWING AND ITS ROLE COMPARED TO OTHER TOUCHPOINTS

17. 10. 2024 | 5 min read Gigabytes of articles have already been written about the current viewership of classic television. But it doesn’t hurt to look at what is behind the claims of people who indicate in surveys that they watch TV. In a previous article, we examined what “watching TV” means. Only with a clear definition of “watching TV” can we assess the role of classic TV as a touchpoint. TV viewing surveys The question of how often people watch television has been the subject of dozens of studies. The results of these studies are used, among other things, for media planning. Although everyone might seem to know what watching TV means, clarifying the concept and asking viewers about their understanding appears to be a good idea. This is what the GroupM project Media Bubbles is doing. It examines the differences in media habits between the general Czech online population (which includes about 92% of the total population) and people from media and advertising agencies. In addition, the latest survey took a closer look at young consumers under 25. What does it mean to watch TV? Let’s briefly summarise what people mean when they say they watch TV. For 80% of the Czech online population, watching TV is equivalent to watching a live broadcast in real time. Among young people under 25, 72% have the same understanding. However, watching TV includes watching pay VOD services for almost half of the population. A quarter of the population (and 31% of the young under 25) even include YouTube in watching TV. Watching TV – what does that mean?

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE MEDIA GIANTS? TURBULENT CHANGES AND ACQUISITIONS

6. 10. 2024 | 3 min read Big media companies may fundamentally reshuffle their portfolios, estimates Erika Luzsicza based on current developments.

SUBSCRIBERS LOSING TRACK OF WHAT THEY’RE PAYING FOR

29. 9. 2024 | 2 min read One in three Americans now pay for a subscription they never use and 35% have lost track of how much they spend on subscriptions each month.

STREAMING MARKET IS ABOUT TO CHANGE, SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL GROW SLOWER THAN ADVERTISING

3. 9. 2024 | 3 min read PwC's five-year revenue outlook for the streaming market suggests only a modest increase in subscription revenues and double-digit growth in advertising revenues.

TV VIEWERS. WHO ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY SPEND THEIR TIME WITH AND WITHOUT TV?

3. 9. 2024 | 7 min read There has long been a debate among media professionals and marketers about what it actually means to watch TV. As there’s nothing worse than conjecture, we asked people. Viewers. And as you might expect, watching TV means something different to everyone, and mostly, it doesn’t mean just one thing.

SCHOOL BELL RINGING: TELEVISION ADVERTISING HAS A BIG IMPACT ON WHAT IS PURCHASED AND WHERE TO SHOP BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS

28. 8. 2024 | 7 min read Many parents have been shopping for school supplies since May, according to a new online survey on the influence of TV on pre-school shopping. It reveals the factors that influence parents’ shopping behaviour.

STUDY USA: NEARLY 60M U.S. HOMES WATCHED THE OLYMPICS

12. 8. 2024 | 3 min read Household viewing of the Paris games was up 11% compared to the Tokyo games, Samba TV reported.

TELEVISION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANNEL IN THE VIDEO UNIVERSE

9. 8. 2024 | 5 min read At the Screenforce Day conference in Zurich earlier this summer, Screenforce Switzerland presented a new study Die Welt der Screens, which focused on the analysis of the devices and channels that viewers in Switzerland use to consume video content. The conclusions of the study are clear. The most used device for watching all TV content is the big screen, with the mobile phone catching up in the news segment.

HUB: VIEWERS POSITIVE TOWARD STREAMING VIDEO ADS

1. 8. 2024 | 3 min read The proliferation of ad-supported subscription and free streaming video platforms is apparently resonating with viewers.

VIEWING OF NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM AND TV UP 24% IN ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES SINCE 2020

30. 7. 2024 | 3 min read Viewers in English speaking countries—including the U.K., US, Australia and Canada—are viewing more non-English language film and TV shows in recent years, according to a new study from Ampere Analysis. Increase partly attributed to success of Korean film and TV shows.

FIVE TIMES MORE PEOPLE ARE STREAMING THIS YEAR’S OLYMPICS THAN THE FOLLOWING OLYMPICS

30. 7. 2024 | 2 min read American company Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns the streaming app Max and the Eurosport station, has released some data on viewership of the Summer Olympics. The biggest sporting event of the year helped it gain a record number of new subscribers in Europe.

DANIEL GRUNT: WE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED DEFINITELY OVER A BILLION CROWNS IN VOYO.CZ PREMIUM CONTENT

19. 7. 2024 | 2 min read After about two decades of a career in Czech media, Daniel Grunt took one of the most powerful positions on the market last January - at the head of TV Nova. His long-term focus on the online segment, which has become one of the strategic areas of the commercial station's development, played into his hands. "My goal is to maximize the reach of our content and respect for the TV Nova brand," Daniel Grunt said in the next episode of the První liga (First League) podcast.

STUDY USA: 6% OF HOUSEHOLDS WATCH TV SOLELY ON MOBILE DEVICES, SURVEY FINDS

19. 7. 2024 | 4 min read Between 2022-’23, U.S. households without a TV set grew from 7% to 8%, according to the Advertising Research Foundation.