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    Total TV advertising market records $3.3 billion in ad revenue for FY24

    News / Media Releases / 13th Aug 2024

    Total TV advertising market records $3.3 billion in ad revenue for FY24

    ...advertising revenue figures for the six and 12 months to 30 June 2024. The Total TV advertising market, which includes metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air and Broadcaster Video on Demand (BVOD)...

    OMD’s Sian Whitnall & Baiada CMO Yash Gandhi share insights & inspiration with future media leaders

    News / Articles of Interest / 20th Mar 2024

    OMD’s Sian Whitnall & Baiada CMO Yash Gandhi share insights & inspiration with future media leaders

    By Sofia Geraghty, B&T Published Mediaweek The finalists for the Media Planner/Buyer Award at B&T’s 30 Under 30 extravaganza gathered in Sydney last week to hear insights, inspiration and personal...

    Does investing in OOH at the expense of TV make campaigns less effective?

    News / Articles of Interest / 28th Feb 2024

    Does investing in OOH at the expense of TV make campaigns less effective?

    ...the effectiveness of your campaigns. Cathy O’Connor’s comments that out-of-home revenue is set to grow at the expense of TV should send shivers up the spines of marketers (and their...

    This year, building trust means building profit

    News / Articles of Interest / 22nd Feb 2024

    This year, building trust means building profit

    ...institutions they thought would help them make ends meet. But research shows trust builds profit. Brands need to partner with organisations that help, not hinder, this challenge. Calling on 20...

    Let’s be clear, there’s a strong relationship between TV and the fast lane of effectiveness

    Deep Dives

    Let’s be clear, there’s a strong relationship between TV and the fast lane of effectiveness

    “Godfather of effectiveness”, Peter Field, recently analysed a wide range of evidence that demonstrates TV’s continuing importance when it comes to delivering real results for brands....

    Total TV advertising market records $3.4 billion in ad revenue for 2023

    News / Media Releases / 9th Feb 2024

    Total TV advertising market records $3.4 billion in ad revenue for 2023

    ...advertising revenue figures for the six and 12 months to 31 December 2023. The total TV advertising market, which includes metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air and Broadcaster Video on Demand (BVOD)...

    Discover Les Binet’s secrets to safeguarding brand success

    Deep Dives

    Discover Les Binet’s secrets to safeguarding brand success

    In these short videos, Les Binet outlines the importance of understanding the growth prospects for your company, and your brand, through challenging economic times.

    Australian stories help to forge a lasting connection with TV audiences in 2024

    News / Articles of Interest / 31st Jan 2024

    Australian stories help to forge a lasting connection with TV audiences in 2024

    Published Mediaweek Australia’s broadcasters play an important role in society. From the news that keeps viewers informed to the programs we choose for entertainment and escape. Local stories matter to...

    What’s in store for ’24?

    Deep Dives

    What’s in store for ’24?

    Everything you need to know about the year ahead for Aussie TV.

    Perspective: The year TV brought Australians together

    News / Articles of Interest / 10th Nov 2023

    Perspective: The year TV brought Australians together

    By Kim Portrate, ThinkTV Published AdNews It’s been a big year for TV bringing Australians together for cultural moments that had everyone talking and smashing audience viewer numbers as a...

    Make Total TV first on & last off every media plan

    Facts & Stats

    Make Total TV first on & last off every media plan

    While plenty of channels can reach large numbers of the Australian population, few can do it as quickly and simultaneously as TV. With engaged, attentive viewers, TV continues to do...

    If 20+ million viewers is a ‘problem’, I’ll take it

    News / Articles of Interest / 13th Oct 2023

    If 20+ million viewers is a ‘problem’, I’ll take it

    By Danielle McWilliam, ThinkTV Published Mediaweek It’s rare that a week passes where there isn’t a headline proclaiming TV has a “problem”. The thing is, I think someone forgot to...

    TV advertising market records $3.6 billion for 12months to June 2023

    News / Media Releases / 14th Aug 2023

    TV advertising market records $3.6 billion for 12months to June 2023

    ...advertising revenue was $1.6 billion, a decrease of 11.8 per cent when compared to the same period ending 30 June 2022. Total revenue for the metropolitan free-to-air networks was $1.1...

    Total TV Reach

    Facts & Stats

    Total TV Reach

    A full picture of TV’s growing audience across screens....

    The Brand Engine: Optimise your media spend & power better brand outcomes

    Facts & Stats / The Benchmark Series

    The Brand Engine: Optimise your media spend & power better brand outcomes

    Marketers are always looking to increase effectiveness and efficiency of media investment, but without consistent access to econometric modelling it can be challenging to design campaigns for the best possible...

    TV or YouTube: Which platform is best for short- and long-term business results?

    News / Articles of Interest / 8th Jun 2023

    TV or YouTube: Which platform is best for short- and long-term business results?

    Published AdNews Watching YouTube’s ‘The Long and The Short of It’ leaves the viewer with the impression the only way for brands to achieve short- and long-term business results is...

    CMOs share Effie Award-winning work via ThinkTV campaign

    News / Articles of Interest / 7th Jun 2023

    CMOs share Effie Award-winning work via ThinkTV campaign

    Published AdNews ThinkTV has revealed a campaign featuring the stories behind some of Australia’s most successful advertising campaigns. The campaign sees marketers Brent Smart, Mim Haysom, Simon Cheng and Mark...

    Suncorp’s Mim Haysom on the evolution of TV in the campaign mix

    News / Articles of Interest / 6th Jun 2023

    Suncorp’s Mim Haysom on the evolution of TV in the campaign mix

    ...tap into the format and the channels. I look forward to seeing how it continues to innovate in the future in combination with other channels.” Read the full article here...

    BVOD consumption

    Facts & Stats

    BVOD consumption

    Australia’s fastest-growing media channel continues to accelerate.

    Attention & Effectiveness: To ESOV & Beyond Part II

    Facts & Stats / The Effie Awards

    Attention & Effectiveness: To ESOV & Beyond Part II

    Find out how you can supercharge attention for your marketing campaigns.

    Why the industry needs to move from ‘truthiness’ to truth

    News / Articles of Interest / 31st May 2023

    Why the industry needs to move from ‘truthiness’ to truth

    ...media think pieces to broadsheet interviews media companies and industry groups – us included – strive to present their channels and organisations in the best possible light. On any given...

    The enduring power of ‘Did Somebody Say Menulog’

    News / Articles of Interest / 25th May 2023

    The enduring power of ‘Did Somebody Say Menulog’

    By Ruby Derrick Published AdNews Sixteen-year-old Australian-founded company Menulog is celebrating its fifth year and iteration of the Did Somebody Say campaign. The campaign is showing no signs of leaving...

    CMOs explain: Why Total TV is the mainstay in ALDI, Menulog, Suncorp and NRMA’s media plans

    News / Articles of Interest / 18th May 2023

    CMOs explain: Why Total TV is the mainstay in ALDI, Menulog, Suncorp and NRMA’s media plans

    ...turn to TV? Suncorp EGM of Brand and Marketing Mim Haysom doesn’t mince her words when she says: “TV works for us in terms of helping to deliver our business...

    RE VISION: Watch the sessions now on demand

    Events / SYD / 4th May 2023

    RE VISION: Watch the sessions now on demand

    On Thursday 4 May 2023, RE VISION took over Sydney’s Carriageworks for an inspiring afternoon that presented some of the best minds who are leading change across marketing, media, programming...

    Suncorp’s One House to Save Many

    Case Studies / Finance & Insurance

    Suncorp’s One House to Save Many

    An award-winning campaign to spark a national conversation.

    Discover the stories behind effective TV campaigns

    Deep Dives

    Discover the stories behind effective TV campaigns

    Australian Effie Award winners are a celebration of great campaigns that deliver real business results.

    Aldi’s quest to prove you can’t overcook Christmas

    Case Studies / Food & Beverages

    Aldi’s quest to prove you can’t overcook Christmas

    The power of TV in delivering impact across the funnel.

    ThinkTV’s RE VISION shows that the future is bright for Australian television

    News / Articles of Interest / 5th May 2023

    ThinkTV’s RE VISION shows that the future is bright for Australian television

    ...creating those moments that bring us all together, reflecting and forming our national identity.” Winner of Australian Idol 2023, Royston Noell, took to the stage to blow the audience away...

    Everything you need to know: OzTAM launches VOZ viewing data

    News / Articles of Interest / 1st May 2023

    Everything you need to know: OzTAM launches VOZ viewing data

    ...accustomed to the VOZ data and be ready to transact on VOZ. The goal is for VOZ to become trading currency in calendar year 2024. Read the full article here...

    ThinkTV presents Australian Idol’s Royston Noell

    News / Articles of Interest / 27th Apr 2023

    ThinkTV presents Australian Idol’s Royston Noell

    ...top 50, 24-year-old Royston Noell – a proudThanakwith and Wagadagam man – went on to take out the 2023 Australian Idol Crown. Registrations are closing soon for ThinkTV’s RE VISION....

    ThinkTV presents Professor Jana Bowden: A consumer psychologist’s guide to effective campaigns

    News / Articles of Interest / 20th Apr 2023

    ThinkTV presents Professor Jana Bowden: A consumer psychologist’s guide to effective campaigns

    ...factor the often-messy decision-making process into building effective campaigns. Media has the power to drive brand growth. But before we can get growth, we need to ‘get’ the consumer. Without...

    ThinkTV reveals the talent line-up set to take the stage for RE VISION

    News / Articles of Interest / 17th Apr 2023

    ThinkTV reveals the talent line-up set to take the stage for RE VISION

    ...Carriageworks on Thursday 4 May. The event seeks to create a pathway to a more positive and successful industry by bringing together the top minds in marketing, media, programming and...

    MFA 5+ Inspiration Series March 2023

    Events / Conferences / 14th Sep 2022

    MFA 5+ Inspiration Series March 2023

    ...best tackle the sustainability challenge as leaders and as an industry. The two keynote speakers both dared to build a better world. Nik Robinson and his young son decided to...

    B&T’s 30 Under 30

    Events / SYD / 29th Mar 2023

    B&T’s 30 Under 30

    ...the industry’s best and brightest. ThinkTV’s CEO, Kim Portrate, announced the winners for the Media Planner/Buyer category and thanks to Seven, Nine, Paramount and Foxtel Media, we were able to...

    Mumbrella Retail Marketing Summit: How to get the most from your media

    Events / SYD / 9th Mar 2023

    Mumbrella Retail Marketing Summit: How to get the most from your media

    On 23rd March 2023, ThinkTV joined the Mumbrella Retail Marketing Summit for an exclusive presentation of new research. The session unpacked detailed analysis from Kantar that sheds light on campaign...

