SURVEY: U.S. CONSUMERS WANT FEWER DEVICES BUT MORE TECH INNOVATION

26. 9. 2023 | 6 min read Two fifths (41%) dislike managing their devices, while 28% say managing tech devices and subscriptions is “overwhelming,” according to Deloitte.

STUDY UK: YOUNGER AUDIENCES WARY OF AD BOMBARDMENT

19. 9. 2023 | 2 min read Ad bombardment is the biggest driver of distrust in advertising and its importance has increased significantly for younger audiences over the last two years.

GEN Z DEMANDS MARKETING THAT REFLECTS DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: STUDY

25. 6. 2023 | 2 min read If you are struggling to engage Gen Z, you should keep one thing in mind: That 50% believe gender is non-binary and that they expect marketing to show sensitivity to that issue, judging by a study from SeeHer, conducted by Horowitz Research.

CHILD-ORIENTED ADVERTISING OR THE BALANCE BETWEEN REGULATIONS AND ETHICS. WHAT ARE THE RULES OF THIS COMPLEX MARKETING DISCIPLINE?

3. 6. 2023 | 15 min read Most of us are probably able to figure out what information the creators of each television spot are trying to convey to us when watching TV. We can tell when they’re using well-intentioned hyperbole and we can equally tell when they’re trying to sell us ideas that aren’t quite our own. But there are those among us who don’t yet have that ability - children, of course. For some businesses, children are the main target group they are trying to reach with their marketing. The very concept of advertising aimed at a group of people with limited capacity for critical thinking and analytical reasoning is also bound by many regulations or unwritten rules. Marketers are entering a thin ice where the main question is - what is still allowed and what is already over the line?

STUDY USA: GEN Z AUDIENCES HEAVY USERS OF MOBILE DEVICES WHILE WATCHING TV

11. 5. 2023 | 3 min read New research from Samba TV highlights the importance of streaming media, mobile phones and social media for marketers trying to reach the elusive “streaming first” generation of adults aged 18-26 who are often referred to as Gen Z.

WHY IT’S TIME FOR MARKETERS TO PAY ATTENTION TO GEN ALPHA

19. 4. 2023 | 3 min read Millennials are parenting. Gen Z is entering the workforce. And the never-ending wheel of time has spun a new generation for marketers to watch: Generation Alfa. The oldest members of this digitally native, pandemic-influenced generation are tweens now, and marketers need to pay attention to how today’s children differ from their Gen Z older siblings. Diverse and digital Gen Alfa comprises those born around 2012 through to now, meaning the oldest members of Gen Alfa are already 11 years old.

STUDY UK: THE EVOLUTION OF CHILDREN’S MEDIA HABITS

10. 4. 2023 | 2 min read How children use social media is changing, with less posting taking place and more platforms being used as search engines to answer questions, according to a new report from regulator Ofcom. Why it matters Now in its ninth year, Children’s Media Lives is a qualitative, longitudinal study following the same group of children aged 8 to 18. As well as giving an insight into the role of media in their daily lives, the project also provides rich details of how children’s media habits and attitudes change over time, particularly in the context of their emotional and cognitive development.

GOLDBACH: 70% OF 16 TO 49-YEAR-OLDS IN DACH USE CONNECTED TV

4. 4. 2022 | 3 min read Connected TV has become an integral part of the living room in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH).

STUDY USA: CAN STREAMING VIDEO KEEP UP WITH THE METAVERSE?

29. 3. 2022 | 7 min read New Deloitte survey finds that the U.S. SVOD churn rate is 37% and that younger generations are increasingly embracing gaming, social media and user generated content

AUSTRIAN RESEARCH: PANDEMIC BURDENS YOUNG PEOPLE AND SPOILS THE MOOD

8. 2. 2022 | 4 min read In January 2022, Marketagent together with DocLX carried out a survey among 2,500 young people aged 14-24 representing their age cohort. The ninth youth trends monitor includes comparative data for 2020 and shows changes in media usage.

GEN Z ACQUIRES A TV HABIT

19. 6. 2020 | 2 min read Gen Z is typically less engaged with traditional media, but COVID-19 is drawing a younger audience to TV and is likely to change their media consumption habits permanently.

EGTABITE 285: WTFOCK: HOW SBS BELGIUM & TELENET REACH YOUNG AUDIENCES THROUGH AN ONLINE-FIRST SERIES

17. 1. 2020 An online-first series This week’s egtabite puts the spotlight on the Belgian sales house SBS Belgium and telco operator Telenet with its series wtFOCK, which in no time has become one of the most successful online-first series in Flanders. The series – which is very popular among 15-24 year olds – has remained for a long time under the radar for other audiences. Its authenticity, in combination with the unique format, greatly contributed to the success of the series, both with viewers and advertisers: a win-win situation, as SBS manages to target a group that advertisers have difficulty in reaching. The border between fiction and reality wtFOCK is the Flemish version of SKAM, a Norwegian youth series that generated so much hype that the concept was picked up for adaptation in countries such as Italy, France, the Netherlands, Germany, the United States and now Belgium.

EGTABITE 277: MARY POPPINS RETURNS – RMB AND FLASH’S CREATIVE PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR WALT DISNEY PICTURES

8. 11. 2019 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does this very long word sound familiar or is it just some gibberish you cannot really pronounce? Mary Poppins was an important part of a carefree childhood era to many, but to some, especially the millennial generation, it is just an archaic fictional character they do not know much about. This week’s egtabite features an innovative format from RMB’s creative unit called FLASH, aiming to reconnect younger audiences with the famous character, right in time for the Mary Poppins Returns movie release. A creative case The in-house Content and Creativity Unit of RMB, a sales house in the south of Belgium, called FLASH, was in charge of the creative format for their client Walt Disney Pictures.