During the webinar, Navigating the Local Ad Marketplace During the Pandemic, BIA's Thomas Buono (CEO and Founder) and Rick Ducey (Managing Director), along with C. Lee Smith, President/CEO of SalesFuel and Jeffrey Hayzlett, Chairman of C-Suite Network and Primetime Television…
The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled the local media market into a situation where normal rules don't apply, and the new playbook hasn't been written yet. Business leaders desperately seek insights and guidance about how to steward their brands through a…
This week BIA's Thomas Buono (CEO and Founder) and Rick Ducey (Managing Director) were joined (virtually) by C. Lee Smith, President/CEO of SalesFuel and Jeffrey Hayzlett, Chairman of C-Suite Network and Primetime Television & Podcast Host in a webinar to…
When it comes to advertisers, Home Improvement is comprised of a mix of service providers and retail establishments. BIA's local advertising forecast looks at several key local home improvement categories: maintenance services, home building services, plumbers and HVAC, and home…
The coronavirus pandemic clearly is a headwind, but demand for zoned broadcast radio advertising, should it be offered, signals a welcome tailwind for local radio advertising growth with the majority of both Main Street and Madison Avenue advertisers expressing likelihood…
Edison Research and Triton Digital just released the The Infinite Dial, a survey of Americans 18+ and their use of radio, digital audio social and other digital media that first launched 22 years ago. While the news headlines tend to…
As we update our estimates for the local advertising forecast in the U.S. and by market for 2020 and beyond, we are making significant revisions to our prior forecast to incorporate considerations related to expanded political advertising and the impact…
If local radio could offer an over-the-air zoned advertising product like local TV stations can, would ad buyers care? Absolutely yes, according to a recent survey by BIA and Advertiser Perceptions. In fact, not only do advertisers like OTA geotargeting,…
Healthcare businesses are bucking the trend of media spend shifting to digital. Healthcare businesses are sticking with traditional media through 2024. Spend on digital is growing, but at a slower rate than other verticals. "The Healthcare vertical invests and trusts…
Advertisers love television. However, it's experiencing tough love in the form of declining pay subscriptions, consumers spending more time with Over-The-Top (OTT) streaming platforms and services delivered over broadband Internet. Local TV groups still deliver reach, but many are adding…
Law Offices and Attorneys Are Increasing Spend on Mobile Ads by 20% in 2020 Over $4.7 billion is spent by Legal Services (law offices and attorneys) in local advertising this year. This is up from nearly $4.6 billion in local…
Political Campaigns will continue to use linear television as the dominant platform for advertising. BIA is updating our estimates for 2020 political advertising spend from $6.55B to $6.58B. In 2020, linear TV will get the largest share of political ad…
NextGen TV, nee ATSC 3.0, may be emerging from an identity crisis. What is it and how is it different from everything else in TV land? Two events kicking off the New Year created a bit more clarity. We're still…
The Quick Serve Restaurant (QSR) category, including well-known national brands and less-known regional and local favorites, will spend nearly $4.5 billion in local advertising this year, as reported in BIA Advisory Services' latest vertical industry report, "Insights into Local Advertising…
Local businesses in Education believe in traditional media; over three quarters of their ad spend goes to traditional media. TV has the largest share of the traditional spend (21 percent). BIA's Education vertical is made up of local businesses including…
In this edition of BIA Advisory Services’ Vantage Points series, Alan Wolk, Co-Founder/Lead Analyst, TVREV has a conversation with BIA about his new special report on television and The State of Addressable Advertising. The report is available to BIA readers for discount using…
With tomorrow's dawning, California will rumble as the epicenter of yet another seismic event. This time it'll be shifting tectonic plates in the data and marketing world that'll spin the dial on the Richter Scale. The California Consumer Protection Act…
In spite of the rise of marketing clouds, data science, and martech capable of matching individual consumers to specific data from disparate collections of data, we have an Addressability Problem. Let's view what this means with a timely use case.…
With 2020 nipping at the heals of 2019, it's a perfect moment to reflect on the important news and trends that framed the media industry and impacted our business activities this year. To see what captured our attention, our analyst…
Financial businesses are a huge segment of local targeted ad spend and include businesses like auto insurance, financial planners, credit unions and mortgage brokers. Businesses in financial are heavily invested in advertising that targets their potential customers. It's no surprise…
