Posts Tagged ‘streaming audiences’
Preparing for Paramount Plus and Box Office’s Big Comeback
These days, a trip to the cinema is essentially a trip to the living room, but that hasn’t made the experience any less desirable, judging from industry reactions and adaptations to increasingly engaged digital media viewers. And with movie theaters raring to deliver a Rocky-style last round comeback, Hollywood’s preparing to recover its previous glory…
Read MoreDeclining football viewership is temporary, but fans are forever
As the events of 2020 directly affected sports viewership across the board, brands and marketers can leverage a concurrent increase in social media usage to efficiently reach sports audiences outside of the games. Despite 2020’s declining NFL viewership, fans are increasingly active online, and social insights can uncover the best ways to access them. Sports…
Read MoreWill 2021 be a programmatic pick-me-up?
2020 didn’t destroy us—it only made us stronger. While certain industries were devastated by the raging COVID-19 pandemic, others flourished, and ultimately all industries faced a forced evolution that only accelerated how brands interact with audiences digitally. With the worst of the pandemic presumably behind us, the world is looking to reactivate, and marketers are…
Read MoreDeep Fan Insights from FanFinder360º
Consumers have become fragmented, spread across an ever-increasing array of devices, channels, and platforms. This evolving media landscape has created a challenge for both content creators and distributors to get viewers to see their content. As Mark Pedowitz, CW President, puts it, “There’s simply a ton of shows on the market, and their sheer quantity…
Read MoreUsing Social Insights to Activate Entertainment Audiences
A truly versatile tool within any advertiser’s arsenal, FanFinder360°(FF360) is our social insights-powered platform that provides marketers with an unparalleled view of the fans of their entertainment. Analyzing over a billion engagements a month, from across all major social media channels, FF360 gives a competitive edge to any campaign strategy. so how can FanFinder360º help…
Read MoreWhy The Future of the Music Industry Hinges on Data
There’s something psychologically satisfying about evaluating change and innovation through a 10-year lens. A decade allows us to look back with nostalgia and prognosticate imaginatively about what lies ahead. Decades allow us to create clear categories for music, movies, TV, fashion and pop culture in general. The 1960s were defined by folk music and psychedelic…
Read MoreTenet vs Mulan & Box Office vs Streaming Amid COVID
As a completely disrupted film industry reels from the COVID pandemic, studios are taking different approaches with a couple of their biggest investments of 2020. While some are driving forward with theatrical releases as exhibitors slowly reopen, others are diving straight into streaming in an effort to replace waning theater audiences with the thriving streaming…
Read MoreYouTube and Netflix leading bundle and save craze
As we’ve previously covered, the streaming industry is fragmented, with a glut of paid streaming service options often overwhelming customers to the point of cancellations. Despite generally increased streaming viewership during the COVID pandemic lockdowns, budget-crunched bingers simultaneously tightened their wallets, with many millennials realizing they might have too many paid subscriptions. TiVo’s recent quarterly…
Read MoreCan Social Media Help Advertisers Navigate a Fragmented Media Landscape?
The rising frequency of cord-cutting has run hand-in-hand with the inflating streaming TV industry. Every month, more and more streaming providers enter the fray, with Comcast/NBCUniversal’s Peacock being the latest giant to try to win back lost cable subscribers. As crazy of a situation as it is for network executives, it is just as crazy…
Read MorePeacock’s Ad-Supported Strategy Might Seal Its Success
Launching in the midst of a global pandemic and among an overwhelming number of time-tested competitors, Peacock’s future is definitely uncertain. But the good news is that the tiered media service does have some potential for success. NBCUniversal is betting big that consumers want free-to-watch, ad-supported, options and in this particular time period, they might…
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