THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

THE TV ADVERTISING PARADOX, A THINKTV NEW ZEALAND CASE STUDY (1/2)

In late 2024, ThinkTV New Zealand, under the leadership of Jacqueline Freeman, GM Communications, undertook a full market review to understand how television was being perceived, valued, and used across the New Zealand marketing ecosystem. This was a broad diagnostic rather than a simple pulse check. It drew on perspectives from CMOs, CFOs, insights people,… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

OMNICONNECT: WITHOUT THE RIGHT METRICS, YOU CAN’T MANAGE MARKETING TODAY

This year’s OmniConnect conference demonstrated that well-defined metrics are key to marketing management, brand growth and return on investment. Alongside global insights, local case studies were also presented, confirming the growing role of data, AI and attention management in modern communication. This year’s OmniConnect conference, the fourth in the series, was themed‘Measure to manage’and focused… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

AI TRENDS IN ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND THE MEDIA IN 2026

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way people discover brands, marketing is becoming system-driven, and creativity is emerging as the key driver of growth, according to a new report by EACA and Advertising Week entitled “AI Forecasts & Predictions for 2026”. The report“AI Forecasts & Predictions for 2026”, on which Rob Hill, CEO of the agency… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

NIELSEN ‘BLIND SPOT’ GETS A LITTLE BLINDER, WILL CEASE MONITORING MANY TV MARKETS

Nielsen late last week began informing clients that, effective March 31, it will discontinue monitoring ads on TV in 137 markets. The news comes on the heels of Nielsen’s decision to also discontinue its radio advertising monitoring service – SIGMA Radio – ad the end of the month, something some sources see as cost-cutting moves… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

FIRST DATA: OUT-OF-HOME VIEWING INCREASED THE RATING OF TOP OLYMPIC BROADCASTS BY 13%

Extended ATO measurement provided the first hard data on how watching broadcasts “outside the home” can increase the overall television rating of a major sporting event. Broadcasts from the 2026 Winter Olympics showed that outside-the-home viewing increases the reach of the most-watched sports broadcasts by up to 13 per cent. The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

WHEN SILENCE SPEAKS LOUDER

Code of Silence was a landmark drama for British television. The show starred Rose Ayling-Ellis, a deaf actress who became famous after winning Strictly Come Dancing, a popular British celebrity dance competition. In the drama, she plays a deaf woman whose exceptional lip-reading skills make her central to a covert police investigation. The production featured… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

DURING THE FIRST OLYMPIC WEEKEND, VIEWERS WERE MOST INTERESTED IN BIATHLON, SNOWBOARDING AND SPEED SKATING

Sunday’s mixed biathlon relay race became the most watched biathlon broadcast in the history of Czech Television. The station announced this based on data from official electronic audience measurement provided by the Association of Television Organisations. During the first weekend of the Olympic Games, 1.759 million viewers watched the broadcast on television and via internet… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

THE STATE OF PERFORMANCE TV IN 2026

Attention is the hardest thing to buy. And everyone else is bidding too. People are scrolling, skipping, swiping, and split-screening their way through the day. Which is exactly why TV stands out. It offers a rare, uninterrupted moment where your audience is truly paying attention. Performance TV combines the power of TV advertising with the… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

TV MARKET HAS EXTENDED DATA ON OUT-OF-HOME VIEWING

Since the beginning of February, the Czech television market has officially had new data on television viewership. The data has been expanded to include out-of-home viewing. It will now be delivered at around 9:30 a.m. From 1 February 2026, the Association of Television Organisations (ATO) is expanding its official television audience measurement to include data… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

WHAT GOOGLE’S LEGAL THREAT REALLY MEANS: STOP TREATING YOUTUBE LIKE IT’S TV

The real reason Google doesn’t want YouTube measured like television. Sometimes the news arrives not as a surprise, but as a head-slapping realisation. It emerged yesterday that Google handed the UK’s TV measurement body a cease-and-desist letter for doing something very simple: measuring YouTube like television. Not impressions nor claims. Actual viewing on TV sets,… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