    AdClub: Media investment and brand impact high on the agenda

    News / Articles of Interest / 17th Mar 2023

    AdClub: Media investment and brand impact high on the agenda

    ...officers gathered at AdNews AdClub to discuss the implications for optimising media mix in a session delivered in partnership with ThinkTV. The event included a keynote from Kantar director of...

    ThinkTV x AdClub: Optimising Cross Channel Interaction

    Events / SYD / 9th Mar 2023

    ThinkTV x AdClub: Optimising Cross Channel Interaction

    On 9th March 2023, ThinkTV joined AdNews for an exclusive AdClub session held on their glorious rooftop in Surry Hills to launch new, bespoke research commissioned by ThinkTV with Kantar...

    Need to trim advertising spend? Kantar research suggests what you can’t afford to cut

    News / Articles of Interest / 14th Mar 2023

    Need to trim advertising spend? Kantar research suggests what you can’t afford to cut

    By James Manning Published Mediaweek ThinkTV has commissioned research from Kantar to help explain the options open to marketers if they need to trim budgets during 2023. The latest research...

    Television at a turning point: Unmade Podcast

    News / Articles of Interest / 2nd Mar 2023

    Television at a turning point: Unmade Podcast

    Hosted by Tim Burrowes Published Unmade In this Unmade podcast, Tim Burrowes speaks to ThinkTV’s director of research, Steve Weaver, taking a look at new viewing habits revealed by ThinkTV’s...

    Fact Pack: Jul to Dec 2022

    Facts & Stats / ThinkTV Fact Packs

    Fact Pack: Jul to Dec 2022

    The facts are in. Packed with all the latest ‘need-to-know’ facts to help you plan effective campaigns, ThinkTV’s latest Fact Pack offers a detailed snapshot of total video viewing and...

    Total TV advertising market records $4.1 billion in ad revenue for 2022

    News / Media Releases / 6th Feb 2023

    Total TV advertising market records $4.1 billion in ad revenue for 2022

    ...the total TV advertising revenue figures for the six and 12 months to 31 December 2022. The total TV advertising market, which includes metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air, subscription TV and...

    FAST channels grow as broadcasters respond to viewers’ changing habits

    News / Articles of Interest / 31st Jan 2023

    FAST channels grow as broadcasters respond to viewers’ changing habits

    By James Manning Published Mediaweek At the recent 2023 upfronts, a key feature uniting the commercial free-to-air (FTA) platforms and Foxtel was the growth of FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming Television)...

    The importance everyday Australians place on TV

    News / Articles of Interest / 9th Dec 2022

    The importance everyday Australians place on TV

    By Kim Portrate, CEO ThinkTV Published AdNews AdNews asked industry figures for their assessment of 2022 and outlook for next year. 2022 was the year buyers really came to understand...

    Why attention metrics need to be viewed in the context of scale and reach

    News / Articles of Interest / 5th Dec 2022

    Why attention metrics need to be viewed in the context of scale and reach

    ...scale and reach, warns ThinkTV’s Kim Portrate. Back in 2017 when ThinkTV commissioned Karen Nelson-Field to run the very first attention study, we hypothesised that aligning advertising with premium video...

    The new challenge for marketers

    News / Articles of Interest / 1st Dec 2022

    The new challenge for marketers

    ...“post-Covid” behaviour of their customers. Before we get too comfortable, increased inflation and rising interest rates have created a new challenge for consumers and marketers alike. Right now, there are...

    MFA’s how to buy television

    News / Articles of Interest / 29th Nov 2022

    MFA’s how to buy television

    Published AdNews A cohort of 41 has successfully completed the pilot run of Media Federation of Australia’s newest e-learning course, MFA How to Buy Television, gaining best-practice training for TV...

    Creativity in 2023

    News / Articles of Interest / 28th Nov 2022

    Creativity in 2023

    ...a full-blown recession, the advertising and marketing community is already feeling the effects. Luckily, we have a powerful tool to help us ride out the ups and downs to emerge...

    2023: a big year in TV

    Deep Dives

    2023: a big year in TV

    Here’s a sneak peek of the TV coming your way this year. From brand new shows to fan favourites, we’ll witness the best in innovative, engaging content.

    Recapping the TV upfronts: Here is what’s coming in 2023

    News / Articles of Interest / 17th Nov 2022

    Recapping the TV upfronts: Here is what’s coming in 2023

    Published Mediaweek More ways for marketers to engage with viewers on returning hits and new programming, with enhanced viewing experiences Australia’s TV broadcasters have now wrapped their upfronts for another...

    Advertisers beware: don’t look a workhorse in the mouth

    News / Articles of Interest / 8th Nov 2022

    Advertisers beware: don’t look a workhorse in the mouth

    ...cheaper options. As economic headwinds continue to blow toward 2023, advertisers are looking for evidence to show CEOs and boards why they should resist the urge to focus only on...

    Mediaweek 100

    Events / SYD / 21st Oct 2022

    Mediaweek 100

    ...the Mediaweek 100. James Manning joined the stage to present trophies to the top 10 most powerful people in the industry: Melanie Silva, Ciaran Davis, Patrick Delany, Grant Blackley, Beverley...

    There’s a place for all platforms in the media mix, including TikTok, but choice needs to be based on facts, not fantasy

    News / Articles of Interest / 20th Oct 2022

    There’s a place for all platforms in the media mix, including TikTok, but choice needs to be based on facts, not fantasy

    By Kim Portrate, CEO ThinkTV Published mi-3.com.au Audiences are undoubtedly fragmenting but recent claims that TikTok is swallowing up to a third of video viewing might be a little wide...

    MFA 5+ Inspiration Series September 2022

    Events / Conferences / 14th Sep 2022

    MFA 5+ Inspiration Series September 2022

    ...Q&A to unpack the learnings and encourage the MFA 5+ community in taking action to recognise their own biases. ThinkTV is proud to partner with the MFA on their 5+...

    ThinkTank: The changing behaviour of Australian audiences

    Events / ThinkTank / MEL / 8th Sep 2022

    ThinkTank: The changing behaviour of Australian audiences

    ...was a keynote by Lisa Ronson, Chief Marketing Officer Coles Group, who provided first-hand insights on the pandemic’s impact on consumer behaviour, emerging trends and the opportunities for advertisers to...

    Fact Pack: Jan to Jun 2022

    Facts & Stats / ThinkTV Fact Packs

    Fact Pack: Jan to Jun 2022

    The facts are in. Packed with all the latest ‘need-to-know’ facts to help you plan effective campaigns, ThinkTV’s latest Fact Pack contains VOZ-enabled insights, and offers a detailed snapshot of...

    Crying ‘my attention is bigger than yours’ won’t convert audiences into customers

    News / Articles of Interest / 31st Aug 2022

    Crying ‘my attention is bigger than yours’ won’t convert audiences into customers

    ...trumped by the attention of 10,000. The opportunity for target audiences to see your ads also needs to be taken into account. People can spend hours on a platform but...

    The top 10 reasons why Total TV is better than YouTube

    News / Articles of Interest / 29th Aug 2022

    The top 10 reasons why Total TV is better than YouTube

    ...of linear broadcast and Broadcaster Video on Demand (BVOD) – has the jump on its competitors for a host of reasons. To save time when wondering where to invest in...

    Why a mobile-first approach to video can slow your growth

    News / Articles of Interest / 16th Aug 2022

    Why a mobile-first approach to video can slow your growth

    Published mediaweek.com.au As part of a continuing examination of advertising effectiveness, ThinkTV has new research findings that explore the hot topic of audience attention. ThinkTV sought to interrogate video platforms...

    Grab your audience by the eyeballs: The attention habits of consumers

    Facts & Stats

    Grab your audience by the eyeballs: The attention habits of consumers

    Just because your audience is scrolling social media or watching a pre-roll for 6 sec, doesn’t mean they are actually taking in your brand.

    Total TV advertising market records $4.3 billion for 12 months to June 2022

    News / Media Releases / 8th Aug 2022

    Total TV advertising market records $4.3 billion for 12 months to June 2022

    ...total TV advertising revenue figures for the six and 12 months to 30 June 2022. The total TV advertising market, which includes metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air, subscription TV and Broadcaster...

    MFA 5+ Inspiration Series

    Events / Conferences / MEL / 14th Jul 2022

    MFA 5+ Inspiration Series

    ...and the ultimate benefit for individuals in both their personal careers and the work they do for their clients. Julie drew on her career experience and continued passion for her...

    It’s time to make your new financial year media resolutions

    News / Articles of Interest / 20th Jun 2022

    It’s time to make your new financial year media resolutions

    By Kim Portrate, CEO ThinkTV Published mumbrella.com.au With FY23 upon us, now is the perfect time to do a little media health check and put some new healthy habits in...

    Fact Pack: Jul to Dec 2021

    Facts & Stats / ThinkTV Fact Packs

    Fact Pack: Jul to Dec 2021

    The facts are in. Packed with all the latest ‘need-to-know’ facts to help you plan effective campaigns, ThinkTV’s latest Fact Pack contains new VOZ-enabled insights, and offers a detailed snapshot...

    VOZ super users: Delivering deeper campaign insights & reach beyond broadcast

    News / Articles of Interest / 7th Apr 2022

    VOZ super users: Delivering deeper campaign insights & reach beyond broadcast

    Published mediaweek.com.au Virtual Australia, or ‘VOZ’, brings together broadcast viewing on TV sets and connected devices to provide all-screen, cross-platform planning and reporting for the television industry. “VOZ has proven...

    ThinkTV launches Media Engine, democratises data to enable econometric modelling for brands

    News / Media Releases / 23rd Mar 2022

    ThinkTV launches Media Engine, democratises data to enable econometric modelling for brands

    ...The robust, real-life, free tool, available here democratises the data marketers need for designing campaigns. Built with Australian marketers and their agency partners in mind, the Media Engine shows how...

    Future Focused

    Events / Leaders Dinner / SYD / 22nd Mar 2022

    Future Focused

    ...of TV + BVOD and provided a special preview of the Media Engine developed in partnership with GroupM and Gain Theory. An Australian-first, the free and easy-to-use planning aid powers...

    365 days of falling in love with TV

    Deep Dives / Publications

    365 days of falling in love with TV

    There’s been a whole lot of love for TV in 2021....

    How MasterChef sent Coles purple cauliflower into the stratosphere

    Case Studies / FMCG

    How MasterChef sent Coles purple cauliflower into the stratosphere

    Season 13 of MasterChef saw contestants open their mystery boxes to find the unsung hero of the vegetable patch.  ...

