MARKETERS ARE LOOKING FOR BUSINESS BENEFITS IN AI, BUT DO NOT YET SEE ANY SAVINGS

8. 10. 2026 | 3 min read According to a new global survey by Dentsu Creative, marketers are moving away from experimenting with artificial intelligence towards identifying its specific impact on business. Whilst AI helps to speed up marketing processes, many companies are still grappling with how to use it to build their brand and drive long-term growth.

CTV ALREADY ACCOUNTS FOR THE MAJORITY OF PREMIUM VIDEO ADVERTISING IN EUROPE, WHILE PROGRAMMATIC CONTINUES TO GROW

3. 10. 2026 | 3 min read Connected TVs (CTVs) accounted for 53 per cent of premium video ad views in Europe in the first half of this year. This is according to a new study by FreeWheel. Programmatic video ad buying also grew significantly, whilst live streaming gained momentum, driven primarily by sports broadcasts.

TELEVISION KNOWS HOW TO CAPTURE ATTENTION: THROUGH THE BIG SCREEN, EMOTION AND SHARED EXPERIENCES

15. 9. 2026 | 11 min read Showing an advertisement today is no problem. Getting people to actually pay attention to it is the real challenge. The number of impressions or the reach of a campaign alone does not tell us whether someone genuinely watched the advertising message, engaged with it or remembered it. And according to the TV is engaging project, this is precisely one of television’s key advantages. Its strength lies not only in how many people it can reach, but also in the quality of that contact.

TOTAL TV DRIVES 54% SHARE OF ADVERTISING PROFIT DESPITE INCREASED FRAGMENTATION

4. 9. 2026 | 3 min read An analysis of over £100m worth of UK TV investment has found that expanding the definition of TV to include SVOD, CTV and YouTube produces the same headline finding as 2024’s Profit Ability 2.

NZ AUDIENCES SETTLE INTO MORE STABLE MEDIA HABITS IN 2026

3. 9. 2026 | 6 min read New Zealand media consumption is gradually settling into a more stable pattern after years of rapid growth in streaming. At the same time, cost-of-living pressures are prompting audiences to become more selective about the paid services they choose.

HOW GEN Z IS CHANGING THE RULES OF SPORTS FANDOM FOR BRANDS

26. 8. 2026 | 5 min read For generations, sports fandom was inherited rather than chosen. Team allegiances usually began at home, with a parent, grandparent or older sibling influencing what jersey you wore, what games were on TV and what rivalries mattered.

INADEQUATE MEASUREMENT IS HOLDING BACK INVESTMENT IN DIGITAL ADVERTISING

16. 8. 2026 | 2 min read According to a survey by e-Marketer and AppsFlyer, inadequate measurement of digital channel performance may be holding back advertising investment. Nearly six out of ten marketers said that, due to a lack of measurement tools, their organisations are likely to invest less in profitable channels.

MOVING IMAGE STUDY 2026: TELEVISION REMAINS THE BACKBONE OF AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT CONSUMPTION

23. 6. 2026 | 6 min read The representative study commissioned by RTR Medien and Arbeitsgemeinschaft TELETEST is examining video consumption in Austria for the eleventh time. Its findings show that consumer behaviour continues to be shaped by television broadcasters’ content.

MEASURABLE REACH CREATES PLANNING CERTAINTY – IMPACT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

19. 6. 2026 | 5 min read With the planned convergent moving image measurement by Mediapulse, a standardized measurement for TV, Online Video (OLV), and Connected TV (CTV) will be established in Switzerland for the first time. Goldbach is actively involved as the first market partner in this development. A standardized measurement creates transparency, makes Reach comparable, and ensures greater planning certainty. In the long term, it aims to form the basis for a common currency in the Swiss moving image market.

STRONG EMOTIONS LEAD TO STRONG RESULTS, SAYS NEW SCREENFORCE STUDY

14. 6. 2026 | 5 min read The new Screenforce study, entitled Follow the Feelings – Emotional Advertising as an Effectiveness Booster, explores the full spectrum of emotions, their practical significance and a detailed understanding of creative approaches to advertising.

A BIG-SCREEN STUDY FINDS STRONGER ATTENTION ON TV4 PLAY THAN ON YOUTUBE

24. 4. 2026 TV4 just launched its third attention study, comparing the viewing experience on its streaming service (TV4 Play) with YouTube’s big screen experience at home. It confirms once again the assumption that the streaming environment provided by a qualitative TV network (BVOD) delivers a much bigger attention than UGC platforms, such as YouTube. An at-home test with regular users of both services The comparison took place in December 2025, with research partner COG Research, and was built to test the attention of viewers who already used both TV4 Play and YouTube on a big screen. To take part, they had to use both services at least two to three times a week, for around 20 to 30 minutes per session. The viewing took place in participants’ homes, not in a test room. Attention was measured with an eye-tracking device (iVue glasses), as viewers chose current programmes or videos they were interested in and were told to behave as they normally would. The comparison also kept the screen conditions close: both platforms were viewed in full-screen mode and with longer video formats.

GENERATION ALPHA 2025 STUDY: HOW THE YOUNGEST CONSUMERS ARE CHANGING THE PURCHASING DECISIONS OF CZECH HOUSEHOLDS

9. 3. 2026 | 3 min read More than a million children in Czechia have a significant influence on their families' purchasing decisions. Learn about the consumer behaviour and purchasing power of Generation Alpha, who are not afraid to express their opinions.

EUROPE IS NOT AMERICA, YOUR STRATEGY SHOULDN’T BE EITHER

8. 3. 2026 | 9 min read RTL AdAlliance tracked European viewing habits since 2022, here is what four editions reveal about ads, trust, discovery, churn and the first click.