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- Leading Local Insights Podcast
- U.S. Local Ad Forecast Update
- Radio Revenues Fell to $9.7B in 2020
- Digital Series Focused Verticals
Leading Local Insights Podcast Episode 23: Targeting Local Viewers in OTT
In this podcast, BIA’s Managing Director, Rick Ducey, talks with Brian Hunt who is the Head of CompulseOTT and Sinclair OTT/CTV. They discuss how to navigate the OTT opportunity and solutions that are simplifying how to successfully target local viewers in OTT.
BIA Revises its U.S. Local Ad Forecast – Expects Revenues from Traditional and Digital to Hit $142B
BIA Advisory Services has revised its 2021 forecasts for U.S. Local Advertising Revenues to $142.4 billion, up $4.8 billion from its November 2020 estimates. The projection is split between traditional and digital media but shows that the divide is narrowing, with traditional advertising only eight percent ahead of digital mediums that include mobile, online, over-the-top, email, and traditional media’s online ventures.
Radio Revenues Fell to $9.7B in 2020, As Pandemic’s Toll on the Industry Affected Local Radio Stations
As anticipated, the radio industry took a very big hit in 2020 due to the pandemic and subsequent cutbacks in overall spending activity. According to the first quarter edition of BIA Advisory Services’ 2021 Investing In Radio® Market Report over-the-air advertising revenues dropped to $9.7 billion, a -23.6 percent decline from $12.8 billion in 2019. Digital ad revenues at stations demonstrated their continued strength, though, posting only a slight decline to $939 million in revenues in 2020 versus $1 billion in 2019.
BIA Advisory Services and SalesFuel Launch Digital Series Focused on Examining Key Business Verticals
Of the $137.5 billion BIA Advisory Services estimates for total local advertising spending this year, an estimated $61.5 billion (or 44.7 percent) will come from digital media. The continued growth and opportunities in digital will be the focus of a Local Digital Event Series co-produced monthly by BIA and SalesFuel.
- Leading Local Insights: Where is Automotive’s Local Ad Spend Going in 2021? September 1, 2021In the latest episode of BIA’s podcast, Leading Local Insights, Auto Part II: Top Ad Channels for Automotive Sub-Verticals in 2021, BIA industry analyst Suzanne Ackley further examines the ad spend and media selections of businesses in the automotive vertical. In the…
- The New Rules for Streaming TV Local Advertising August 30, 2021BIA Advisory Services and Premion explore pandemic induced changes in the local ad market for streaming TV, as well as look ahead to trends to forecast 2021-2022 ad spending in the report, A Marketer’s Guide: The New Rules Ahead for…
- Leading Local Insights: What’s Happening in Automotive? August 26, 2021In the latest episode of BIA’s podcast, Leading Local Insights, Ad Spend Estimates and Trends for the Automotive Vertical (Part 1), BIA industry analyst Suzanne Ackley examines the ad spend and media selections of businesses in the automotive vertical. For 2021,…
- The Way Consumers Discover and Search for Businesses August 25, 2021The way consumers discover and search for businesses, products, and services online is complex, especially when you factor in new ways of searching on mobile and voice search on home-based, voice-controlled devices. BIA, commissioned by Neustar, has put together best…
Transaction Update for Television and Radio (Year-to-Date):