    NRL heavy hitters help DoorDash punch well above its weight

    Case Studies / Food & Beverages

    NRL heavy hitters help DoorDash punch well above its weight

    How a premium sports partnership drove brand awareness and conversion for DoorDash.

    Hungry Survivors drive web traffic for KFC

    Case Studies / Food & Beverages

    Hungry Survivors drive web traffic for KFC

    To drive downloads of its new app, the QSR turned to the hungriest people on television.

    Every stat tells a story

    Case Studies / Government

    Every stat tells a story

    A bespoke campaign of mini documentaries delivered across multiple platforms drove positive perceptions towards the Census, resulting in enhanced participation.

    Putting Australia back into a great Australian brew

    Case Studies / Food & Beverages

    Putting Australia back into a great Australian brew

    Together, the Summer of Cricket and Bundaberg dominated the Aussie summer....

    Mi3 podcast: Lucrative ‘light viewers’ shifting to TV streaming

    News / Articles of Interest / 28th Feb 2022

    Mi3 podcast: Lucrative ‘light viewers’ shifting to TV streaming

    ...which lacks the competitive tension of the three major broadcasters keeping VOZ unbiased. There are seams of gold, too. Five of the top 15 BVOD programs last year were on...

    Total TV advertising market records $4.1 billion in ad revenue for 2021

    News / Media Releases / 7th Feb 2022

    Total TV advertising market records $4.1 billion in ad revenue for 2021

    ...total TV advertising revenue figures for the six and 12 months to 31 December 2021. The total TV advertising market, which includes metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air, subscription TV and Broadcaster...

    Why travel brands should continue to advertise through Omicron

    News / Articles of Interest / 24th Jan 2022

    Why travel brands should continue to advertise through Omicron

    ...newest variant and staff forced to isolate kneecapping travel, tourism & hospitality providers alike. Travel marketers could be forgiven for pressing pause on their advertising to ride out the latest...

    Travel: Now is the time to advertise on TV

    Deep Dives / Travel

    Travel: Now is the time to advertise on TV

    As travel opens up within Australia and around the world, the tourism industry has a chance to capitalise on pent-up demand and a return to healthy revenue levels.

    Fact Pack: Jan to Jun 2021

    Facts & Stats / ThinkTV Fact Packs

    Fact Pack: Jan to Jun 2021

    The facts are in. Packed with all the latest ‘need-to-know’ facts to help you plan effective campaigns, ThinkTV’s latest Fact Pack contains new VOZ-enabled insights, and now offers a detailed...

    Specsavers meets Married at First Sight

    Case Studies / Retail

    Specsavers meets Married at First Sight

    Specsavers combined elements of Nine’s Married at First Sight with its own famous ‘Should have gone to Specsavers’ TVC format to develop an engaging and appealing integrated campaign.

    Australian Open coverage from every angle

    Case Studies / Retail

    Australian Open coverage from every angle

    Samsung utilised Nine’s Australian Open (AO) coverage to showcase the new Galaxy S21 and its features by aligning Samsung with epic moments in play and bringing the viewer closer to...

    Media Engine: Power up the revenue returns of your next campaign

    Facts & Stats / The Payback Series

    Media Engine: Power up the revenue returns of your next campaign

    ...and an annual media spend of $450 million. By entering simple brand, category & campaign parameters, the engine provides media splits that will generate the most ROI for your business....

    ThinkTV’s Kim Portrate takes aim at ‘rubbery’ figures and Meta (Facebook)

    News / Articles of Interest / 8th Dec 2021

    ThinkTV’s Kim Portrate takes aim at ‘rubbery’ figures and Meta (Facebook)

    ...brand grow, you need to reach lots of different people with your advertising. But that’s about where the common ground ends when reviewing the social network’s recent Fast Forward series....

    Tomorrow’s TV, created today: World TV Day

    Deep Dives

    Tomorrow’s TV, created today: World TV Day

    What’s in store for the television platform in the future? To celebrate World TV Day on 21 November, leaders from around the globe came together to provide their perspective.

    OzTAM CEO on VOZ market reception and what’s next

    News / Articles of Interest / 18th Oct 2021

    OzTAM CEO on VOZ market reception and what’s next

    By James Manning Published mediaweek.com.au OzTAM chief executive Doug Peiffer spoke to Mediaweek’s James Manning on the market reception to VOZ and what’s next. Mr Peiffer said, “So far we...

    Business Drivers

    Deep Dives

    Business Drivers

    How do Australian marketers connect with audiences effectively to drive positive business outcomes and, ultimately, growth?

    New ‘Australians Can Beat Anything’ ad campaign launches, invokes Australian’s fighting spirit to boost vaccinations and beat Covid

    News / Media Releases / 27th Sep 2021

    New ‘Australians Can Beat Anything’ ad campaign launches, invokes Australian’s fighting spirit to boost vaccinations and beat Covid

    ...Tony Hale said there is great momentum for vaccination but more needs to be done as part of a concerted push to boost double vaccination rates to the levels and...

    New OzTAM data reveals how people at home split their video viewing

    News / Articles of Interest / 20th Sep 2021

    New OzTAM data reveals how people at home split their video viewing

    By James Manning Published mediaweek.com.au For the first time, advertisers have been able to get a snapshot of total video consumption – just what sort of video people are watching...

    When is an audience not an audience? What marketers need to know when allocating video ad dollars

    News / Articles of Interest / 6th Sep 2021

    When is an audience not an audience? What marketers need to know when allocating video ad dollars

    By Kim Portrate, CEO ThinkTV Published mi-3.com.au There’s only one word to describe today’s video universe and that is vast. There’s 10 Play to 9Now, 7plus, Kayo, Foxtel Go, Foxtel...

    VOZ data reveals Total TV audience of 20m weekly

    News / Articles of Interest / 1st Sep 2021

    VOZ data reveals Total TV audience of 20m weekly

    ...measurement brings together deduplicated national viewing on TV sets and connected devices (connected TVs, desktop/laptop computers, tablets and smartphones) to provide all-screen, cross-platform planning and reporting for Australia’s television industry....

    Total TV market records $3.8 billion in ad revenue for FY 2020-21

    News / Media Releases / 16th Aug 2021

    Total TV market records $3.8 billion in ad revenue for FY 2020-21

    ...for the six and 12 months to 30 June 2021. The total TV market, which includes metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air, subscription TV and Broadcaster Video on Demand (BVOD) and excludes...

    WFH Diaries: Kim Portrate

    News / Articles of Interest / 10th Aug 2021

    WFH Diaries: Kim Portrate

    ...days. This time, with lockdown running again, AdNews asked for a run down on how people like to start their day working from home. Some dress to impress, others slip...

    Media Optimisation: The difference between efficient and effective ROI

    Events / Conferences / 27th Jul 2021

    Media Optimisation: The difference between efficient and effective ROI

    While ROI matters for brands in all categories, exclusively optimising spend without considering campaign time frames could be holding your brand back from growth. In this exclusive research presentation, ThinkTV...

    Media spend research reveals the difference between efficient and effective ROI

    News / Articles of Interest / 19th Jul 2021

    Media spend research reveals the difference between efficient and effective ROI

    ...itself, as opposed to focusing more on the sales growth of a business.” The latest findings offer media investment insights for advertisers planning a media spend starting at $500,000 through...

    Research reveals the difference between efficient and effective ROI

    Facts & Stats / The Payback Series

    Research reveals the difference between efficient and effective ROI

    The latest edition of The Payback Series examines the ability of media to optimise campaign return on investment (ROI)....

    Research reveals the difference between efficient and effective ROI

    News / Media Releases / 19th Jul 2021

    Research reveals the difference between efficient and effective ROI

    ...drive markedly different levels of demand For example, where campaigns allocate, on average, around 18 per cent of spend to out-of-home, this spend accounts for less than 16 per cent...

    Australian Advertising Effectiveness Rules: To ESOV and Beyond

    Facts & Stats / The Effie Awards

    Australian Advertising Effectiveness Rules: To ESOV and Beyond

    A must for every marketer who is looking to drive growth and positive business effects from their advertising investment.

    Under 40s might be over Covid but they’re not abandoning TV to camp out at Gold Class

    News / Articles of Interest / 13th Jul 2021

    Under 40s might be over Covid but they’re not abandoning TV to camp out at Gold Class

    ...the precipice of an under 40s boom, but the occasional outing to the movies will never compare to the daily engagement TV commands, Kim Portrate explains. View the full article...

    Australian Ninja Warrior drives brand consideration for Kellogg’s Nutrigrain

    Case Studies / FMCG

    Australian Ninja Warrior drives brand consideration for Kellogg’s Nutrigrain

    To excite Australians about their brand message and provide exposure for their Brand Ambassadors, Kellogg’s Nutrigrain needed to integrate into a premium programming format.

    LEGO® Masters builds brand awareness for Wonder White

    Case Studies / FMCG

    LEGO® Masters builds brand awareness for Wonder White

    Wonder White wanted to build their perception as a brand that is ‘fresh’, ‘nutritious’ and ‘quality’, and to grow uplift in their campaign messaging that Wonder White ‘helps support active...

    The Australian Open drives results for leading auto company KIA

    Case Studies / Auto

    The Australian Open drives results for leading auto company KIA

    Utilising Australian Open assets, KIA wanted to bring their new small SUV SELTOS and ‘It’ll move you’ campaign to life and to generate awareness, desire and consideration for the leading...

    The summer of tennis delivers Uber Eats smash hit business results

    Case Studies / Food & Beverages

    The summer of tennis delivers Uber Eats smash hit business results

    Food delivery service, Uber Eats, partnered with the Australian Open, to promote their “Tonight I’ll be Eating” campaign....

    The ‘she-cession’ and adland

    News / Articles of Interest / 28th Jun 2021

    The ‘she-cession’ and adland

    ...means imminent and irreversible business failure, to technology companies that say it’s a pathway to happier, more productive people. Interestingly, many ignore the nuts-and-bolts problems that come with one or...

    The Best I’ve Ever ‘Ad with Kim Portrate, CEO, ThinkTV

    News / Articles of Interest / 17th Jun 2021

    The Best I’ve Ever ‘Ad with Kim Portrate, CEO, ThinkTV

    Published advertisingweek.com ThinkTV CEO Kim Portrate talks to Advertising Week about her all-time favourite ads. What is your all-time favourite ad (or ad campaign) and why? You can’t go past...

    TV delivers reach and a bigger sales impact

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    TV delivers reach and a bigger sales impact

    Certainty in your media investment decisions is a must. With TV, you know exactly what you are going to get for your marketing dollars – mass reach, attention, memorability, and...

