Global media trends: Ad price deflation hits all channels (except digital)
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to global ad prices falling across all media channels except digital video and display, according to new research.
Sports Illustrated and Dugout team up to deliver premium soccer video
Digital media company Dugout has struck a deal with Sports Illustrated to bring Dugout’s premium football (or soccer) video content to North America.
Teads rolls out financial support to premium news publishers
Global Media Platform Teads is providing financial relief to its news publisher partners globally by waiving fees through the end of Q3 2020 for its most unique and proprietary publisher direct sales tools in our Teads for Publishers Enterprise Suite platform.
The Independent to join Google News Initiative Subscriptions Lab
The Independent is participating in the Google News Initiative (GNI) Subscriptions Lab programme.
JW Player launches Live Channels for publishers and brands
Video platform JW Player has launched Live Channels, an enhanced live streaming solution that enables digital media companies to broadcast and monetize live without delay or time-consuming set-up.
Verizon Media expands Native Marketplace into programmatic
Verizon Media has launched its expanded DSP, bringing programmatic, premium and now its full Native Marketplace inventory, formats, targeting and measurement together in a single platform.
Case study: Indonesian online retailer doubles sales with Instagram Live social media ads
To boost engagement, the Indonesian ecommerce platform Tokopedia used Instagram Live alongside ads in Instagram Stories for the first time, which doubled sales for products featured in the campaign.
Top 10 ads during lockdown: Gordon Ramsay ITV ad ‘most emotionally engaging’ (so far)
ITV’s “Apart. But Never Alone” advert is the most moving coronavirus campaign in the UK (so far), ahead of NHS’s “Stay At Home” and Jack Daniels’ ”With Love, Jack”, according to new research.
UK adspend to plummet 16.7% in 2020 as pandemic crisis hits marketing industry
The UK ad market is forecast to contract by £4.2bn (16.7%) this year) to £21.1bn this year due to the coronavirus lockdown and economic slump.
Alphabet hit by ‘significant slowdown’ in ad sales, but ad revenue surges
Google’s parent company Alphabet has revealed a 13% surge in first quarter revenue despite a “significant” hit to advertising sales as the COVID-19 crisis continues.
Ogury launches ‘Video Chooser’ interactive ad format for mobile
Ogury has launched its new Video Chooser format, which delivers full-screen, user-chosen video ads to the advertising market for the first time, with Mastercard, Bayer and ConAgra the first big names to sign up.
IAB UK ad spend trends for 2019: Video and search ads drive growth
UK ad spend grew by 15.4% year-on-year in 2019, reaching £15.69bn, according to IAB UK’s adspend update.
Budweiser revamps iconic ‘Whassup’ ad for lockdown
Budweiser has reworked a classic commercial spot from 21 years ago, using digital technology to bring the ‘Whassup’ ad into the age of the quarantine, along with a new series of ads featuring current stars.
Global digital ad trends: Facebook reaches 2.02bn people with ads worldwide
The number of people that can be reached on Facebook via ads is now 2.02 billion, compared to 970 million on Instagram, 398 million on Snapchat and 386 million on twitter, according to new research.
Case study: Adidas uses Google data insights to create targeted storytelling and more relevant product messages
In a crowded marketplace, Adidas needed a way to stand out from the competition and serve relevant messages to people at crucial points in their purchase decisions. This case study looks at how the sportswear brand used programmatic display ads to tell exactly the right stories to the right people, at the right step in the customer’s journey to maximise sales.
Media usage during lockdown: TV and digital up at expense of other formats
The UK’s social distancing measures due to coronavirus are having a measurable impact on the amount of time people are spending with digital and traditional media, with TV time among adult viewers up 10 minutes per day in 2020, according to new research.
Most visible news sources for COVID-19 searches: Guardian ahead of BBC and Wikipedia
The Guardian news website is the most visible source on Google when Brits search for information about COVID-19, according to new data.
Global hashtag trends: How social media is reacting to ‘new normal’ amid COVID-19 crisis
Leading experts at the language learning app Babbel have curated a list of the trending hashtags from around the world, shedding light on how online lingo is being used to raise awareness and reflect our new normal.
Marketing budgets drop at fastest rate since last recession amid Covid-19 crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has led to cuts to all forms of marketing activity in the UK, dropping 6.1% overall, but marketers are being urged to think twice before pulling spend, according to the latest IPA Bellwether report.
Snap shares surge as lockdown spurs use
Social media app Snapchat saw unexpected growth in the January and February, defying coronavirus gloom to report revenue and daily active users significantly above Wall Street’s expectations.
