A strong Black Friday/Cyber Monday campaign sets the tone for Christmas period and can make or break the year – and in 2020 we wanted to go bigger and better than ever with Shark. Historically, Shark has been an exclusive TV brand. Starting off as a core DR brand, we have been moving towards a […]
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Podcasts: A Growing medium, finding its niche in the media mix
Podcast listening is on the rise. This isn’t groundbreaking news and is something we have previously discussed within the rise of digital audio, and even back in 2019 where we looked at whether it was time to subscribe to podcast advertising. But the scale of that increase is worth repeating. Weekly reach doubled from 2018 […]
GB News falls behind on audience ratings
Journalistic heavyweight Andrew Neil this week “resigned” as chairman and lead presenter of GB News, just 3 months into the broadcaster’s existence. Neil was very much the face of the station, sparking questions around his future when taking an extended summer break shortly after helping develop, launch and lead programming for the station. During GB […]
There’s no diversity without disability in advertising
Over the past year, particularly after the tragic murder of George Floyd sparked conversations on prejudice and equality worldwide, the advertising and media industry has been rightly focused on improving its diversity in ads. So far, most of the public conversation has been about race and gender. But, with the Paralympics bringing the topic of […]
Gen Z and Female mobile and gaming trends
Once considered a space for a particular person with a particular set of interests, the gaming industry has boomed in recent years, with a wide range of new people joining the so-called movement fuelling gaming trends. No longer for just the ‘nerds’, gaming is now widely considered a sport. With the launch of the Olympic […]
4 trends to help grow your charity brand
Giving never grows old, but the older we get, the more likely we are to give to a charity. 23.8% of 15-24s are willing to donate or have donated to a charity, in contrast to 61.5% of 65+ adults. Through economic shifts, demographic interests and digital platform expansion, giving is always in fashion. New methods […]