    Maximising the post-pandemic opportunity for FMCG brands

    News / Articles of Interest / 2nd Jun 2021

    Maximising the post-pandemic opportunity for FMCG brands

    ...delivers the strongest returns for larger budgets, as it continues to yield incremental sales growth as spend increases. View the full article or Download ThinkTV’s special report for FMCG marketers...

    To grow supermarket sales for FMCG you need to ThinkTV

    News / Articles of Interest / 24th May 2021

    To grow supermarket sales for FMCG you need to ThinkTV

    ...so much. “There are a couple of different reasons for that,” ThinkTV chief executive Kim Portrate told Mediaweek. View the full article or Download ThinkTV’s special report for FMCG marketers...

    Meaty marketing insights to make your next campaign sizzle

    Deep Dives

    Meaty marketing insights to make your next campaign sizzle

    Meat and Livestock Australia’s Nathan Low on the underlying disciplines of marketing and inheriting that iconic lamb campaign.

    TV helps Nimble to pivot and reposition its brand

    Case Studies / Finance & Insurance

    TV helps Nimble to pivot and reposition its brand

    Nimble, the pioneer of 60-minute finance and one of Australia’s largest providers of small to medium-size loans, is a brand in transition....

    How Lendi used TV to spread the message, fast

    Case Studies / Finance & Insurance

    How Lendi used TV to spread the message, fast

    ...innovative digital mortgage broker Lendi had a three-pronged mission: help people to understand what the business does, build brand awareness and establish trust to get them to use the service....

    At the checkout: FMCG brands in 2021

    Deep Dives / Retail

    At the checkout: FMCG brands in 2021

    Sales are up but ad spend is down. Are FMCG brands leaving themselves vulnerable in the wake of COVID?

    How TV is helping the finance sector grow in 2021

    News / Articles of Interest / 7th Apr 2021

    How TV is helping the finance sector grow in 2021

    ...more businesses will be turning to financial service companies to continue their recovery where investment funds are required. But not just business, many Australians will need to revisit their financial...

    On the money: winning share in the competitive finance market

    Events / ThinkTank / 30th Mar 2021

    On the money: winning share in the competitive finance market

    Australia’s finance sector has long been dominated by the Big Four brands. But with the onset of open banking, new players entering the market and consumers more open to change...

    Maximise return in the long and short-term

    Deep Dives / Finance

    Maximise return in the long and short-term

    As Australia emerges from the pandemic, the need to advertise is paramount. But when, where, what and, most importantly, how can you be certain your investment will work?...

    On the money: winning share in the competitive finance market

    Deep Dives / Finance

    On the money: winning share in the competitive finance market

    Discover the changing marketing & media rules for finance marketers in 2021, amid ongoing changing consumer behaviour....

    Introducing Jumpstart: a new mentored pathway to the Effie Awards

    News / Articles of Interest / 24th Mar 2021

    Introducing Jumpstart: a new mentored pathway to the Effie Awards

    Published Advertising Council Australia Advertising Council Australia has introduced Jumpstart: a new mentored pathway to the Effie Awards. Jumpstart is a brand new category in the 2021 Effie Awards designed...

    New research reveals the real value of TV

    News / Articles of Interest / 11th Mar 2021

    New research reveals the real value of TV

    Published CMO.com.au Marketers have long understood the power of television advertising as a tool for brand building. But television’s ability to create awareness and strengthen long-term retention has overshadowed some...

    Total TV generates business demand in the short and long-term

    Facts & Stats / The Payback Series

    Total TV generates business demand in the short and long-term

    The latest edition of The Payback Series demonstrates Total TV’s ability to generate demand for Australian businesses in a multitude of categories across a range of time frames....

    Fact Pack: Jul to Dec 2020

    Facts & Stats / ThinkTV Fact Packs

    Fact Pack: Jul to Dec 2020

    Packed with all the latest ‘need-to-know’ facts to help you plan effective campaigns, ThinkTV’s latest Fact Pack offers a detailed snapshot of TV audience data.

    Entries open for 2021 Australian Effie Awards

    News / Articles of Interest / 25th Feb 2021

    Entries open for 2021 Australian Effie Awards

    ...categories have been adjusted to accommodate the challenges that were confronted. Click here for more information including how to enter ThinkTV is a proud supporter of the Australian Effie Awards....

    Payback report looks to understand TV’s short-term impact on sales

    News / Articles of Interest / 25th Feb 2021

    Payback report looks to understand TV’s short-term impact on sales

    By Nadia Cameron Published CMO.com.au TV’s short-term as well as long-term contribution to sales and marketing ROI has taken centre stage in the latest edition of The Payback Series research...

    The Future of TV Advertising Sydney

    Events / Conferences / SYD / 25th Feb 2021

    The Future of TV Advertising Sydney

    On 25 February 2021, the Future of TV Advertising Sydney 2021 brought the industry together for the first time in 12 months. Together we explored a host of topics from...

    TV generates business demand in the short and long-term

    News / Media Releases / 25th Feb 2021

    TV generates business demand in the short and long-term

    ...the top driver of search TV is fundamental to the sales demand derived from search with total TV contributing 18% towards the sales impact. In comparison, digital channels contributed 11%...

    TV advertising outperforms market recording growth in first half of FY21

    News / Media Releases / 8th Feb 2021

    TV advertising outperforms market recording growth in first half of FY21

    ...in recent memory, for the first half of FY21, the total TV market – which includes metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air, subscription TV and Broadcaster Video on Demand (BVOD) – recorded...

    Over TV? Not by a long shot

    News / Articles of Interest / 23rd Nov 2020

    Over TV? Not by a long shot

    ...stay close to home for entertainment. TV has been there for Australians throughout 2020 and will continue to be a source of information and escape right through summer and for...

    ThinkTank

    Events / ThinkTank / 20th Nov 2020

    ThinkTank

    ...both. What is the best way to achieve growth in the short and long term in today’s complex landscape? Which media channels should you allocate spend to? How do you...

    Not all video is created equal

    Facts & Stats / The Effie Awards

    Not all video is created equal

    Why Australia’s most effective campaigns choose TV

    Koala gifts airtime to Aussie businesses doing it tough during the pandemic

    Case Studies / Retail

    Koala gifts airtime to Aussie businesses doing it tough during the pandemic

    TV helped Koala to build its brand and give back during a challenging time for many Australian businesses.

    How TV helped drive a ‘seismic’ shift for Accent

    Case Studies / Retail

    How TV helped drive a ‘seismic’ shift for Accent

    Retail ThinkTank

    Deep Dives / Retail

    Retail ThinkTank

    How the e-comm phenom has turned TV into the new retail shopfront

    Accent Group CEO: How we’ve made it through Covid

    News / Articles of Interest / 29th Sep 2020

    Accent Group CEO: How we’ve made it through Covid

    By Daniel Agostinelli, CEO Accent Group Published insideretail.com.au According to Accent Group CEO Daniel Agostinelli, the footwear business is on track to emerge from the pandemic stronger than ever. Agostinelli...

    Retail ThinkTank

    Events / ThinkTank / 25th Sep 2020

    Retail ThinkTank

    How the e-comm phenom has turned TV into the new retail shopfront As consumer confidence continues to recover, the retail brands that achieve growth will be the ones that grasp...

    COVID, Christmas and the e-comm phenom

    Deep Dives / Retail

    COVID, Christmas and the e-comm phenom

    Why TV is the new retail shopfront and how to put it to work for your business.

    TV sits centre stage in Australian’s hearts and homes

    News / Articles of Interest / 8th Sep 2020

    TV sits centre stage in Australian’s hearts and homes

    ...new CV-19 normal. Australians are learning to live with unpredictability, which means we’re looking for as much certainty (as we can get) right now. It’s why we gravitate to familiar...

    Fact Pack: Jan to Jun 2020

    Facts & Stats / ThinkTV Fact Packs

    Fact Pack: Jan to Jun 2020

    Packed with facts and stats to help you plan effective campaigns, ThinkTV’s January to June 2020 Fact Pack offers a detailed snapshot of TV audience data for the first half...

    Not all reach is equal: TV commands more attention than social video

    Facts & Stats / The Benchmark Series

    Not all reach is equal: TV commands more attention than social video

    Attention matters in advertising, and part of the answer lies in screen real estate

    News / Articles of Interest / 18th Aug 2020

    Attention matters in advertising, and part of the answer lies in screen real estate

    ...advertising, attention matters. For ads to be effective, two things need to happen: people need to see them and they need to pay attention to them. Click here for more...

    ThinkTank: What Australia’s most effective campaigns tell us about building brands and driving business growth

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    ThinkTank: What Australia’s most effective campaigns tell us about building brands and driving business growth

    Total TV market records $3.4 billion in ad revenue for FY 2019-20

    News / Media Releases / 5th Aug 2020

    Total TV market records $3.4 billion in ad revenue for FY 2019-20

    ...revenues were $1.49 billion, a decrease of 22.1% when compared to the same period ending June 2019. The total revenue for the metropolitan free-to-air networks was $1.01 billion for the...

    MFA TV Foundations course launches to train industry on ‘changes in the way TV is traded’

    News / Articles of Interest / 21st Jul 2020

    MFA TV Foundations course launches to train industry on ‘changes in the way TV is traded’

    By Brittney Rigby Published mumbrella.com.au The Media Federation of Australia (MFA) has launched a new, 10-week course to address the “rapidly changing nature of TV advertising” and “upcoming changes in...

    In uncertain times be TV certain

    Deep Dives / Effectiveness

    In uncertain times be TV certain

    ...uncertainty. Bushfires, a pandemic, and then a recession. As marketers we do the best we can with the information we have available, making choices to deliver growth for our brands....

    How CV-19 provided an unexpected brand building opportunity for St. George

    Case Studies / Finance & Insurance

    How CV-19 provided an unexpected brand building opportunity for St. George

    With a brand campaign scheduled to launch during the pandemic, St.George debated whether to change tack. Instead the bank opted to lean into its strengths and live up to its...

    How Youi used CV-19 to reinforce brand loyalty

    Case Studies / Finance & Insurance

    How Youi used CV-19 to reinforce brand loyalty

    Another brand that has felt the impact of CV-19 is Youi. Rather than viewing the fact people were using their cars less during the pandemic, Youi saw an opportunity....

    Mi3 podcast: premium content audiences at all time high

    News / Articles of Interest / 16th Jun 2020

    Mi3 podcast: premium content audiences at all time high

    Published mi3.com.au The audiences of Australian TV, news media and premium digital platforms have never been stronger with viewership and subscriptions up and a new baseline of engagement established off...