TV MEASUREMENT OUTSIDE THE HOME IS BEFORE THE START, IT CAN INCREASE THE RATING EVEN BY 10%

From February 2026, data on TV viewing outside the home will be integrated into TV viewing and video content measurement. This could increase overall TV viewing by up to 10% in some target groups. The ReDam project, which is the first to systematically measure out-of-home TV viewership in the Czech Republic, is entering its final… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

IPTV POPULARITY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC FOR WATCHING VIDEO CONTENT CONTINUES TO GROW

The Internet is increasingly consolidating its position as the main source of video content viewing in Czech households, while traditional TV broadcasting via DVB-T2 antennas is losing its relevance. This is the current result of a survey conducted by the mobile association APMS. Current research by NMS Market Research for the Association of Mobile Network… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

REAL TIME AND DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT. ATO MEASUREMENT HAS ITS SPECIFICS

Domestic television audience measurement complies with international standards, as confirmed by an audit conducted by CESP. In an interview, CESP Associate Director Olivier Daufresne talks about the benefits of the audit and the specifics of Czech measurement. The international auditing organisation CESP audited the domestic television audience and video content measurement carried out by Nielsen… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

ATO: STICKING TO THE PLAN. OUT-OF-HOME MEASUREMENT WILL START IN JANUARY 2026

The ReDAM project, which aims to bring out-of-home TV and video audience measurement to the Czech market, is progressing according to plan. According to ATO’s Managing Director, Michal Jordan, the official launch is still scheduled for January 2026. The Association of Television Organizations (ATO) is in the final preparation phase of the ReDAM project, which… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

NEW TV CURRENCY? MORE DATA, MORE GRPs, MORE QUESTIONS FROM CLIENTS

The expansion of out-of-home viewership in Poland has brought a more accurate picture of the audience, but also debates with advertisers and agencies, said Wojciech Kowalczyk in the third part of Atmedia’s Expert Talks. In the third part of Atmedia’s Expert Talks, Wojciech Kowalczyk, an expert on the Polish TV market, Deputy Director of the… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

DELAYED TV VIEWING IS HIGHER IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC THAN IN EUROPE

Data shows that the percentage of delayed TV viewing in the Czech Republic is higher than the European average. The share of delayed viewing in total TV viewing in the Czech Republic last year was 12.5%, exceeding the average length of delayed viewing in Europe. This was 10%. This was announced by the domestic professional… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

OUT-OF-HOME MEASUREMENT HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN TV VIEWING AND GRP IN POLAND

The specific impact of introducing out-of-home TV audience measurement is described by Wojciech Kowalczyk in an interview with Atmedia expert talks, based on the Polish experience. The introduction of out-of-home audience measurement has affected overall TV viewership in Poland. In the general target group of viewers aged 4+, viewership increased by 8%, and in the… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

CLOSING THE GAPS IN TV RATINGS: NEW TECHNOLOGY TRACKS VIEWERSHIP OUTSIDE THE HOME

The viewership of TV stations will be measured outside the home in the coming years. The technology that will make this possible is tailor-made for the Czech TV market. In mid-April, the Association of Television Organizations (ATO) signed a contract with ResSolution Group for mobile viewership measurement. The solution, called ReDAM, is based on a… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

TV MEASUREMENT IS EXPANDING. WE WANTED OUR OWN PANEL, SAYS ATO

The measurement of TV viewership will be extended to include viewership in second homes and public places. This is a significant step that takes the TV measurement project to a new level. TV audience measurement is about to undergo an important change. The Association of Television Organisations (ATO) has decided to launch a new project… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

PLAY IT AGAIN. HOW THE CZECHS LIKE TO WATCH BACKWARDS

Evidence of the growing popularity of IPTV and TV apps is seen in the data on delayed viewing. For some shows, back-running from the archive can add hundreds of thousands of viewers. Most TV viewers watch shows in real time. But electronic viewership data shows that the proportion of delayed viewing has been rising in… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

