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ITV, InfoSum data partnership

UK commercial PSB ITV is to partner with identity infrastructure provider InfoSum as part of a new first-party data strategy that will make its 30 million ITV Hub subscribers available for advertisers to match against and activate as target audiences via a secure and compliant solution without either party needing to exchange first party data […]

August 24, 2020

Ad industry’s addressable media initiative

Leading trade associations and companies representing every sector of the global advertising industry have joined together to launch the Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media, an initiative to advance and protect critical functionalities such as customisation and analytics for digital media and advertising, while safeguarding privacy and improving the consumer experience. The governing group of the […]

August 4, 2020

Ad industry standards bodies merge

The digital advertising industry’s two leading anti-fraud and brand safety organisations, the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) and Joint Industry Committee for Web Standards (JICWEBS), are to merge. Mike Zaneis will serve as CEO for the combined organisation – which will carry the TAG name – while JICWEBS’s Jules Kendrick will take the new role of […]

July 29, 2020

Forecast: Global adspend to drop 9.1%

Global advertising expenditure will shrink 9.1 per cent in 2020, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts. To compare, adspend shrank by 9.5 per cent during the 2009 recession. Advertisers pulled back spending sharply when the scale of the coronavirus crisis became clear. The steepest declines took place between March and May, with timing varying by […]

July 28, 2020

Forecast: Traditional media ad-spend to fall 22% in 2020

The depth and lasting impact of the global recession, along with the sharp economic downturn in the UK, signal a long and challenging road to recovery, reports eMarketer. This year in the UK, total media ad spending will be £21.03 billion ($26.84 billion), down 7.5 per cent from 2019. This steep decline in expenditures can […]

July 6, 2020

Forecast: Global TV advertising to decline 17.6% in 2020

The global mid-year forecast from media investment company GroupM shows declines in consumer and advertising spend across the board. Covid-19 sharply transformed the global advertising economy from a 6.2 per cent growth rate in 2019 to a decline of 11.9 per cent, excluding the effects of increased US political advertising. This decline returns the industry […]

June 24, 2020

4Sales launches airtime fund for new-to-TV advertisers

Channel 4 has announced the launch of 4Sales’ Greenhouse Fund. The new initiative will offer small and medium sized businesses that have never advertised on TV before match-funded commercial airtime across Channel 4’s portfolio. The unique £3 million (€3.3m) airtime relief fund is a temporary solution aimed at SMEs seeking growth as the nation begins […]

June 8, 2020

Forecast: European digital ads down only 5.5% in 2020

IAB Europe, the European-level industry association for the digital advertising and marketing ecosystem, announced at its virtual Interact conference that digital advertising grew 12.3 per cent in 2019 to €64.8 billion, driven by strong growth in out-stream video, mobile and social spend. On average €4 billion has been added to the digital advertising market every […]

June 4, 2020

Report: Connected TV/OTT ad spend bouncing back

Pixalate, a global ad fraud intelligence and marketing compliance platform, has released an update to its Covid-19 benchmarks report, examining how US programmatic advertisers have shifted budgets during the ongoing pandemic. The latest report details programmatic OTT/CTV ad spend patterns from April through May 2020 Key Findings: Programmatic Connected TV/OTT ad spend bounces back 40% […]

June 3, 2020