    A guide to the key media metrics to maximise campaign effectiveness

    Pages

    A guide to the key media metrics to maximise campaign effectiveness

    Toyota celebrates the Aussie ‘Spirit’

    Case Studies

    Toyota celebrates the Aussie ‘Spirit’

    Prior to the CV19, Toyota had brand activity scheduled and the decision was made to use allocated spend to convey messages of support.

    COVIDSafe: How the Australian government used TV to influence behaviour change

    Case Studies / Government

    COVIDSafe: How the Australian government used TV to influence behaviour change

    One way for brands to help reinforce customer loyalty is to partner with media channels that have the proven ability to drive behaviour change. Research shows TV is an ideal...

    How can you influence consumer behaviour in a post-COVID world?

    News / Articles of Interest / 1st Jun 2020

    How can you influence consumer behaviour in a post-COVID world?

    ...there if they managed to hang on to consumers? ThinkTV’s CEO Kim Portrate has some suggestions to reinforce brand loyalty as the recovery kicks into gear. Click here for more...

    TV influences downloads of COVIDSafe app, Facebook & YouTube “untrustworthy”

    News / Media Releases / 1st Jun 2020

    TV influences downloads of COVIDSafe app, Facebook & YouTube “untrustworthy”

    ...health and safety, Australians know where to turn. With professionally produced and curated news and entertainment content, television continues to be held in high regard. This is tremendously important for...

    It’s all about content as networks prep H2 2020

    News / Articles of Interest / 27th May 2020

    It’s all about content as networks prep H2 2020

    Published mediaweek.com.au ThinkTV’s Kim Portrate tells Mediaweek that Australia’s TV broadcasters are just getting started with hundreds of hours of content yet to come in 2020 Click here for more...

    Advertising out of CV-19

    Deep Dives

    Advertising out of CV-19

    As people start to slowly emerge from lockdown taking tentative steps towards recovery, what does this mean for businesses and brands? Should pre-CV strategies be turned on their head or...

    Domino’s pivots messaging & builds brand

    Case Studies / Food & Beverages

    Domino’s pivots messaging & builds brand

    While some brands chose to maintain existing creative during CV-19, Domino’s decided to respond to the crisis to meet requirements for social distancing.

    Based on how people are feeling, how should brands approach advertising during this ‘unprecedented’ crisis?

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 18th May 2020

    Based on how people are feeling, how should brands approach advertising during this ‘unprecedented’ crisis?

    Published mi3.com.au By Orlando Wood There has been no reduction in advertising’s ability to connect with people despite research showing the general deterioration of mood across the globe. Click here...

    Lockdown paint advertising campaign is truly an inspiration

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 18th May 2020

    Lockdown paint advertising campaign is truly an inspiration

    By simply staying on air during the pandemic, Inspiration Paint’s retail sales are up 65% compared to the same period last year. By Mark Ritson Published theaustralian.com.au...

    Marketers: What next? It’s a global question

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 13th May 2020

    Marketers: What next? It’s a global question

    ...opportunity, brands need to aim for a greater share of voice which doesn’t necessarily mean spending more When it comes to how to advertise, the IPA suggests empathetic, humane creative...

    Marketers urged to keep up brand messaging during Covid-19

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 4th May 2020

    Marketers urged to keep up brand messaging during Covid-19

    ...told CMO “an analysis of advertising spend during past recessions shows brands that continue to advertise when their competitors go dark see increased market share”. By Rosalyn Page Published cmo.com.au...

    Competitive advantages of maintaining ad investment during CV-19

    Deep Dives

    Competitive advantages of maintaining ad investment during CV-19

    Analysis of marketing spend in difficult economic times shows brands that maintain or increase advertising, relative to competitors, gain market share compared to those who reduce or stop advertising.

    Australia’s leading content creators highlight growth opportunities for brands advertising during CV-19

    News / Media Releases / 4th May 2020

    Australia’s leading content creators highlight growth opportunities for brands advertising during CV-19

    Australia’s leading premium content creation companies have joined together to launch a campaign alerting marketers to the competitive advantages of maintaining advertising investment during CV-19. The ‘When they go dark,...

    How BCF pivoted to meet the new normal

    Case Studies / Retail

    How BCF pivoted to meet the new normal

    BCF was all set for a bumper Easter with a campaign centred around getting Aussies to visit holiday towns that were devastated earlier in the year by bushfires. But in...

    What happens if I stop advertising during CV-19?

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 2nd May 2020

    What happens if I stop advertising during CV-19?

    Given the economic impact of CV-19, it’s tempting to cut advertising spend. While that may help to balance the P&L in the short term, it pays to consider the long...

    What happens if I stop advertising during CV-19?

    Deep Dives

    What happens if I stop advertising during CV-19?

    ...CV-19, it’s tempting to cut advertising spend. While that may help to balance the P&L in the short term, it pays to consider the long term implications for your brand....

    Fortune favours the brave: The spoils will go to the brands having a go

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 24th Apr 2020

    Fortune favours the brave: The spoils will go to the brands having a go

    ...yet many great Aussie brands have shown they know exactly how to play their cards, and they’re the ones who will come out on top. By Kim Portrate Published mumbrella.com.au...

    Maintaining share of voice is key in recessions

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 13th Apr 2020

    Maintaining share of voice is key in recessions

    According to research by Ebiquity, advertisers that boosted spending levels in a recession gained 1.6 percentage points in market share in the first two years of a recovery. Published warc.com...

    Australians are fine with your brand continuing to advertise, even if it’s not COVID-19 related

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 9th Apr 2020

    Australians are fine with your brand continuing to advertise, even if it’s not COVID-19 related

    ...leadership and earn trust by maintaining their presence, staying in touch and showing a commitment to normality. And new research by IPSOS supports this approach. By Kathy Benson Published mumbrella.com.au...

    Brands advertising during CV-19: Bird’s Eye

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 6th Apr 2020

    Brands advertising during CV-19: Bird’s Eye

    ...coronavirus pandemic. Bird’s Eye UK and Ireland marketing director Sarah Koppens told Marketing Week: “Going dark did not feel like the right thing to do.” By Charlotte Rogers Published marketingweek.com...

    If you’re in marketing, now is a time to spend, not bend

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 6th Apr 2020

    If you’re in marketing, now is a time to spend, not bend

    ...during and after a recession. And what this study tells us is now is the time to increase advertising spend. That’s right – increase it. By Mark Ritson Published theaustralian.com.au...

    The history of advertising in a recession

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 3rd Apr 2020

    The history of advertising in a recession

    History provides plenty of examples of brands that have successfully navigated recessions. Case in point, during the 1991 recession, in the US, McDonald’s dropped its advertising budget. Pizza Hut and...

    Planning for the spring back

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 2nd Apr 2020

    Planning for the spring back

    Start preparing now for the Rocking ‘20s – life after CV-19 – by making marketing what it should be and was before we slipped into treating media as an expense...

    Advertising through a recession

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 1st Apr 2020

    Advertising through a recession

    ...focusing on short-term price promotions during a recession are strategies that will be counterproductive as they erode brand equity measures, stifle growth, and put brands at competitive disadvantage. Published ebiquity.com...

    Nielsen: How marketers should be dealing with the coronavirus

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 1st Apr 2020

    Nielsen: How marketers should be dealing with the coronavirus

    Consumers homebound by the pandemic are having an immediate impact on brands, according to analysis by Nielsen with global research highlighting how pulling back on advertising spend will cut expenses...

    Navigating TV advertising during and after coronavirus

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 31st Mar 2020

    Navigating TV advertising during and after coronavirus

    TV advertising will have a critical role to play in the coming months and advertisers will need to look at existing creative to ensure it speaks to current sensitivities. Short-...

    Brands should take opportunity ‘to shine’

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 31st Mar 2020

    Brands should take opportunity ‘to shine’

    According to GfK’s client strategy director Joe Staton, this is the time for known brands to come into their own as consumers look for certainty and reassurance. By Ellen Hammett...

    Crisis a ‘time to build brands’

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 30th Mar 2020

    Crisis a ‘time to build brands’

    Industry executives are urging brands to connect with home-bound consumers, who are ferociously consuming media, and to start planning now for the recovery. By Lilly Vitorovich Published theaustralian.com.au...

    COVID-19: How the media is driving behaviour change

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 30th Mar 2020

    COVID-19: How the media is driving behaviour change

    Behavioural science has important lessons for how media is used during the ongoing pandemic and brands can benefit from these learnings. By Michaela Jefferson Published mediatel.co.uk...

    Australia’s TV broadcasters respond to COVID-19

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 30th Mar 2020

    Australia’s TV broadcasters respond to COVID-19

    ...to slow the spread of the virus and band together in moments of crisis. Seven #together | Nine #slowthespread | Network 10 #InThisTogether | Foxtel We’re All In This Together...

    Brands must desist from freezing advertising plans: Kantar

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 30th Mar 2020

    Brands must desist from freezing advertising plans: Kantar

    ...estimates a six-month absence from TV will result in a 39% reduction in total brand communication awareness, potentially delaying recovery in the post-pandemic world. By Rahul Sachitanand | Published campaignlive.co.uk...

    Defending your marketing budget in times of COVID-19

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 30th Mar 2020

    Defending your marketing budget in times of COVID-19

    ...impact on the bottom line, it will be detrimental for the longer term. So how can you explain the importance of continued advertising spend? By Phil Zohrab | Published mi-3.com.au...

    Kantar research finds national media channels are the most trusted information source

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 27th Mar 2020

    Kantar research finds national media channels are the most trusted information source

    Kantar’s latest study, ‘Covid-19 Barometer,’ examines how the pandemic is influencing consumer attitudes, behavior, and expectations, along with how advertisers should respond to stay relevant in these times. By Nathan...

    Step up and focus on the silver lining

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 27th Mar 2020

    Step up and focus on the silver lining

    Research by The Lab and Nature Research confirms that people expect brands to step up, to lead by example, to be part of the collective good in such uncertain times....

    During COVID-19, Aussies are choosing trusted brands that deliver safety and value

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 27th Mar 2020

    During COVID-19, Aussies are choosing trusted brands that deliver safety and value

    New research from Kantar suggests Aussies want brands to focus on affordable pricing, deals and promotions, easy availability of products and services (especially, supermarkets, banking, FMCG) and products and services...

    How to leverage brand purpose in the grip of COVID-19

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 26th Mar 2020

    How to leverage brand purpose in the grip of COVID-19

    ...how to use their marketing for public good and that means messaging should change to be about how they can help people through this crisis. By Mike Teasdale Published warc.com...