RESSOLUTION HAS A SOLUTION FOR MEDIA MEASUREMENT ALSO OUTSIDE THE HOME

ResSolution Group had a mobile media measurement solution tested. It can be used for in-home and out-of-home metering. It did so in connection with an ATO tender for out-of-home viewership measurement. The ResSolution Group is expanding its reach in the media research field – together with DCore Software it has developed the ReDAM mobile media… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

TELETEST 2.0: AUSTRIA’S NEXT-GEN TV MEASUREMENT

Teletest 2.0 is Austria’s new TV measurement system, developed by AGTT, which significantly enhances the way TV viewership and ad reach are measured. It introduces a new audience panel with 100,000 synthetic people meter participants, significantly increasing accuracy and depth of audience measurement, enabling real-time data collection and improving data quality across the Austrian television… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

THE STREAMCASTING CHALLENGE AND THE BATTLE FOR AD-TENTION

The Italian media Sales Houses Association (FCP), in collaboration with Politecnico Milano and Nielsen, has conducted an in-depth industry study titled ‘’The Streamcasting Challenge and the Battle for Ad-Tension’’. This research explores the evolving dynamics of total audience measurement across broadcasting and streaming platforms, with a particular focus on ad-tention, the quality and quantity of attention… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

MULTIPLATFORM TV IS A KEY FACTOR IN BRAND COMMUNICATION, ACCORDING TO EGTA RESEARCH

Last year’s egta 2024 CEOs’ & Top Execs’ Survey provided answers to questions about new opportunities, current challenges and revenue estimates in TV advertising sales. egta, the European organisation of marketers from the TV, media and advertising solutions industry, surveyed CEOs and top executives last year on the occasion of the 2024 CEOs’ & Top… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

CZECHS WATCH TV FOR AN AVERAGE OF 3.5 HOURS A DAY

The average time spent in front of the TV (ATS) in the Czech Republic is stable at 3.5 hours per day. This is shown by data from the electronic measurement of viewership for January-October this year for the target group of viewers over 15 years of age. The highest average TV viewing time per person… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

PUBLICIS GROUPE HAS JOINED THE EYEMETER PILOT PROJECT FROM MEDIAN

Publicis Groupe was one of the agencies in the Czech Republic to participate in Median’s EyeMeter pilot project. Its aim is to find out more accurate information about how much attention and time people are paying to advertising content. The results of the pilot study will be available during January next year. The entire project… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

ATO IT WILL EVALUATE BIDS TO MEASURE TV VIEWERSHIP OUTSIDE THE HOME

The Association of Television Organisations, which is commissioning the TV viewing measurement project, intends to extend it to include out-of-home locations. It will evaluate bids from research agencies during the autumn. The Association of Television Organisations (ATO) has already received bids for the out-of-home TV viewing measurement project and will begin to consider them shortly.… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

OMG COMES WITH A BRAND NEWS VIDEO AD SCHEDULER

Omnicom Media Group introduces a new way of measuring video advertising and translates it into an approach to planning. Measurement based on attention prediction, visual exposure of the brand in the spot, along with the involvement of local data from the entire Czech video inventory (including YouTube, Meta, etc.) is at the heart of the… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

MULTIPLATFORM TV & AUDIO COMPANIES UNITE AROUND FIVE PRIORITIES AS KEYS TO SUCCESS IN TOMORROW’S MEDIA LANDSCAPE

New Industry Charter outlines the collective ambition and joint commitments of multiplatform TV & audio businesses worldwide. egta, the international trade body for multiplatform TV and audio businesses, proudly announces the launch of its Industry Charter, marking a significant milestone in its 50-year history. Unanimously adopted by over 180 companies across more than 40 markets,… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

AVERAGE TV VIEWING TIME WAS HIGHER IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC THAN IN EUROPE LAST YEAR

The average daily TV viewing time in the Czech Republic exceeded the average daily time in European countries by six minutes. The comparison was published by the ATO. TV viewing in the Czech Republic in 2023 reached an average daily value of 3 hours and 19 minutes in the target group of people 4+. This… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

THE BIG SCREEN HAS AN UNDENIABLE CHARM FOR VIEWERS

The numbers are clear. The undefeated queen of home entertainment is still television. Modern technology may be exciting, but it hasn't dethroned television. Why? Read our summary to find out what aces today's TV has up its sleeve.

