Twice a year, BIA/Kelsey publishes a forecast that provides a complete overview of U.S. local advertising.
Over the air radio broadcasters find themselves in an increasingly competitive marketplace for both listeners and advertisers. Satellite delivered audio programming, podcasts, and internet streaming services and online and mobile apps all provide alternatives for entertainment and information and targeted…
What does the path to $72 billion in mobile ad revenues look like? That's the projection for 2021 U.S. mobile ad revenues. But more interesting is the segmentation and evolution of mobile ad formats that comprise that total. Following a white paper,…
Local is different. Different than national advertising. And each locality is different. Although many studies focus on national advertising and marketing spending, we believe an understanding of the features of a local media market must contribute to the strategic use…
(Update April 10, 2017 - Join us for our quarterly update on programmatic Thursday, April 13 at 2 pm eastern. Details & Registration here: Local TV Marketing and Programmatic, Advanced TV and Contextual Audience Networks.) Programmatic TV is about data first,…
Voice search continues its ascent, Native-social takes over mobile advertising, and the on-demand model makes its way to heavy equipment. These were topics on this week's BIA/Kelsey LIVE. Produced by Mitch Ratcliffe and featuring a rotating cast of analysts and guests,…
How much will be spent on mobile advertising through 2021, and what will be the sources (and destinations) of those dollars? These are questions we've answered in a white paper that publishes today. Among the $72 billion projected for U.S.…
What’s up for radio in 2017 and beyond? According to BIA/Kelsey’s CEO, Thomas Buono, the future for local radio stations in 2017 and beyond is determined by their ability to sell multi-platforms – both their over the air audiences and…
How much will be spent on mobile advertising through 2021, and what will be the sources (and destinations) of those dollars? These are questions I've been tackling over the past few months. Among the $72 billion projected for U.S. mobile…
BIA/Kelsey is in the process of producing a white paper that drills down on the mobile portion* of its U.S. Local Advertising Forecast. The report will be published in January 2017, and we are currently in post-production stages. To provide a…
Pinterest is not the only place consumers go for inspiration and planning -- in fact adding print to digital helps consumer recall."Print ads (in magazines) can be read more leisurely, and be more evocative; they can encourage readers to fantasize, to put themselves…
What does BIA/Kelsey's fresh ad forecast say about the future of local? Is Google trying to own the content and the pipes? And what is YellCast? These were a few topics on this week's BIA/Kelsey LIVE. Produced by Mitch Ratcliffe and featuring…
According to a study from Teads and eMarketer more advertisers are turning to mobile video for brand awareness. The Teads study found that advertisers liked that mobile video helped increase brand awareness and enabled them to reach more targeted audiences. The top disadvantages…
This is the latest in BIA/Kelsey's Analyst Workshop series. It delivers analyst insights through video renditions of recent presentations. Embedded video clips contains slides with analyst voiceover. _______ Local ad revenues will hit $146.3 billion this year, growing to $172.2 billion by 2020.…
To help the radio industry and those who follow it, BIA/Kelsey has decided to issue quarterly local radio revenue reports. Our new analysis will begin the 3rd quarter of 2016 and we'll issue the first report in November. As the local media marketplace becomes…
Co-op advertising programs are popular with SMBs, particularly larger SMBs, according to our Local Commerce Monitor , Wave 19 (Q3/2015). Our Plus Spenders are SMBs that spend more than $25K annually on advertising and more than a third (39.3%) of this…
In BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ annual survey of small and medium businesses, we asked our small business owners which of 50+ media channels they use for advertising and promotion. Nearly 36% SMBs reported that they use directories, including print and digital -- roughly the…
U.S. mobile ad revenues will grow from $25 billion last year to $72 billion by 2020.* That's according to the mobile portion of BIA/Kelsey's latest local media forecast, released today. Of this total, location targeted mobile ad spend** will grow…
Over-the-air television advertising revenues* in Atlanta, Georgia reached $428.3 million in 2015, according to BIA/Kelsey’s new Local Competition Report on the Atlanta television market. This $428.3 million revenue estimate is broken down by owner in the pie chart above. Cox Media Group's WSB-TV (ABC) dominates the market,…
When it comes to online advertising, Google is on top... at least in the Dallas-Ft. Worth market. Google was the top biller in Dallas-Ft. Worth in 2015, according to BIA/Kelsey’s new Local Competition Report on the Dallas-Ft. Worth television market. According to BIA/Kelsey,…
Google was the top biller in Boston in 2015, according to BIA/Kelsey’s new Local Competition Report on the Boston television market, with nearly $238 million in local advertising revenue* - more than double its nearest competitor, Hearst Television, in 2nd place…