BIA is forecasting that ad spend on local television will be $21 billion in 2022, with $19.3 billion going towards over-the-air television ads and $1.7 billion going to digital television ads. This is an increase of 26.5% from 2021 local…
The $15.7 billion BIA is estimating in ad spend for local television (broadcast and online), while down from 2020 levels of $16.8 billion, represents a strong recovery for the media when you remove the unprecedented amounts of political ad spend.…
BIA Advisory Services estimates total local advertising revenue across all media in the U.S. will reach $137.5 billion in 2021, up 2.5 percent year-over-year from $134.1 billion in 2020. Even without the presence of significant political advertising, BIA expects this…
The ATSC 3.0 roll-out continues even in the face of the Great Pandemic, albeit at modified pace. As multiple ATSC 3.0 stations launch in a market, attention inevitably turns to, "now what?" The TV of Tomorrow (TVOT) virtual conference features…
BIA has lowered its 2Q 2020 forecast for local media advertising. BIA is now forecasting that local TV ad spend in 2020 will be $18.5 billion, with $17 billion attributable to over-the-air revenue and $1.5 billion for digital revenue. BIA…
During the webinar, Navigating the Local Ad Marketplace During the Pandemic, BIA's Thomas Buono (CEO and Founder) and Rick Ducey (Managing Director), along with C. Lee Smith, President/CEO of SalesFuel and Jeffrey Hayzlett, Chairman of C-Suite Network and Primetime Television…
This week BIA's Thomas Buono (CEO and Founder) and Rick Ducey (Managing Director) were joined (virtually) by C. Lee Smith, President/CEO of SalesFuel and Jeffrey Hayzlett, Chairman of C-Suite Network and Primetime Television & Podcast Host in a webinar to…
Healthcare businesses are bucking the trend of media spend shifting to digital. Healthcare businesses are sticking with traditional media through 2024. Spend on digital is growing, but at a slower rate than other verticals. "The Healthcare vertical invests and trusts…
Advertisers love television. However, it's experiencing tough love in the form of declining pay subscriptions, consumers spending more time with Over-The-Top (OTT) streaming platforms and services delivered over broadband Internet. Local TV groups still deliver reach, but many are adding…
Financial businesses are a huge segment of local targeted ad spend and include businesses like auto insurance, financial planners, credit unions and mortgage brokers. Businesses in financial are heavily invested in advertising that targets their potential customers. It's no surprise…
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,…
Television viewers in Maine and Nevada should be prepared to be bombarded with political advertising, according to data from BIA Advisory Services. BIA estimates that almost half (47%) of $6.55 billion in political advertising dollars in 2020 will go to…
Over-the-air TV will earn 47% of political ad spend in local markets. BIA Advisory Service estimates $6.55 billion will be spent on local political advertising in 2020, with over-the-air TV receiving the largest share of $3.08 billion - 47% of…
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…
BIA's Managing Director, Rick Ducey briefed the attendees at Media Finance Focus 2019 event on the current and future of Spot TV Sales Automation, here are some of the key highlights from his presentation. The local TV industry’s efforts to automate…
Yes, they do, according to BIA's SAM™ Survey of Advertising and Marketing. In two reports released recently by BIA, Advertising and Marketing Behaviors of 1-19 Employee Businesses and 20-99 Employee Businesses, those businesses report receiving a return on investment of…
A myriad of business verticals will pour $18.6 billion dollars into local TV advertising in 2019. SAM ™, BIA’s Survey of Advertising and Marketing, reveals key verticals like Auto, General Services and Retail spend the most on local TV; however,…
Local businesses continue to see the benefits of working with an ad agency for their local advertising needs, with most being very satisfied with their chosen agency. The key determinant for a business to work with an agency is not…
In this BIA Strategic Brief, the first of many we'll be doing monthly this year, I'd like to share some perspective into two ad platforms – the rising tiger of digital and the cash cow of direct mail (borrowing these…
Local advertisers from the small local cleaners to franchisees all have a similar challenge - getting their message in front of customers on many screens and places. On average, a local business uses at least 9 different ad channels. That means working…
