Inventory is finally getting back to normal, and dealerships finally have cars to sell. Does that mean automotive ad spending is bouncing back? Not so fast. Now that the supply problem is abating, demand is becoming a problem for very…
Top Billing Radio Stations in 2021 In a streak lasting since 2014, Hubbard Radio, LLC's WTOP-FM in Washington, DC was once again the top billing radio station in 2021. BIA estimates that WTOP-FM pulled $70 million in revenues in 2021,…
The 2022 midterm elections, like fall, are fast approaching and some areas of the U.S. are going to be inundated with more political advertising than others, according to data from BIA Advisory Services. My home state of Virginia will be…
In the latest episode of BIA’s Leading Local Insights podcast, Before and After COVID - A Look at Legal Services Local Ad Spending, BIA's Senior Research Analyst Suzanne Ackley examines the ad spend and media selections of businesses in the legal services…
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…
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…
BIA is forecasting that ad spend on local television will be $21 billion in 2022, with $19.3 billion going towards over-the-air television ads and $1.7 billion going to digital television ads. This is an increase of 26.5% from 2021 local…
In the latest episode of BIA’s podcast, Leading Local Insights, Auto Part II: Top Ad Channels for Automotive Sub-Verticals in 2021, BIA industry analyst Suzanne Ackley further examines the ad spend and media selections of businesses in the automotive vertical. In the…
In the latest episode of BIA’s podcast, Leading Local Insights, Ad Spend Estimates and Trends for the Automotive Vertical (Part 1), BIA industry analyst Suzanne Ackley examines the ad spend and media selections of businesses in the automotive vertical. For 2021,…
In the latest episode of BIA's podcast, Leading Local Insights, Ad Spend Estimates and Trends for the Healthcare Vertical, BIA industry analyst Suzanne Ackley examines the ad spend and media selections of businesses in the Healthcare vertical. For 2021, BIA…
The pandemic slammed the brakes on the vast amount of travel around the country last year and into the beginning of this year. Now, as the vaccine rollout reaches millions of people every day, there's a strong sense Americans will…
In episode 5 of Leading Local Insights, Financial Services Businesses and Local Media, BIA's Managing Director Rick Ducey examines the ad spend and media selections of businesses in the legal services vertical. According to BIA's estimates, the Financial Services vertical…
In episode 4 of Leading Local Insights, Legal Services’ Ad Spend Activity, BIA industry analyst Suzanne Ackley examines the ad spend and media selections of businesses in the legal services vertical. For 2021, BIA estimates that total local ad spending for Legal…
The $15.7 billion BIA is estimating in ad spend for local television (broadcast and online), while down from 2020 levels of $16.8 billion, represents a strong recovery for the media when you remove the unprecedented amounts of political ad spend.…
BIA Advisory Services estimates total local advertising revenue across all media in the U.S. will reach $137.5 billion in 2021, up 2.5 percent year-over-year from $134.1 billion in 2020. Even without the presence of significant political advertising, BIA expects this…
BIA convened an expert panel of OTT industry thought leaders who shared their insights, recommendations, frustrations and excitement about Connected TV. The session was moderated by Mitch Oscar, BIA advisor and Advanced TV Strategist for USIM. The webinar is available…
NAB Show New York brings together three top CFOs from local TV on a main stage panel to share their insights and learnings from a unique year (we hope). The BIA-moderated session, Local TV Industry CFOs Update meets on Thursday,…
2020 has seen an overall drop in ad spend for Legal Services advertising in 2020, but five of the 17 media channels in BIA's forecast (from August 2020) will actually see growth in ad spend in 2020. Looking ahead to…
In BIA's August forecast update, the Leisure/Recreation super vertical suffered the greatest declines in ad spending for 2020. The eleven subverticals will show overall ad spending declines in 2020 versus 2019 ranging from -27.3 percent to -38.0 percent. Theme 1:…
