Mediatel’s Steven Scaffardi speaks with key figures from the broadcast media world to discuss how they have dealt with the coronavirus crisis – and what comes next for commercial TV Steven Scaffardi (Chair): Good afternoon and welcome everybody to this special virtual roundtable debate for the Future of TV Advertising UK […]
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TV’s conundrum
So here we are, more than a month into lockdown and with no clear exit strategy, and media owners are wondering what on earth it all means for their businesses and the advertising clients that feed them. Now, in a world already characterised by two horribly over-used words – uncertainty […]
Read MoreITV launches ITV Hub Shout Outs following viewing surge
ITV Commercial has unveiled a new ad proposition, ITV Hub Shout Outs, to enable advertisers to “inform and support the public” during the COVID-19 pandemic outside of linear TV campaigns. Shout Outs will offer advertisers an alternative to full-length commercials on the broadcaster’s on-demand streaming service, ITV Hub, instead delivering […]
Read MoreCan commercial TV broadcasters ride the wave of the perfect storm?
As we kick off The Future of TV Advertising UK, Steven Scaffardi explains how the two week digital experience will address the key questions facing the commercial TV industry during the time of COVID-19 At the end of Wolfgang Petersen’s biographical disaster drama, The Perfect Storm, George Clooney stares out at the 100-foot […]
Read MoreTV industry feeling ‘devastating impact’ as advertisers slash budgets
The coronavirus has felt a “devastating impact” on the TV broadcasting industry with companies less willing to spend, claims a new report. Almost every company in the world has had to take steps in order to limit the impact of the coronavirus on their business, leading to most tightening their […]
Read MoreCo-op pulls TV ad and donates £2.5m airtime to food charity
The Co-op has announced this morning, that it has pulled its planned Easter television advertising campaign, instead donating the airtime to a food charity, FareShare. The £2.5m campaign was originally planned to promote its chocolate eggs, but in the wake of the Coronavirus, the retailer has turned over the time […]
Read MoreUK’s commercial TV sector ‘faces permanent change’
A new report from Enders Analysis has warned the UK’s commercial TV sector faces a “bleak future” unless the government intervenes.
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