by Suzanne Ackley | May 4, 2020 | BIA, Blog, COVID Pandemic, Local Advertising Forecast
A roaring economy, 2020 Summer Olympics, and political spending from a Presidential, Senate, and local elections all indicated a strong year for local advertising sellers. But then a pandemic struck creating economic havoc. BIA lowered its advertising revenue forecast...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jan 28, 2020 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Local Advertising Forecast, Political Advertising
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 dollars in...
by Rick Ducey | Nov 21, 2019 | BIA, Blog, CTV/OTT, Local Advertising Forecast, Political Advertising, Verticals
BIA’s 2020 forecast puts total local ad spending (any geotargeted paid media ads) at $161 billion dollars. A new element to our forecast is breaking out Over-The-Top (OTT) ad spending targeting local audiences, along with separating Political into it’s own...
by Suzanne Ackley | Nov 6, 2019 | BIA, BIA ADVantage, Blog, Broadcast, CTV/OTT, Local Advertising Forecast, Political Advertising
For 2020 political and over-the-top (OTT) advertising, and growth in mobile and social ads, will be key ingredients for local media’s 5.5% growth from 2019. BIA estimates total local advertising revenue in the U.S. will reach $161.1 billion in 2020, up from...
by Suzanne Ackley | Aug 20, 2019 | BIA, BIA ADVantage, Blog, Broadcast, Political Advertising, Radio
Over-the-air radio will earn 5% of all political dollars in local BIA Advisory Service estimates $6.55 billion will be spent on local political advertising in 2020, with radio getting $312 million of local political advertising spend in 2020.The markets getting the...
