2021 WILL BE A ‘BUILD YEAR’ FOR ADDRESSABLE TV

18. 2. 2021 | 6 min read Much has been made about the shift to streaming over the past year, particularly with the launch of Disney Plus, WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, NBCU’s Peacock and a slew of other services.

SERIES ON TV: INVESTMENTS IN TV ADVERTISING AND IMPORTANCE OF TV IN BRAND BUILDING

15. 2. 2021 | 5 min read In the third and last issue of the series on TV market development, we will focus on how companies including e-commerce businesses use TV advertising for long-term brand building. In the following years, TV will face a number of issues - its VOD services and the introduction of addressable advertising.

TV AD REVENUE WILL REBOUND IN 2021, BUT THE INDUSTRY IS NEVER GOING BACK TO NORMAL

24. 12. 2020 | 6 min read Vaccinations, plus investment from travel, retail and auto advertisers, will help shape the new normal.

UNILEVER DEEMS TV ‘VERY COST EFFECTIVE’ ALONGSIDE ADVANCED CAPABILITIES

17. 12. 2020 | 4 min read Television is a highly cost effective media for large advertisers, Unilever’s global media operations director has said, with new developments in advanced TV further increasing the value of the channel.

A NEW DAWN FOR TV

14. 12. 2020 | 5 min read TV viewing habits have been upended. Audiences are more likely to watch content by themselves. Dayparts no longer determine platform choice. These changes demand a new approach to TV planning, writes Sky Media’s Sarah Jones.

‘SORRY TV’S SO COMPLEX, I DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO MAKE IT SIMPLER’

7. 12. 2020 | 8 min read John Litster, managing director at Sky Media, considers the need for simplification in media and calls on the industry to start making a change.

FROM THE EXPERTS: MEDIA AND ADVERTISING IN 2021

7. 12. 2020 | 13 min read By all accounts 2020 was a miserable year. A global pandemic led to an economic recession impacting the ad marketplace. Production studios the television and film industry. Stay-at-home orders closed retail stores and movie theaters. Viewers migrated to home entertainment, HBO Max, Peacock and the short lived Quibi were launched. Sporting events were either canceled, suspended or postponed such as the Tokyo Olympics. Meanwhile, there was a contentious election and in January the U.S. will have a new President. What else could happen in 2021? We asked some experts.

WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION ADVERTISING?

19. 10. 2020 | 9 min read As the screen-watching landscape continues to change and viewing habits switch, can television - and therefore television advertising - hold its own? The Moon Unit examine the future of 'the hearth of the 20th century'.

WHY LINEAR TV ADVERTISING WON’T BE DEVOURED BY CTV DESPITE THE FLIGHT OF VIEWERS TO STREAMING

11. 8. 2020 | 4 min read No matter what data source you consult, the flight of TV viewers from traditional linear TV to Netflix, Roku, Hulu, Disney Plus and any number of other VOD platforms is unmistakable. Consider that 40% of adults in U.S. TV households are now watching video on a TV set via a connected device on a daily basis, compared to just 1% in 2010.

EUROPEAN BROADCASTERS TARGETING THE YOUNG WITH VOD

20. 7. 2020 | 2 min read European broadcasters are no longer playing catch up on first run video on demand content.

THE FUTURE OF TV PLANNING

18. 5. 2020 | 4 min read One of the questions I was asked at Mediatel’s recent Future of TV event was “Will more streaming mean a more diverse distribution landscape for ad-supported television, and how should advertisers think about the opportunity in this space?” or words to that effect.

AUDIENCES ARE TURNING TO TV IN THIS CRISIS. HOW ARE BROADCASTERS AND BRANDS SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT?

4. 5. 2020 | 4 min read Stéphane Coruble, CEO of RTL AdConnect, reflects on how broadcasters and advertisers are adopting a new approach to retain relevancy during the COVID-19 lockdown.

UK; US: GREATER MEDIA CONSUMPTION LIKELY TO SUSTAIN AFTER COVID-19

7. 4. 2020 | 2 min read An overview of the long-term change in consumer media habits after the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the UK and US.

5 WAYS CORONAVIRUS IS CHANGING OUR VIEWING HABITS

25. 3. 2020 | 5 min read What has changed in how people consume media, and what does it mean for advertisers?

CZECHS SPEND MORE AND MORE DAILY TIME WITH MEDIA

9. 3. 2020 | 2 min read The increase in time we dedicate to media relates to the expansion of electronic devices in population, shows Nielsen Admosphere’s data.

TV VIEWERS JUST WANT EASE OF ACCESS TO CONTENT

2. 3. 2020 | 2 min read Even though the range of services and devices for watching TV has proliferated in recent years, broadcast networks and advertisers should be aware that most viewers don’t care about the technology provided they get to watch what they want. About three-quarters (74%) of global TV viewers, rising to 76% of Australians, feel this way, leading a senior executive at ViacomCBS to advise that viewers think of TV as content rather than the number and proliferation of the tools to access it.

WHAT DOES TV MEAN TO PEOPLE WORLDWIDE

14. 2. 2020 | 4 min read The TV viewing experience has been changing drastically in the last years, especially with the rise of streaming services and all new devices for accessing them. The way audiences consume TV daily is constantly evolving. Therefore, there is a rising need for most recent figures that precisely show people’s viewing behaviour.

EGTABITE281: EMOJI HUNT BY M6- INNOVATIVE USE OF CONTEXTUALISED AD BREAKS

6. 12. 2019 In an ever-changing advertising landscape, advertisers and sales houses alike need to keep abreast of the latest consumer trends, capturing the consumer’s attention in new innovative ways. This week’s egtabite puts the spotlight on such a creative case by the French sales house M6 Publicité, aimed at both entertaining viewers and engaging them by jumping on a current trend: The Emoji Hunt. The hunt is on The M6 Emoji Hunt contest, created for the French postal service La Poste, was inspired by the Pokémon craze of 2018, where people were encouraged to hunt Pokémons through an augmented reality app on their smartphone. The Emoji Hunt was also sparked by the increasingly frequent use of emoji’s in a wide range of communication channels - both by consumers as well as brands.