by MacKenzie Lovings | Jun 28, 2023 | BIA, BIA ADVantage, Blog, Local Advertising Forecast
At the start of every year, BIA surveys the media industry to do a comprehensive assessment of advertising revenue. In parallel, the forecast team examines the advertising marketplace and the economy noting changes affecting spend. This year, a couple of major issues...
by Suzanne Ackley | Feb 13, 2023 | BIA, Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, Verticals
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 real reasons. Interest rates are...
by Rick Ducey | Oct 3, 2019 | BIA, Blog
Last week BIA posted our first look at our new OTT Local Ad forecast, showing a fast growth curve from about $850 million this year to over $2 billion by 2024. Digging a bit deeper into what’s behind our forecast, we see the early spending to be focused on...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jul 9, 2019 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Local Advertising Forecast, Mobile-Social, Political Advertising, Radio
An early start to the 2020 election, a strong economy, and most notably, increases in mobile and mobile-social advertising is driving the $148.8 billion estimate for local ad spend. BIA is raising its original estimate put out earlier this year slightly an has an...
by Suzanne Ackley | Apr 18, 2019 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
Local businesses in the professional services vertical are diverse – ranging from legal to design to technology services. This category is highly competitive, with local professionals looking at ways to be discovered in their customers time of need. In...
