TikTok is not simply a substitute of viewers’ attention from traditional media formats. The rise in demand for ‘snackable’ content presents a much bigger cultural shift, writes the editor.
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Sky Media has begun offering advertiser clients a new way to target its viewers: find out what they’ve been avidly searching for online and match them to specific advertiser categories.
The pandemic is well and truly over when it comes to impacting the UK’s media habits, as both broadcast TV viewing and streaming subscriptions have reversed after the Covid lockdown boom of 2020 and 2021.
The Mirror has officially launched themirror.com, its dedicated site for the left-of-centre newsbrand’s nascent US operation.
Omnicom Media Group has begun measuring media owners on their environmental, social and governance practices so its advertiser clients can better understand the ESG impact of their adspend decisions.
Analysis: Coming late to the party may be fashionable but it’s costly.
Feature: What sorts of YouTube content are ‘fit for TV’? Barb Audiences assembled a panel of industry experts to decide.
Analysis: Today’s announcement, that Sky will trial self-service access for Sky content on ITV’s VOD ad platform, opens an important new chapter in UK TV’s collaboration story.
100% Media 0% Nonsense: GB News is right to complain about abuse against is commercial chief and advertisers should remember why media neutrality matters. But its silence over the Dan Wootton allegations is surprising, writes the editor.
“This is the worst advertising recession we’ve seen since the global financial crisis [in 2008],” ITV CEO Carolyn McCall has warned after the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster suffered a double-digit drop in ad revenue.
