Economic Pulse: BIA’s Monthly Quick Take for April 2024 Author: Nicole Ovadia, VP, Forecasting and Analysis, BIA Advisory Services April is one of my favorite months. As we emerge from the cold of Winter, I find an extra spring in…
Retail Media Networks Pull Tighter on Closed Loop Marketing Author: Rick Ducey, Managing Director, BIA Advisory Services We are in a Big Media meets Big Retail moment of innovation and maturation in marketing and advertising. This has implications for how…
New Innovations in Local Healthcare Advertising: How Advanced Marketing Techniques are Shaping a $12 Billion Market Author: Mark Dugan, Director - Data Insights & Client Relations In today's increasingly digital world, healthcare advertising is ripe for innovation and growth. A…
Looking ahead to 2024 and our expectations for the television industry, Tom Buono, founder and CEO of BIA, keynotes a business forecast session at the TVB Forward Conference taking place Thu, Sept. 21, 2023. In his presentation, Tom discusses the…
The pandemic shook the world and affected many business verticals, disrupted economies and reshaped industries. As governments imposed strict lockdowns, businesses faced a multitude of challenges, with issues like supply chain delays, rising interest rates, employment issues, tech layoffs, economic…
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…
At BIA, we are, like most of you, assessing the new year and planting our feet firmly to get ready for opportunities and challenges. And, we are discussing our thinking with all with you in the podcast series we’re doing…
Last November, BIA issued its 2023 U.S. Local Advertising Forecast, which provides our expectations on nationwide ad spend across all media and key business verticals. The forecast indicates that our analysts expect a slight decline of in local advertising in…
With the holiday shopping season starting earlier than ever, all eyes are on Retail stores and their outlook for ad spending. BIA has been tracking expectations in our U.S. Local Advertising Forecast and have issued our analysis in a two-part…
The pandemic hit Legal Services' local advertising spend hard in 2020 dropping from $7B in 2019 to only $5B in 2020. 2022 shows a healthy rebound with 2022 local ad spend forecast to surpass its pre-pandemic 2019 levels. Legal Services…
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…
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…
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…
As more states legalized online gambling for sports betting in the last few years, the major online gambling services began spending on advertising in a big way. These new ad dollars continue to be a welcome sight for local TV…
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…
During the height of the pandemic last year, the Home Services vertical grew while other verticals like retail and restaurants contracted. Obviously sheltering in place gave people the time they needed to tackle improvements to the inside and outside of…
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's August forecast update again revised downward to $140 billion the total 2020 ad spending targeting local audience, a 6.1 percent decline from 2019. Of course political spending is an exception, and in this recent forecast update, BIA increased its…