Following a healthy festive period January was a weak month for commercial TV broadcasters, with combined revenue for ITV, Channel 4 and ITV Breakfast down -7.7% year-on-year.

New research from MC&C looking at marketers’ attitudes towards risk and the impacts of Brexit has revealed that only 17% believe leaving the EU will be of benefit to the UK economy.

Bloomberg Intelligence media analyst Tal Smoller tells Newsline what she thinks the big video advertising trends will be this year.

According to the latest ad blocking report from the IAB, the proportion of British adults currently using ad blockers has remained at 22% for the last year.

Newsworks picked up three awards as ITV, MTM, Trinity Mirror Solutions, BBC World Service, MEC UK, Metro and MailOnline are all crowned category winners.

Videology’s Jon Block gives a round-up of the fascinating debate he chaired at Videoscape 2017.

TubeMogul’s UK commercial director Mauricio Leon shares what he thinks will be the big trends and most exciting opportunities in video advertising over the next 12 to 18 months.

Kat Hebden, managing director of Shotglass Media and head of digital at FremantleMedia, tells Newsline which video trends we should expect to see this year, as well as some of the biggest challenges and opportunities brands face.

Kollman, who was most recently global head of insights at SABMiller, where she oversaw a team of 140, will play a key external-facing role working with Kantar’s global clients.

The move will allow the publishers to distribute content via a curated feed in five countries.