"Radio has a strong future... but there are challenges," said BIA/Kelsey Managing Director Rick Ducey during a discussion last week with veteran media strategist Mark Ramsey. The two sat down to explore radio industry trends and BIA/Kelsey's report, "The Internet…
In the U.S., Hispanic consumers usage of smartphones, tablets, social networking and other forms of digital channels make this group one of today's most engaged populations in the local shopping space. On yesterday's "Hispanic Consumers Buy into Digital for Local…
Yesterday's announcement of Comcast/NBCU buying Time Warner Cable was a monumental announcement as it consolidates more of the cable portion of the Multiple Video Programming Delivery services (MVPDs) that includes mostly cable and satellite delivery services. Instead of Charter…
Clear Channel Entertainment CEO Bob Pittman, speaking today at IAB's Annual Leadership Meeting in Palm Desert, said that radio has been able to leverage its undiminished strength with digital providing a new channel and new listeners for the medium. Pittman,…
SMBs that use video advertising have bigger ad budgets, tend to be early adopters in their use of digital compared to their counterparts and are savvier in how they leverage data and analytics to engage and interact with their customers.…
SMBs reported using an average of 7.6 different media to advertise or promote their businesses, according to BIA/Kelsey's Local Commerce Monitor, Wave 17™, down from 8.4 in Wave 16. 30% of the SMBs surveyed reported using broadcast and 57% use…
The entrance into a new digital age has brought endless changes to the world. Current media is in a state of transformation, undergoing great modification in its traditional medium form – from print to digital. The century old Radio…
Day 2 of Leading in Local: Interactive Local Media conference opened with BIA/Kelsey's VP and Chief Economist, Mark Fratrik, who shared some exciting pieces of information from BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad view. Media Ad View is BIA/Kelsey's research product that offers…
Audrey Cooper is still new to her role as Managing Editor of SF Chronicle/SF Gate, but she's already bubbling with ideas and an enthusiastic vision for bridging content and advertising in a digital-first environment. In a fireside chat at…
Recent reports of more online/digital companies using television as a key advertising vehicle has furthered buoyed the fortunes of this media. After a remarkable 2012 in political advertising sales, many local television stations this year felt in a comfortable position.…
A new Local Commerce Monitor™ (LCM) UK Spotlight report examines UK SMBs that self-identify as newspaper advertisers in the UK reveals a huge opportunity for growth and adoption of digital and non-traditional media channels. UK newspaper SMBs are adopting newer…
Even newspaper advertisers, long seen as favoring traditional media, are increasingly shifting their ad spend to digital. More and more these SMBs are exploring the advertising opportunities digital media has to offer and with that spending is shifting in…
BIA/Kelsey is releasing its latest State of the Industry report, "Local Radio Stations Profiles and Trends for 2014 and Beyond." In it, BIA/Kelsey projects that local radio will maintain its fourth place position in the local ad market in 2013,…
Speaking at Digital Media East 2013 today, I shared five themes we're seeing in local media and among Small-Medium Businesses (SMBs): 1. Traditional Media rule... and will continue to do so. 2. Content (generation, discovery, distribution) as ever stronger nexus…
Print Yellow Pages was (just barely) on top in the General Services advertising category in 2012, generating almost $3.8 billion from this vertical. General Services is comprised of 12 different categories, including legal, accounting, janitorial, landscaping and various professional, scientific…
The $1.8 billion of leisure/recreation advertising on Out-of-Home media was its largest vertical, representing 25% of total Out-of-Home advertising in 2012, according to BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad View Plus. The Finance/Insurance vertical was the second highest, with 10% of total Out-of-Home…
According to BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad View Plus, radio garnered nearly $14.7 billion in advertising revenue in 2012, representing over 11% of total advertising spend, placing it in fourth place behind direct mail, newspaper and television. Unlike other media, radio advertising…
Despite the well documented declines in newspaper circulation, advertising on newspaper was $22.5 billion in 2012, representing 17.1% of total advertising spend in the U.S. and second only to direct mail, according to BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad View Plus. In a…
In 2012, newspaper continued to lead the way in real estate advertising spending at $563 million (27.7%), followed closely by online advertising at $487 million (23.9%), according to Media Ad View Plus, BIA/Kelsey’s local market ad forecast report. 2012 Real…
Television dominated the Government/Political/Religion ("GPR") vertical in 2012, according to BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad View Plus. In 2012, television's $3.1 billion of advertising from GPR represented nearly 3/4 of total advertising for this vertical. 2012 Government/Political/Religion Ad Spending by Media The…