    Peter Field: Going dark is no way forward

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 26th Mar 2020

    Peter Field: Going dark is no way forward

    ...maintain a presence through CV-19 is putting money into long-term brand building because the role of that investment is for the recovery, not for now. By Sarah Vizard Published marketingweek.com...

    Companies and leaders will be judged on how they respond to the coronavirus crisis

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 26th Mar 2020

    Companies and leaders will be judged on how they respond to the coronavirus crisis

    ...national need. To help communication leaders think about getting this right, Deloitte has set out how the crisis might unfold in different waves and four things to consider in your...

    Now is the time for brands to lean in

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 25th Mar 2020

    Now is the time for brands to lean in

    ...brands and agencies adjust the products being marketed as well as the tone in which messages are delivered to account for this shift in behaviour. By Chris Pash Published adnews.com.au...

    How should your brand respond to COVID-19?

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 25th Mar 2020

    How should your brand respond to COVID-19?

    Kantar research finds the long-term prognosis for many brands will be uncertain if they don’t respond correctly to the COVID-19 pandemic. By Joe Mandese Published mediapost.com...

    How to advertise during COVID-19

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 25th Mar 2020

    How to advertise during COVID-19

    By Rob Clapp Published warc.com As new media consumption habits take hold and brands grapple with whether the best approach is short-term sales activation or long-term brand building, research by...

    The optimal media mix during COVID-19

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 24th Mar 2020

    The optimal media mix during COVID-19

    ...mumbrella.com.au Research by McCann Melbourne shows where ad dollars are working hardest during the crisis and how to optimise campaigns to accommodate social distancing and isolation. Click here for more...

    Consumers want reassuring brand messages during COVID-19

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 23rd Mar 2020

    Consumers want reassuring brand messages during COVID-19

    ...are “reassuring from the brands I know and trust,” with 40% of survey respondents interested in what brands are doing in response to the pandemic. By Wayne Friedman Published mediapost.com...

    What marketers should do as the apocalypse hits

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 22nd Mar 2020

    What marketers should do as the apocalypse hits

    Businesses are facing similar challenges: how to engage with nervous customers, how to loosen spend in nervous markets, how to position solutions and the best strategies to launch products when...

    Know your customers and empathise with their world

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 20th Mar 2020

    Know your customers and empathise with their world

    ...their level of ad spend to make it out the other side as unscathed as possible, noting four golden rules for marketing during an economic downturn. Click here for more...

    To spend or not to spend?

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 19th Mar 2020

    To spend or not to spend?

    By Daren Poole Published marketingmag.com.au Learnings from the GFC suggest continued advertising spend will help brands to remain strong and recover quickly but the decision should be made on a...

    ThinkTV launches interview series with Sky News

    News / Articles of Interest / 16th Mar 2020

    ThinkTV launches interview series with Sky News

    Published mumbrella.com.au Think TV has partnered with Sky News on an interview series which will showcase Australian CMOs and CFOs. Click here for more...

    Staying Put

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 16th Mar 2020

    Staying Put

    ...to a 60% increase in the amount of content we watch. From hurricanes to snowstorms and everything in between, large scale events drive increased TV viewership. Click here for more...

    ThinkTV & Mumbrella: Travel Marketers Roundtable Dinner

    Events / Leaders Dinner / SYD / 11th Mar 2020

    ThinkTV & Mumbrella: Travel Marketers Roundtable Dinner

    ...ThinkTV, presented a superb networking opportunity and an essential conversation with industry peers. If you would like to stay up to date with the latest news & events, contact ThinkTV....

    Travel: Destination Effectiveness

    Deep Dives / Travel

    Travel: Destination Effectiveness

    Travel is an industry that is always looking forwards. Yes, towards future bookings, but also towards greater innovation. Today’s customers demand ever more personalised, efficient and frictionless services. And, with...

    ThinkTank Adelaide: Brand growth and the future of TV

    Events / ThinkTank / ADL / 5th Mar 2020

    ThinkTank Adelaide: Brand growth and the future of TV

    ...of the latest news on VOZ, click here. The audience was treated to special guest, Christian Kurz, ViacomCBS Senior Vice President of Global Consumer Insights, who presented new research that...

    Today’s TV

    Facts & Stats / Global

    Today’s TV

    As TV continues to evolve, it is important to understand what “watching TV” really looks like in households around the world, how viewers are navigating through the ever-changing and expanding...

    COVID-19: Three scenarios for the impact on media planning

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 4th Mar 2020

    COVID-19: Three scenarios for the impact on media planning

    Brands and agencies should be preparing strategies for three potential outcomes driven by COVID-19. By James McDonald | Published warc.com...

    How the complexity and duration of an advertising campaign influences effectiveness

    News / Articles of Interest / 27th Feb 2020

    How the complexity and duration of an advertising campaign influences effectiveness

    ...the Communciations Council. Marketing consultant Rob Brittain has used the Effies database in Australia to dig out more insights into why some campaigns work better than others. By Chris Pash...

    Australia’s media owners in an alliance to show advertisers that premium content works

    News / Articles of Interest / 24th Feb 2020

    Australia’s media owners in an alliance to show advertisers that premium content works

    By Chris Pash Published adnews.com.au Australia’s biggest commercial media companies across television, radio, print and digital, have banded together to convince advertisers that premium content is the superior way to...

    Fact Pack: July to Dec 2019

    Facts & Stats / ThinkTV Fact Packs

    Fact Pack: July to Dec 2019

    Jam-packed with information on the state of TV, ThinkTV’s July to December 2019 Fact Pack provides a comprehensive overview of audience data for the second half of 2019.

    Total TV market records $1.95 billion in advertising revenue for first half of FY2020

    News / Media Releases / 5th Feb 2020

    Total TV market records $1.95 billion in advertising revenue for first half of FY2020

    ...months to December 31, 2019. Amidst overall challenging market conditions, for the first half of FY2020, the total TV market – which includes metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air, subscription TV and...

    Australian broadcasters announce technology provider for demand-side buying platform

    News / Media Releases / 2nd Dec 2019

    Australian broadcasters announce technology provider for demand-side buying platform

    ...partners. The collaboration of broadcasters to select the technology to allow for a single platform to purchase TV speaks to the power of the TV business. The incredible impact of...

    How to avoid getting lost in a sea of mediocrity

    News / Articles of Interest / 29th Nov 2019

    How to avoid getting lost in a sea of mediocrity

    ...on cost-effective reach – which channels can I use to deliver my strongest assets (video) to as many people as possible (reach), as cost-effectively as possible? Click here for more...

    Discover the secret to campaign effectiveness

    News / 23rd Nov 2019

    Discover the secret to campaign effectiveness

    Australian Advertising Effectiveness Rules

    Facts & Stats / The Effie Awards

    Australian Advertising Effectiveness Rules

    A look at the new Australian Effies database.

    ThinkTank Melbourne: Brand Growth, short vs long term impact

    Events / ThinkTank / MEL / 21st Nov 2019

    ThinkTank Melbourne: Brand Growth, short vs long term impact

    ...to simplify your marketing efforts. For a copy of the findings, click here. The session included a practical guide from GrowthOps Chief Strategy Officer, Pieter-Paul von Weiler, to simplify the...

    Snapshot of the Upfronts

    Deep Dives / Upfronts

    Snapshot of the Upfronts

    Australia’s commercial TV broadcasters have got a massive year planned in 2020. From fresh new programming to returning favourites and innovations in technology and data, there’s a lot to take...

    Only the unreasonably ambitious will drive growth

    News / Articles of Interest / 28th Oct 2019

    Only the unreasonably ambitious will drive growth

    ...pressure to deliver dividends to shareholders be exceptional? The best way is to think about your options, choose where to focus and become exceptional at it. Click here for more...

    Stop paying for ineffective reach – not all connection is created equal

    News / Articles of Interest / 22nd Oct 2019

    Stop paying for ineffective reach – not all connection is created equal

    Published marketingmag.com.au What’s the point of reaching millions if your message remains unseen, unremembered and the audience is left feeling less than compelled? ThinkTV’s Rowena Newman explains how to ensure...

    What is advanced advertising?

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    What is advanced advertising?

    What is first party data?

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    What is first party data?

    What is cost per completed view (CPCV)?

    FAQs

    What is cost per completed view (CPCV)?

    What is cost per completed view?

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    What is cost per completed view?

    What is completion rate?

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    What is completion rate?

    What is user generated content (UGC)?

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    What is user generated content (UGC)?

    What is short form video?

    FAQs

    What is short form video?

    What is a set-top box?

    FAQs

    What is a set-top box?

    What is a newsfeed?

    FAQs

    What is a newsfeed?

    ThinkTV & AANA present Not All Reach is Equal

    Events / MEL / 16th May 2019

    ThinkTV & AANA present Not All Reach is Equal

    ...their reach into online video. Professor Karen Nelson-Field, outlined the latest findings from her Benchmark Series study; an investigation into unique reach and buyer composition in cross platform ad planning....

    Fact Pack: Jan to Jun 2018 and BVOD Edition

    Facts & Stats / ThinkTV Fact Packs

    Fact Pack: Jan to Jun 2018 and BVOD Edition

    Is that a Connected TV in your pocket? ThinkTV’s Bi-Annual Fact Pack provides a deep dive into Broadcaster Video On Demand (BVOD) so you can talk like a boss about...

    Fact Pack: 2017 Annual

    Facts & Stats / ThinkTV Fact Packs

    Fact Pack: 2017 Annual

    ThinkTV’s Annual Fact Pack provides comprehensive data and insights into Australian TV covering full year 2017.

    The Anatomy of Effectiveness

    Facts & Stats / Global

    The Anatomy of Effectiveness

    The WARC whitepaper The Anatomy of Effectiveness is filled with vital information about effective marketing including the fact that brands need to weight their spend 60-40 in favour of long-term...

    Banking on Change

    Deep Dives / Finance

    Banking on Change

    Recognising the significant challenges and opportunities facing the finance and banking sector, the first deep dive of ThinkTV’s The Future Series takes a look into consumers’ relationships with banks....

    Payback Australia: Full Report

    Facts & Stats / The Payback Series

    Payback Australia: Full Report

    ...found that TV is the most efficient media channel when indexed across key participants from four of the economy’s biggest sectors: Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Automotive, Finance and E-Commerce....

    The Future Series: Future of Banking

    Facts & Stats / Finance

    The Future Series: Future of Banking

    ...firms look first to rebuild customer confidence, there’s little point using a media channel that brings its own trust issues. TV is Australia’s most trusted advertising medium. And that’s just...

    Maximising Payback

    Facts & Stats / The Payback Series

    Maximising Payback

    Ebiquity’s advice for FMCG, Finance and Automotive sectors is to increase the average percentage of media budgets allocated to TV.