TRENDS IN THE COMPLEX TV ADVERTISING ECOSYSTEM IN THE USA AND EUROPE BASED ON THE ALTMAN SOLON STUDY

The findings of Altman Solon’s 2023 analysis show that 69% of distributors in Europe (pay TV, traditional broadcasters, streaming platforms) prefer to invest in cross-platform measurement tools, marketers increasingly rely on in-house creative development and media buying, and ad agencies consider impressions and impressions as the most important metric for success when buying TV advertising.… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

WRONG ADS SERVE TO THE WRONG CONSUMER 1 IN 3 TIMES

Agencies report that the wrong ad creative is served to the wrong consumer nearly one in every three times, according to new research. The joint study from Advertiser Perceptions and Claravine fielded in August analyzed the impact of not having a data standards and a strategy in place. It showed how advertisers and agencies struggle… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

PRIMA REMAINED FIRST IN 15+ IN OCTOBER, CZECH TV GREW WITH YOUNGER VIEWERS

The Prima TV group maintained its highest viewership in the broader over-15 audience group in all-day viewing in October. The Prima TV group achieved an aggregate share of 28.89% in October and remained the strongest group in the wider 15+ audience group in all-day viewing. It improved by 0.79 percentage points year-on-year. Czech Television and… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

A QUARTER OF CZECH HOUSEHOLDS REGULARLY USE HBBTV

The HbbTV environment is spreading into the awareness of the Czech TV population. As data from ATO-Nielsen’s continuous research shows, one quarter of Czech TV households are familiar with the red button. In its regular issue of the week, atmedia showed a trend of increasing number of red button users. Source: atmedia.cz

PREDICTION: ADDRESSABLE TV ADVERTISING IS SET FOR RAPID GROWTH

The addressable tv advertising market is set for rapid growth, according to a new report. Its volume is expected to increase from the current usd 56 billion to usd 87 billion in 2027. The volume of addressable TV advertising is set to increase by more than 50 percent globally by 2027 and account for 40… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

CZECH COMMERCIAL STATIONS GREW IN THE LAST HALF-YEAR, THE HIGHEST SHARE FOR CZECH TELEVISION

In the first half of this year, Czech Television stations had the highest share of all-day viewership in the over-15 age target group. However, compared to the same period last year, commercial TV stations improved mainly. Czech Television stations recorded a cumulative share of 30,10 % in the total daily audience target group over the… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

ATMEDIA: CZECHS ARE FANS OF DOCUMENTARY CHANNELS

Czechs aged 15-69 spend watching four percent of the total time on documentaries. Czech TV viewers have a choice of around 20 documentary channels, most of which are offered by pay-TV operators. These include Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, History Channel, National Geographic and Viasat Nature. However, only six of the twenty documentary stations are involved… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

TV IN CZECH REPUBLIC IN MAY: ČT LEADS, NOVA, LIST AND ATMEDIA GREW

Czech Television’s stations continued to record a market share of over 30% this May and achieved the highest market share in the universal group over 15 years of age. Czech Television stations also had the highest share of the TV market in May. Cumulatively, they reached 30.47% in the all-day broadcasting in the over-15 age… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

CO-VIEWING HELPS BOOST STREAMING REACH

A new report from TVision Insights and Tegna illustrates just how much co-viewing impacts viewership numbers on streaming. The study, which was conducted using data from TVision’s proprietary software to measure persons-based viewing, showed that Premion was able to achieve a 19% boost over CTV norms based on a metric called VPVH (views per viewable… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

NOVA AND PRIMA HAD THE HIGHEST SHARES OF GRP IN THE FIRST QUARTER

Hosehold share of the TV advertising market by GRP received were unchanged in the first quarter of 2023. Domestic TV stations delivered only a very slightly lower number of GRPs in the advertising TV market in Q1 2023 than in the same period a year earlier (-1.5%). Media Club and Nova Group remain the strongest… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

