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Civolution ranks Super Bowl ads

Budweiser’s ‘Puppy Love’ was the runaway winner of Super Bowl 2014. The cute commercial, which tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a horse and a puppy, was not only the most shared video online, but also the ad which attracted the most TV coverage according to Civolution. The ad has so far generated

February 4, 2014

TV ad-spend bouncing back

TV ad-spend is off to a good start in Q1 according to a report from banker Morgan Stanley. The bank has taken advice from many of its broadcasting contacts and the overall mood is optimistic. “Our German and British contacts were bullish. Our French contacts were cautiously optimistic. Our Spanish contacts were also optimistic but […]

January 29, 2014By Chris Forrester

Nielsen: Internet ad spend up 32%, TV up 4%

According to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report, display Internet, outdoor and television advertising saw the greatest increases in spend throughout the first three quarters of 2013 compared to the same period the year before. Display Internet ads, although measured

January 27, 2014

Spain TV ad market to grow 3.5%

Spain’s TV ad market is beginning to recover from the deep crisis with an estimated growth of 3.5 per cent this year after having lost 50 per cent of its total revenues since 2007. The latest report from i2p saw symptoms of recovery in the last quarter of 2013 when TV ad revenues grew by […]

January 24, 2014From David Del Valle in Madrid

Record engagement for ITV’s second screen ad format

ITV Commercial has revealed results from a number of successful ad campaigns within The X Factor app 2013. Key findings show that interactive content is the most effective way to engage second screen users and drive post-advertising actions. ITV launched its Ad Sync format in 2012, creating a new interactive ad format which allows viewers […]

January 17, 2014

UK ad-market set for best year since 2008

The UK advertising market is set to have its best year since the pre-recession days of 2008, fuelled by the economic recovery and an anticipated advertising blitz this summer during the football World Cup in Brazil. The latest IPA Bellwether report found that advertisers raised their budgets for a fifth quarter in a row in […]

January 16, 2014

Sky AdSmart goes live

More than 40 brands, including some of the biggest consumer brands in Britain, have signed up for Sky’s new tailored advertising service Sky AdSmart, which has now launched following a successful six-month trial. Major household names using the service include Tesco, Royal Bank of Scotland, American Airlines and Audi. Brands including Citroen and Dial-A-Flight have […]

January 15, 2014

Mobile will have 6% of all ad-spend in 2018

According to a research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the total value of the global mobile marketing and advertising market will grow from €6.9 billion in 2012 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26 per cent to € 27.9 billion in 2018. This will then correspond to 19.3 per cent of […]

January 7, 2014

Sky IQ predicts 2014 TV habits

Sky IQ, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BSkyB specialising in TV viewing behaviours, has published a range of predictions for 2014 from the musings of Liam Plowman Strategy & Propositions, Sky IQ Customer Intelligence Services. These predictions include TV advertising becoming as personalised as online, new ad releases being hotly anticipated throughout the year; not just […]

January 6, 2014

Volvo sponsors Sky Atlantic

Volvo has signed a two-year deal with Sky Atlantic HD to be the channel’s sponsor as of January 1st 2014. As sponsor, Volvo receives creative around the channel’s programming on TV, on demand and via Sky’s mobile TV service, Sky Go. The deal, negotiated by media agency Mindshare, also extends to include sponsorship of dedicated […]

January 2, 2014