    AdNation

    Facts & Stats

    AdNation

    Ever wondered what average Aussies and adlanders think about TV advertising? ThinkTV did. So we commissioned independent marketing academic Professor Karen Nelson-Field to find out.

    Fact Pack: Jan to Jun 2019

    Facts & Stats / ThinkTV Fact Packs

    Fact Pack: Jan to Jun 2019

    Jam-packed with information on the state of TV, ThinkTV’s January to June 2019 Fact Pack provides a comprehensive overview of audience data for the first half of 2019.

    Payback Australia: FMCG

    Facts & Stats / The Payback Series

    Payback Australia: FMCG

    TV creates the best return on investment for FMCG brands in Australia easily beating online video, online display, radio, press and outdoor advertising....

    Payback Australia: Auto

    Facts & Stats / The Payback Series

    Payback Australia: Auto

    The Payback Study saw Ebiquity model $450 million in media spend against three years of sales data for four automotive brands....

    Australians spend 51 hours and 14 minutes a month watching TV

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    Australians spend 51 hours and 14 minutes a month watching TV

    While BVOD is proving to be hugely popular, it’s important to remember that Australians spend on average over 51 hours per month watching broadcast TV....

    Advertising on TV + BVOD has twice the sales impact of TV + Social Video

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    Advertising on TV + BVOD has twice the sales impact of TV + Social Video

    Phase 5 of the Benchmark Series: Cross Platform Effects shows that TV’s superior attention, coverage and viewability, regardless of screen, makes TV + BVOD the most effective cross platform combination.

    The $55 billion Christmas spend-a-palooza

    Deep Dives / Retail

    The $55 billion Christmas spend-a-palooza

    The nights are getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and it can only mean one thing, the countdown to Christmas has begun.

    Clickety Boom! Why digital brands love TV advertising

    Deep Dives / Clickety Boom

    Clickety Boom! Why digital brands love TV advertising

    ...search advertising, ThinkTV found an ideal candidate in hipages; a business that had allocated a large portion of marketing spend to search and that was grappling with low brand awareness....

    The Benchmark Series: Overview

    Facts & Stats / The Benchmark Series

    The Benchmark Series: Overview

    Five tranches of the Benchmark research have now been conducted and before you sit down to nut out your media spend, here’s what you need to know.

    The Itty Bitty Book of TV Gobbledygook

    Deep Dives / Publications

    The Itty Bitty Book of TV Gobbledygook

    In our ever-changing world it’s easy to feel a bit overloaded with new terms and jargon. It sometimes feels like we’re speaking a different language. And in some ways we...

    Total Grocery Shoppers

    Deep Dives / Audiences

    Total Grocery Shoppers

    To reflect changing behaviours and Australian household characteristics, OzTAM introduced a ‘Total Grocery Shoppers’ demographic to its TV ratings database – providing a better way to reach 10 million Australian...

    Killer Research

    Deep Dives / Publications

    Killer Research

    ThinkTV partners with leading academics to conduct state of the art, unbiased, independent research studies that set new benchmarks in measuring the real impact of today’s advertising....

    5 Lessons From The Godfathers of Ad Effectiveness

    Deep Dives / Effectiveness

    5 Lessons From The Godfathers of Ad Effectiveness

    Five fundamental rules that globally-renowned experts Les Binet and Peter Field have found to be typical across their decade of groundbreaking research into marketing effectiveness.  ...

    76 million reasons to love TV

    Deep Dives / Publications

    76 million reasons to love TV

    We think you’ll find 76 million reasons to love TV useful because it tackles some of the most pressing topics in advertising today: things like attention, viewability, measurability, transparency and...

    What is long form video?

    FAQs

    What is long form video?

    The revolution will be televised

    Deep Dives / Publications

    The revolution will be televised

    ...And we unearthed some really interesting new research that helps to inform us all about how to manage the ongoing video revolution in the ever-changing world in which we live....

    Canadian media attribution study

    Facts & Stats / Global

    Canadian media attribution study

    New Accenture research shows that while both TV and digital drive sales, Canadian advertisers are overinvested in digital and underinvested in TV – and as a result, missing out on...

    How TV is driving short- and long-term results for hipages

    Case Studies / ecommerce

    How TV is driving short- and long-term results for hipages

    Online marketplace hipages had an awareness problem. Despite having been in business for 15 years and experiencing consistent growth, only 27% of Australians were familiar with the brand.

    Coles gets the scoop

    Case Studies / FMCG

    Coles gets the scoop

    “Josh & Nic’s Hazelnut Choc Gelato”, the limited-edition ice cream created in partnership with Seven’s MKR and Coles has changed the game for new product launches in Australia....

    Hyundai meets its match with The Bachelor Australia

    Case Studies / Auto

    Hyundai meets its match with The Bachelor Australia

    In 2017, Hyundai Motor Company Australia partnered with Network 10’s The Bachelor Australia to showcase multiple car models in their range, including the launch of the brand new Hyundai Kona....

    HotelsCombined taps into the power of BVOD

    Case Studies / Travel

    HotelsCombined taps into the power of BVOD

    ...their key business outcomes. So the brand decided to run a test in order to determine how broadcast video on demand (BVOD) measured up against global social and video platforms....

    Making Bundaberg Rum the unmistakably Australian spirit

    Case Studies / Food & Beverages

    Making Bundaberg Rum the unmistakably Australian spirit

    To relaunch Bundaberg Rum, Diageo took the opportunity to partner with new sports channel Fox League, leveraging its obvious alignment with the NRL to forge a stronger bond with sports...

    The Benchmark Series: Viewability

    Facts & Stats / The Benchmark Series

    The Benchmark Series: Viewability

    As part of The Benchmark Series, ThinkTV commissioned Dr Karen Nelson-Field, a Professor of Media Innovation at The University of Adelaide, to conduct an independent, large-scale in-home study into how...

    The Benchmark Series: Video advertising on mobile

    Facts & Stats / The Benchmark Series

    The Benchmark Series: Video advertising on mobile

    ...video advertising delivered via mobile devices. While the results may surprise, the bottom line is that when it comes to brand and business growth, nothing trumps TV, on any device....

    The Benchmark Series: Memory Decay

    Facts & Stats / The Benchmark Series

    The Benchmark Series: Memory Decay

    In “Advertising Effectiveness: The Long and the Short of it”, Les Binet and Peter Field showed that advertising works in two ways; in the short term to drive sales amongst...

    Fact Pack: July to Dec 2018 Co-Viewing Edition

    Facts & Stats / ThinkTV Fact Packs

    Fact Pack: July to Dec 2018 Co-Viewing Edition

    In addition to tech penetration and TV usage facts and stats, this special Co-viewing Edition of ThinkTV’s Bi-Annual Fact Pack takes a look into the power of watching content with...

    Property app Domain uses TV to drive downloads

    Case Studies / Property

    Property app Domain uses TV to drive downloads

    It was a case of delivering real results when Australia’s best property app partnered with Australia’s leading real estate reality format.

    Rexona – thriving under pressure

    Case Studies / FMCG

    Rexona – thriving under pressure

    Rexona wanted to re-connect with their male target audience after a four year break from sports advertising and reaffirm its long-time positioning: It won’t let you down.

    Heinz – the one for footy

    Case Studies / FMCG

    Heinz – the one for footy

    Heinz showed footy fans how they’re the perfect match on and off the field with key integration pieces into AFL narrated by world-class presenters.

    Empowering tomorrow’s media leaders

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    Empowering tomorrow’s media leaders

    Nearly half of online Australians talk about TV on social platforms

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    Nearly half of online Australians talk about TV on social platforms

    Whether it’s talking to your family while viewing, or sharing reactions on social, the very nature of advertising in and around socialised content ensures ad dollars work harder and longer....

    Broadcaster VOD up 11%

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    Broadcaster VOD up 11%

    ...consuming content across devices. For example, BVOD consumption peaks a little later in the day than linear viewing, but there’s a decent dose of daytime VOD viewing across the weekend....

    The average Aussie home has 6.6 devices for consuming content

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    The average Aussie home has 6.6 devices for consuming content

    ...devices so there’s no surprise they are consuming more content than ever before. Ask them and they will tell you, watching TV on any device is their preferred entertainment activity....

    BVOD delivers a 33% greater sales impact than Facebook

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    BVOD delivers a 33% greater sales impact than Facebook

    The proximity of the screen to a person’s face when consuming broadcast content on mobile increases attention and The Benchmark Series found BVOD commands more attention than social video resulting...

    39% of viewers are sharing their prime time experience

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    39% of viewers are sharing their prime time experience

    Aussies love to share special moments with family and friends, from the finale of their favourite show to their team’s big game. TV has the power to bring people together...

    Playback accounts for 11.6% of viewing

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    Playback accounts for 11.6% of viewing

    Are you a fan of your Personal Video Recorder (PVR)? Well, you’re in good company because even though the majority of broadcast content continues to be watched live, there are...

    TV is king on mobile: BVOD commands 2.9x the sales of Facebook

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    TV is king on mobile: BVOD commands 2.9x the sales of Facebook

    Compared to video advertising on YouTube and Facebook, TV on mobile – ie Broadcaster Video on Demand (BVOD) – delivers 2.9 times the sales of Facebook. The Benchmark Series used...

    How do TV ratings work?

    How-Tos & Resources / How-to guides

    How do TV ratings work?

    TV ratings tell us the all important audiences numbers for all the programs on linear TV. Audience numbers are also available for Broadcaster Video on Demand (BVOD)....

    Integrated solutions

    How-Tos & Resources / How-to guides

    Integrated solutions

    TV presents a world of opportunities for advertisers that go well beyond spots and dots.

    TV advertising on a budget

    How-Tos & Resources / How-to guides

    TV advertising on a budget

    The beauty of TV advertising is its ability to scale up or down to suit your business....

    Measure campaign performance

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    Measure campaign performance

    Launch your campaign

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    Launch your campaign

    Research viewing behaviour

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    Research viewing behaviour

    Stay connected with your customers

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 5th Sep 2019

    Stay connected with your customers

    By Brad Adgate Published forbes.com Numerous studies show the advantages of maintaining or even increasing ad budgets during a weaker economy. Historically, advertisers that maintained or grew their ad spending...

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    Holden blazes a trail with Australian Survivor

    Case Studies / Auto

    Holden blazes a trail with Australian Survivor

    In 2017, Holden returned as a key partner of Australian Survivor, leveraging the power of television to drive awareness and sales for the Holden Trailblazer....