NOW IS A KEY MOMENT FOR AGREEMENT ON CROSS-MEDIA MEASUREMENT

The pressure for better cross-media measurement has been building and now is a key moment to agree on five common principles to meet marketers’ needs and improve the consumer ad experience. Take a moment to consider what you watch and how you watch it. Like me, you’ve probably changed your viewing habits quite a bit… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

TV ADVERTISING ISN’T DEAD – IT JUST NEEDS MORE EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES

Unifying the best brand-safe linear and digital strategies is the new advertising reality, argues Ampersand’s chief technology officer Gerrit Niemeijer. In today’s advertising landscape, brands are increasingly looking to implement precision targeting across media buys to both maximize the value of their data investments and improve performance. To do this, marketers have been leaning on… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

THE PRESIDENTIAL BROADCAST REACHED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON CZECH TELEVISION

Television coverage of the results of the first round of the presidential election was sought by millions of people on Saturday. ČT24 was the most watched domestic television station on Saturday. The broadcast on the results of the first round of the presidential elections reached just under 4 million viewers over 15 years of age… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

PEOPLEMETER EXTENSION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

The Association of Television Operators (ATO) and Nielsen have embarked on another five years of cross-platform electronic measurement of viewership and content consumption in the Czech Republic. The two parties have been working together in measuring Czech audiences since 2002, with the latter originally Mediaresearch and now Nielsen Admosphere. According to the contract that ATO… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

YES, TV IS AN ATTENTION BARGAIN – BUT EVEN MORE SO THAN LUMEN THINK

It’s hard to read incredibly positive things about TV advertising and yet be compelled to argue with them, but sometimes you have to, says Thinkbox’s Matt Hill. Mike Follett from Lumen’s recent article – “Why TV appears to be an ‘attention bargain” – was packed with positives for TV advertising. So why am I not… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

THE 15+ POSITIONS RATINGS ARE HELD BY NOVA AND PRIMA, ČT LEADS IN NOVEMBER

Czech television is the strongest TV group in November in the universal audience over 15 years of age in terms of all-day viewership. The position of the commercial groups Prima and Nova is balanced in this audience category. The Czech Television stations remained the strongest TV group in November in terms of all-day viewership in… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

WHY MARKETERS NEED TO OPTIMISE MEDIA INVESTMENT IN THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS

The cost-of-living crisis presents marketers with perhaps an even bigger challenge than the pandemic. They will need to optimise media investment, writes Azerion’s Paul Lowrey. Marketers have certainly had their work cut out negotiating the ups and downs of the past two years, but arguably we’re now entering the biggest challenge the industry has faced.… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

ATO: LOCAL TV SHOWS MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF AUDIENCE SHARE

According to ATO data released on the occasion of World Television Day the share of local TV programmes exceeds their share of airtime in viewership.  The share of local productions, i.e. Czech or Czechoslovak productions, in the broadcasts of the Czech Television, Prima and Nova television groups has accounted for 41% of all broadcasts in… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

AD SKIPPING RESTRICTIONS RETURNED TWO THIRDS OF GRPS

Media Club is satisfied with the introduction of ad skipping restrictions in the return view of IPTV operators, according to the first month results. According to Prima Group commercial director Vladimír Pořízek, about two first of GRPS ad returns have been made. Since June, the Prima TV group has restricted the possibilities for skipping ads… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

THE NEW LIFE OF THE LIVING ROOM AKA ALL EYES ON THE BIG SCREEN

Recent years have accelerated the growth of media consumption on a global scale - especially when it comes to home use, as our living rooms have become the epicenter of a whole new lifestyle. What does this mean for advertisers and broadcasters themselves, and how can they use it to their advantage? This was the aim of the current research “New Life of the Living Room”, which was jointly carried out by smartclip a RTL AdConnect.

NIELSEN ADMOSPHERE WINS THE ATO TV AND VIDEO MEASUREMENT TENDER AGAIN

Nielsen Admosphere will continue to be the implementer of cross-platform TV and video content viewership measurement for the next five years. The contract with ATO was signed on Tuesday. The Nielsen Admosphere research agency will continue to measure TV viewership and video content for the Association of Television Organizations (ATO) in 2023-2027. The two companies… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

WHY DO CZECHS WATCH MORE TV? LAST YEAR IT WAS FOUR HOURS A DAY

Even the massive rise of social media and streaming services has not deterred Czech viewers from watching classic linear TV channels. What's more, their viewership is continuously growing to last year's record of four hours a day.

