In the 2020-2026 time frame, Political digital ad spending estimates for even years hovers around $2 billion. However, in the 2024 general election cycle, BIA forecasts a 28 percent jump in digital media spending from 2020's $2.07 billion to $2.64…
ATSC3 is now in its “lighthouse phase” whereby local TV stations must share frequency on just one or two TV stations in a market to host all ATSC 1.0 services to free up other spectrum to introduce ATSC 3.0 services.…
A long under-utilized but growing asset in local radio’s ad portfolio is in-screen visual display inventory comprising text and images. Basic RDS technology available in 70-80 percent of cars on the road allows FM broadcaster to deliver program and advertising…
Marketron's 2023 Local TV Advertising Trends webinar, being hosted on January 25 at 2pm, will benchmark local TV ad projection numbers with BIA's 2023 U.S. Local Ad Forecast and will dive into tactics and strategies to find verticals that will…
As expected, political ad spend this year has been extremely high, and there's no sign of it slowing down in the final two months. Nationally, BIA forecasts that TV Over-The-Air (OTA) will reach $3.8 billion by the end of the…
In discussions with our clients, we're seeing many organizations struggling to hit their sales numbers. Sales leaders are wondering about the lingering impact of COVID, the economy, culture and other factors are affecting their sales team. Recruiting, retaining, compensating sales…
As part of welcome and burgeoning Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, marketers and agencies are making commitments to invest more of their ad spending in minority owned media. The problem has been finding a definitive listing of these media. According…
Prasad Joglekar We recently featured Prasad Joglekar in our Leading Local Insights podcast interview series. Prasad was SVP and General Manager of TV and Cross Platform Products at Comscore; Executive Director of Marketing Science at H&S (a division of Omnicom),…
Reed Barker, Philo Philo's head of advertising, Reed Barker, sees vMVPDs (virtual Multichannel Video Program Distributors) as a natural marketplace evolution of video platforms taking advantage of advances in technology, programming, marketplace forces and ultimately what consumers and advertisers are…
BIA forecasts overall local ad spending by the motion picture industry for 2022 will reach nearly $700 million, more than half of which ($364 million) will be in digital channels. This level of spending has increased year over year since…
The local Audio advertising marketplace is becoming more competitive with more streaming services and podcasts. While the shares of local Radio OTA (Over-the-Air) advertising is eroding, Radio Digital is increasing, providing Radio Stations an avenue to still increase their sales.…
BIA forecasts that marketers will spend $85.2 billion on digital ads targeting local consumers. Over half of this was forecast to go Google (35.3 percent) and Facebook (17.4 percent). However, on last month's earnings call, Meta announced that due to…
TVB's Brad Seitter, EVP Business Development moderated a members-only session exploring how local TV sellers can drive growth opportunities by developing strategies from TVB's proprietary Purchase Funnel Study and BIA Advisory Services forecasts. BIA's ADVantage local market intelligence service forecasts…
Local OTT/CTV is a top growth performer in local media. BIA forecasts spending will reach at least $2 billion in 2022. To dig into the drivers behind this growth, BIA organized a panel at TV 2022's virtual conference this week…
BIA evaluated three datacasting revenue scenarios: High, Middle and Low cases utilizing 7 Mbps, 5 Mbps, or 3 Mbps of ATSC 3.0 data capacity. BIA's non-core datacasting revenue forecast estimates the Middle Case scenario will produce revenue rising to $10.7B…
In this edition of BIA Advisory Services’ Vantage Points series, Brad Adgate, Media Consultant & Forbes Contributor, pens his views on the current audience measurement situation. The Vantage Point series taps the perspectives of various lookout points from around the local…
Idil Cakim, SVP Research & Insights, Audacy Recent neurological research buttressed by follow-on survey research reveals audio is a highly engaged media platform to create human connections and communities. Results reveal that audio across Radio OTA and Digital is trusted…
Roger LanctotDirector Automotive Connected Mobility Strategy Analytics Strategy Analytics' Roger Lanctot is director of automotive connected mobility, and a self-described, "not a car guy." However, Lanctot is the go-to guy when you want to understand what is going on in…
Bob Branson joined the Multicultural Media, Telecom & Internet Council (MMTC) as president and CEO in June 2021 and recently sat down with BIA for an episode of our Leading Local Insights podcast series. Branson brings to MMTC his deep…
In light of the Media Rating Council recently defining Over-the-Top (OTT) to be Connected TV, I recently spoke with Brian Hunt, head of OTT/CTV advertising sales at Sinclair Broadcast Group. Brian runs Sinclair's CompulseOTT, an aggregated data-driven platform with a…
