by Rick Ducey | Mar 8, 2022 | BIA, Blog, CTV/OTT, Local Advertising Forecast
BIA forecasts that marketers will spend $85.2 billion on digital ads targeting local consumers. Over half of this was forecast to go Google (35.3 percent) and Facebook (17.4 percent). However, on last month’s earnings call, Meta announced that due to the impact...
by Rick Ducey | Jan 14, 2022 | BIA, Blog, CTV/OTT
Local OTT/CTV is a top growth performer in local media. BIA forecasts spending will reach at least $2 billion in 2022. To dig into the drivers behind this growth, BIA organized a panel at TV 2022’s virtual conference this week bringing together local CTV...
by Rick Ducey | Sep 27, 2021 | BIA, Blog, CTV/OTT, Local Advertising Forecast
In light of the Media Rating Council recently defining Over-the-Top (OTT) to be Connected TV, I recently spoke with Brian Hunt, head of OTT/CTV advertising sales at Sinclair Broadcast Group. Brian runs Sinclair’s CompulseOTT, an aggregated data-driven platform...
by Rick Ducey | May 11, 2021 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social
A BIA study commissioned by NAB estimates local broadcasters lose $1.9 billion annually when their news and other local content appears in Google Search and Facebook News Feeds without compensation. Updated June 16, 2021: See related podcast. Local news produced by...
by Rick Ducey | Oct 13, 2017 | BIA, Blog, Conferences, Mobile-Social
Greg Chambers, global group director of digital innovation for Coca-Cola, told BIA/Kelsey Local Impact conference attendees that, “Signage is in the DNA of Coke.” Digital signage is used to localize and contextualize brand messaging and engagement. Digital...