UNIFORM MEASUREMENT FOR TV AND ONLINE VIDEO ADCROSS TO EXPAND

Media Club and Nielsen Admosphere are working on the further development of cross-platform TV and video advertising measurement AdCross. The media agency Media Club together with the measurement agency Nielsen Admopshere presented measurement for TV and online advertising (including HbbTV) and trailers AdCross. It has been available to media agencies since the start of this… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

TRENDS: LINEAR TV WILL DECLINE, VIDEO ON DEMAND WILL GROW

Although linear TV has still been a powerful source of video content viewing, online video on demand viewing is expected to grow further in the coming years. Prima TV Group expects that the reach of linear TV in the Czech population will decline while online video consumption will grow. Prima’s CCO Vladimír Pořízek said that… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

CRITICS OF CNN PRIMA NEWS SHOULD STEP OUT OF THEIR SOCIAL BUBBLE FROM TIME TO TIME, SAYS THE GROUP’S CEO MAREK SINGER

Marek Singer has been the head of FTV Prima group since 2008. But only after fourteen long years can he be happy that Prima’s channels are catching up with their biggest competitor – the Nova group – in terms of viewership. In certain viewer target groups, they even surpassed Nova in March.  “What seemed impossible… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

ADVERTISING INVESTMENT IN MEDIA TO INCREASE BY 8% IN 2021

The advertising market has recovered from the effects of the covid-19 pandemic and will see an 8% growth in above-the-line media investment in 2021 compared to 2020, according to AdIntel monitoring. Nielsen Ad Intel’s Admosphere monitoring data for 2021 shows that TV was again the strongest media type last year. The entire above-the-line advertising market… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

NEW INITIATIVE AIMS TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF ADDRESSABLE MEDIA IN EUROPEAN MARKETS

The 2020s are set to be the decade of addressable media as consumption continues to shift toward connected platforms, opening up new possibilities for audience targeting, measurement, attribution and optimization – not just in digital, but in TV, audio, out-of-home (OOH), games and newer media formats and platforms. For many industry participants, addressability – as… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

PRIMA, ČT AND NIELSEN LAUNCH COMBINED MEASUREMENT OF TV AND ONLINE VIDEO ADVERTISING

Prima Group and Nielsen Admosphere have launched a combined measurement of TV and online video advertising. Aggregate data on Prima TV viewership not only on TV screens but also on other platforms on which Prima delivers content is available in Adwind Kite software. Since the beginning of the year, the Prima media group, in cooperation… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

2022 WILL BE THE YEAR OF ATTENTION, BUT LET’S GO DEEPER

Professor Karen Nelson-Field offers three predictions for 2022, but says regardless if they come true this year is going to be a hell of a ride for audience measurement. Only four things in life are certain: birth, death, taxes, and expert predictions from prophets in the ad game. Every year we see predictions in our… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

THE 2022 CEO PREDICTION LIST

2021 has been another unpredictable year as COVID-19 and constantly shifting lockdown restrictions have continued to wreak havoc on the world economy. For the advertising industry, there have also been twists and turns, from continued strength in the CTV sector, to Google delaying its scrapping of third-party cookies. 2022 looks to be just as unpredictable.… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

ATO: ALMOST 7 MILLION CZECHS WATCH TV DAILY

On the occasion of World Television Day, the ATO has published key TV viewing trends in the Czech Republic. The TV viewership curve over the last ten years shows an increase in the last two so-called covid years, when TV was the most sought after source of information and entertainment. The average Czech over the… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

THE FUTURE OF MEASURING A FRAGMENTED MEDIA LANDSCAPE

Measuring media has never been as precise as stakeholders would like. Adding CTV (connected TV) and ATV (advanced TV) to an already intricate mix compounds the complexities. I recently asked Scott McDonald, president and CEO of the Advertising Research Foundation, to update us on efforts to improve the process. Paul Talbot: Could you share a bit… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

MEDIA AD INVESTMENTS REMAINED ABOVE LAST YEAR’S LEVELS IN AUGUST

The volume of monitored media ad investments for the first eight months of this year remains above the last year’s comparable period, indicates the data of Nielsen Admosphere. The volume of monitored media ad investments for the first eight months of this year remains above the last year’s comparative period. According to Nielsen Admosphere’s monitoring,… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

BIDS TO ATO’S TENDER SENT BY NIELSEN ADMOSPHERE AND KANTAR

The Association of Television Organisations (ATO) is planning to move TV and video viewing measurement to a higher level. New developments in 2023-2027 should include cross-media measurement. Two research agencies sent their bids to the tender. In July, Kantar Media a Nielsen Admosphere sent their proposals to participate in the tender invited by the Association of Television… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

WHY CONNECTED TV ISN’T AS COMPLICATED AS ADVERTISERS THINK

While advertisers now recognize the importance of CTV for reaching an enormous audience – 2020’s dramatic acceleration led to consumer user numbers exceeding 200 million – they are still concerned about how complicated it all seems and are still trying to figure out where to start.  Many advertisers are overwhelmed by the sheer number of… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

TV ADVERTISERS MUST STOP IGNORING MID-FUNNEL MEASUREMENT: IT’S WHERE THE ACTION IS

If you wanted to see that magic moment when your marketing changes hearts and minds, you’d have to be inside your customer’s head. Short of implanting a chip in their brain (which would be beyond creepy and, naturally, Elon Musk is apparently working on it), the next best thing is watching what people do, which predicts… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

BRAND SAFETY FOR CTV COMES FIRST, PERFORMANCE IS A CLOSE SECOND

Although there is a continued lack of simple, industry-wide standards for cross-media and/or connected TV metrics — as well as some eye-opening fraud issues — CTV advertising dollars are estimated to rise to $11 billion. What’s the most important issue? Perhaps a clue is where the actual dollars are flowing. Many CTV dollars have benefited traditional TV players and… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

TV VIEWING WAS THE HIGHEST IN 24 YEARS OF MEASURING LAST YEAR

The average daily time spent watching TV increased to nearly four hours last year; time-shifted viewing doubled year on year. In 2020, viewers spent record time watching TV in the 24-year history of people-meter measuring. In the 15+ group, TV was watched nearly four hours a day (3 hours and 59 minutes). From January to December,… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

RECORD TV RATING IN OCTOBER, TERRESTRIAL RECEPTION PREVAILS

In terms of TV viewing, October 2020 has been the strongest of all months of October since the start of people meter measuring in 1997. The daily ATS in the 15+ target group accounted for 4 hours and 18 minutes this October, which is 35 minutes more compared to the average values for the same… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

PEOPLEMETER CELEBRATES: BOXES HAVE BEEN MEASURING WHAT CZECHS ARE LOOKING AT FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS!

The measurement of TV viewership using peoplemeters is celebrating 23 years in the Czech Republic. Thanks to a small device connected to the TV, viewers can tell TV stations what programmes they want to watch. The most watched Czech programme is Televizni noviny on Nova. This and other results were obtained by independent measurement of… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

WHAT PEOPLEMETERS SAY

TV rating, which is measured electronically using so called peoplemeters in the Czech Republic, celebrates its 23rd anniversary today. This method started to be applied in 1997. Since that time, it has been subject to a number of changes and it ranks among the most advanced methods across the globe today. Research for the Association of… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

EGTABITE 297: TOTAL TV BRINGS THE BEST ROI-A STUDY BY SCREENFORCE FINLAND

This week’s egtabite features an in-depth ROI study of the Finnish market – conducted by Screenforce Finland, the national TV trade body and Sellforte, an independent tech company specialised in granular marketing ROI measurements – which proves that Total TV (in this case meaning linear and online, with no programmatic) brings the highest incremental sales… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

5 WAYS CORONAVIRUS IS CHANGING OUR VIEWING HABITS

What has changed in how people consume media, and what does it mean for advertisers? With many countries introducing full or partial lockdowns, millions of us are spending more time at home in order to slow the spread of coronavirus. Using data from Kantar’s currency audience measurement and advertising intelligence services, we have identified some… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

EGTABITE 293: HOW EUROSPORT IS USING BIOMETRIC RESEARCH TO DEEPEN AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT

Keeping viewers engaged throughout a live sporting event on television – which may last up to several hours – often remains a challenge for TV companies. This week’s egtabite features the use of biometric measurement by Eurosport to tackle this challenge – an innovative approach aimed at understanding which moments during these events drive higher… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

VIDEO PROVIDERS STEP UP PODCASTING GAME

Recognizing that podcasts are a powerful companion to video, a growing number of linear and digital video services are creating podcasts that align with their audiences’ tastes. The podcasts cover everything from reality TV stars to history lessons to even iconic sci-fi shows, such as Battlestar Galactica. In a sea of 800,000 podcasts, these video companies’… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

MEDIA INDUSTRY LAUNCHES TV CHARTER FOR “RESPONSIBLE AND TRANSPARENT” AD MEASUREMENT

The association of TV and radio sales houses egta has launched a “progressive TV Charter on television companies’ commitment towards the responsible and transparent measurement of advertising in the TV/video ecosystem.” Launched with support by The Global TV Group, the charter has been signed by most of egta’s 155 member sales houses in over 42… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

EGTABITE 248: ITV’S LOVE ISLAND: LINKING REAL-WORLD BEHAVIOUR TO REALITY TV

Linking real-world behaviour to reality TV This week’s egtabite takes a deeper dive into an ambitious study presented by ITV at egta’s Market Intelligence Meeting in Budapest end of January. The UK sales house showcased innovative research on Love Island – the smash hit reality show which took the UK by storm – with a… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

DTC BRANDS ARE USHERING IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT TV BUYING

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands that grew up on Facebook are spending as much as 75% of their media budget on the social media platform — an all-in type of customer acquisition strategy for the young and ambitious. The chance to target precise slivers of largely millennial consumers would assumedly optimize DTC companies’ limited budgets while giving… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

WHAT THE GROWN-UPS THINK ABOUT TV

Ahead of this week’s Future TV Advertising Forum, and with a hefty new GroupM report by his side, Dominic Mills outlines the most important issues now facing the television industry I’ve been prepping for various sessions at this week’s Future TV Advertising Forum. There’s no shortage of stats and viewpoints, much of it useless concoctions of… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

TELEVISION IS STILL NUMBER ONE. EVEN TODAY’S INTERNET SAVVY CHILDREN PREFER TV

Even though children mostly moved from the television screen to a computer monitor or smartphone, television is still number one for them. Research shows that even today’s children still prefer TV over other types of media. Lifestyle Survey of Children conducted by the Association of Television Organisations (ATO) shows that television is still a number one daily (or almost daily) media… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

WE WATCH MORE TV AND IN BETTER QUALITY

95% of Czech households currently own a television. Moreover, the time we spend in front of the TV is constantly growing. Czech people aged 15 years or more watch TV for 3 hours and 45 minutes a day on average, which is 31 minutes more than ten years ago. They also watch TV broadcasts in better quality: almost… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

THE MEDIA MARKET SUPPORTS THE NEW AMENDMENT TO THE PHARMACEUTICALS ACT WHICH GOVERNS ADVERTISING

Media operators and advertising agencies from professional associations support the new amendment to the Pharmaceuticals Act, which will be voted on at the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies on Friday and which proposes to repeal the latest amendment to the Act on Regulation of Advertising. In the last year, the Act on Regulation… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT

WHY TV REMAINS THE WORLD’S MOST EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING

On the occasion of World Television Day, TV broadcasters and trade bodies from around the world have joined together for the first time to release global figures demonstrating TV’s resilience and strength as an advertising medium, with the recently formed Global TV Group a new unified voice for TV. ‘The Global TV Deck’ features figures from an initial… Continue reading THEME OF THE MONTH: TV MEASUREMENT