    ThinkTank Melbourne: Clickety Boom! How digital brands & TV ignite brand growth

    Events / ThinkTank / MEL / 28th Aug 2019

    ThinkTank Melbourne: Clickety Boom! How digital brands & TV ignite brand growth

    ...be built to last, they realised they needed long- and short-term brand strength, so they turned to TV. To find out more, click here. OzTAM CEO, Doug Peiffer presented all-you-need-to-know...

    How to advertise on TV

    Pages

    How to advertise on TV

    TV delivers 2x the active attention of YouTube and 15x the active attention of Facebook

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    TV delivers 2x the active attention of YouTube and 15x the active attention of Facebook

    ...taking up 100% of the screen 100% of the time. By comparison, video ads on Facebook only take up 10% of the screen and for YouTube, that figure is 30%....

    TV is 2.4x as effective at driving sales impact & lasts 9x as long as social video

    Facts & Stats / Fast Facts

    TV is 2.4x as effective at driving sales impact & lasts 9x as long as social video

    Retaining a brand in a person’s memory for retrieval at the point of purchase is crucial to impacting long term growth. That’s why it pays to invest in advertising that...

    Australia’s hipages moves to The Block for branding push

    News / Articles of Interest / 9th Aug 2019

    Australia’s hipages moves to The Block for branding push

    ...series follows four or five couples as they compete against each other to renovate and restyle properties and sell them at auction for the highest price. Click here for more...

    Total TV market: $4 billion in ad revenue for FY18-19, BVOD revenues increase by 32.2% for the financial year

    News / Media Releases / 7th Aug 2019

    Total TV market: $4 billion in ad revenue for FY18-19, BVOD revenues increase by 32.2% for the financial year

    ...which includes metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air, subscription TV and Broadcaster Video on Demand (BVOD), recorded combined revenues of $4 billion for the year to June 2019, which was down 4.1%...

    ‘Get off the paid search drug to build brand’: Hipages chief customer officer Stuart Tucker

    News / Articles of Interest / 5th Aug 2019

    ‘Get off the paid search drug to build brand’: Hipages chief customer officer Stuart Tucker

    Published Mi3 Former KFC, Optus and Commbank marketer Stuart Tucker has done the unthinkable for a digital pureplay targeting the $70bn market for tradies – he’s cut back paid search...

    The Business of Growth

    Events / Leaders Dinner / SYD / 31st Jul 2019

    The Business of Growth

    ...Aly. The CSIRO’s Australian National Outlook suggests that bold action and a commitment to long-term thinking is required to ensure future prosperity. During the evening, Mr Deverell outlined the key...

    The facts on the effectiveness of Facebook video advertising

    News / Articles of Interest / 30th Jul 2019

    The facts on the effectiveness of Facebook video advertising

    ...People, Total TV); RegTAM Regional, Combined Agg Markets, Feb ‘19, 0200-2559, Total People, Total TV). Fact. Advertising is better if you can see it Advertising on TV and BVOD is...

    Mentoring, Multi-Tasking & Making Your Mark

    Events / SYD / 30th Jul 2019

    Mentoring, Multi-Tasking & Making Your Mark

    ...competitive world of media, featuring: Helen McCabe, Founder & Managing Director, Future Women Louisa Hatfield, Group Content and Brand Director, Pacific Daniella Serhan, Director of Partnerships, MCN Lisa Squillace, National...

    Warning: Numberwanging may cause blindness

    News / Articles of Interest / 24th Jul 2019

    Warning: Numberwanging may cause blindness

    ...it, it’s clear some of the numbers have been used to inflate, some to hide and others to completely bury the real story about video consumption. Click here for more...

    Why sports advertising is a grand slam for brands

    News / Articles of Interest / 17th Jul 2019

    Why sports advertising is a grand slam for brands

    ...year’s Australian Open ambush campaign for Uber Eats which saw the brand integrated into the broadcast in a way that could easily be mistaken for actual broadcast footage. The campaign...

    BVOD – the ultimate reach extender

    News / Articles of Interest / 16th Jul 2019

    BVOD – the ultimate reach extender

    ...in today’s ‘TV is everywhere’ world, a combination of TV platforms is the ultimate way to maximise reach for your campaign. As part of ThinkTV’s research piece, The Benchmark Series,...

    How to maximise your media returns this summer

    Deep Dives / Brand Growth

    How to maximise your media returns this summer

    Video advertising is a proven driver of brand growth but with a host of video opportunities to choose from it’s wise to remember that not all video platforms are equal.

    Feedback is good but facts are better

    News / Articles of Interest / 11th Jun 2019

    Feedback is good but facts are better

    ...Baxter back to our shores last week. His impassioned call for the TV industry to work together was music to my ears and as much as I love a good...

    TV increases its slice of the advertising pie

    News / Articles of Interest / 6th May 2019

    TV increases its slice of the advertising pie

    ...dive into the Monday media sections. I look forward to my swim through the industry news of the week so you can imagine my dismay last week when I found...

    BVOD viewing surges to monthly record as more advertisers embrace online TV

    News / Media Releases / 4th Mar 2019

    BVOD viewing surges to monthly record as more advertisers embrace online TV

    ...for BVOD showed that TV has moved to means its audiences, who can now flock to shows they love whenever and wherever they want. Ms Portrate said: “Commercial TV first...

    ‘Godfather of Effectiveness’ Peter Field partners with local expert on Aussie-first marketing effectiveness study

    News / Media Releases / 28th Feb 2019

    ‘Godfather of Effectiveness’ Peter Field partners with local expert on Aussie-first marketing effectiveness study

    ...recognise any and all forms of marketing communications that contribute to a brand’s success. Commenting on the research partnership, Peter Field said: “I’m delighted to be involved in this brilliant...

    Broadcast TV plus BVOD generates twice the sales impact of TV with social video

    News / Media Releases / 25th Feb 2019

    Broadcast TV plus BVOD generates twice the sales impact of TV with social video

    ...where they want and more advertisers turn to BVOD for effective targeted campaigns to convert mid-funnel prospects as a complement to their existing top of the funnel mass-reaching TV campaigns.”...

    Total TV market records $2.08 billion in ad revenue in H1 FY2019 as BVOD ad revenue surges 43%

    News / Media Releases / 7th Feb 2019

    Total TV market records $2.08 billion in ad revenue in H1 FY2019 as BVOD ad revenue surges 43%

    ThinkTV today announced the Total TV advertising revenue figures for the six months to December 31, 2018. The Total TV market including metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air and subscription TV recorded...

    Context is king when it comes to TV and YouTube

    News / Articles of Interest / 21st Nov 2018

    Context is king when it comes to TV and YouTube

    ...in a manner that allows marketers to make informed decisions on their media mix. Television is a powerful element of that combination, but today it’s just one component. Yet when...

    Yes, TV is your friend

    News / Articles of Interest / 7th Nov 2018

    Yes, TV is your friend

    ...of media channels to move consumers through the path-to-purchase to grow brands and businesses. ThinkTV exists to provide advertisers and their agencies with facts and data about the effectiveness of...

    Committed: Exploring Millennials’ Meaningful Relationship With TV Programming

    Facts & Stats / Global

    Committed: Exploring Millennials’ Meaningful Relationship With TV Programming

    We’ve seen it over and over again – the tremendous commitment and engagement viewers have with ad-supported TV programming.

    Committed: Exploring millennials’ meaningful relationship with TV programming

    News / Marketing during a crisis / 19th Sep 2018

    Committed: Exploring millennials’ meaningful relationship with TV programming

    ...to multiscreen television. A survey by the VAB shows how viewers demonstrate their commitment, engagement and passion for TV programming beyond the time they spend watching. Click here for more...

    Total TV ad revenue grows in June half and for full year 2017-18

    News / Media Releases / 31st Jul 2018

    Total TV ad revenue grows in June half and for full year 2017-18

    ...latest Total TV advertising revenue figures (excluding SBS), which show strong growth in the six months to June 30, 2018 and the 12 months to June 30, 2018. The Total...

    World-first study finds video advertising lasts longer in the memory on some platforms than others

    News / Media Releases / 31st Jul 2018

    World-first study finds video advertising lasts longer in the memory on some platforms than others

    ...supermarket to choose products they wanted to purchase immediately after being exposed to a series of ads. In this latest tranche, Professor Nelson-Field asked participants to re-visit the online supermarket...

    Commercial broadcasters unite on standard briefing portal

    News / Media Releases / 23rd Jul 2018

    Commercial broadcasters unite on standard briefing portal

    ...together to develop a product that makes it easier for its customers. It’s world leading and one of many industry collaborations coming up. We’re looking forward to sharing with you...

    FMCG, Finance and Automotive sectors are under-invested in TV

    News / Media Releases / 4th Jul 2018

    FMCG, Finance and Automotive sectors are under-invested in TV

    ...categories studied is to increase the average percentage of their media budgets allocated to TV significantly: from 78% to 90% for FMCG, from 53% to 75% for Automotive, and from...

    Global figures reveal the importance of TV advertising to online businesses

    News / Media Releases / 4th Jun 2018

    Global figures reveal the importance of TV advertising to online businesses

    ...years, with spend in 2017 topping $105 million.4 Colombia The TV adspend of online businesses owning physical stores was US$10,610,000 in 2017, a 20% increase compared to 2015.5 Czech Republic...

    World-first study reveals the strength of video advertising on mobile devices

    News / Media Releases / 22nd Feb 2018

    World-first study reveals the strength of video advertising on mobile devices

    ...Professor Nelson-Field explained that because mobile screens tend to be held closer to the viewer’s eyes their peripheral vision adjusts to the screen proximity, which means that passive viewing on...

    Total TV market records $2.17 billion in ad revenue in H1 2018

    News / Media Releases / 5th Feb 2018

    Total TV market records $2.17 billion in ad revenue in H1 2018

    ThinkTV today announced the Total TV advertising revenue figures for the six months to December 31, 2017. The total television market including metropolitan free-to-air, regional free-to-air and subscription TV recorded...

    TV advertisements that elicit a strong emotional response get better sales, new study shows

    News / Media Releases / 4th Dec 2017

    TV advertisements that elicit a strong emotional response get better sales, new study shows

    ...to that brand’s advertising, and comparing this to the proportion of category buyers who were exposed to advertising and went on to buy the brand. A STAS score of 100...

    ThinkTV welcomes leading academic’s call for a review of video viewability standards

    News / Media Releases / 14th Sep 2017

    ThinkTV welcomes leading academic’s call for a review of video viewability standards

    ...to ensure we are providing robust and relevant metrics for TV – broadcast, IP delivered and catch up – in all its forms, across all devices – to ensure you...

    TV is almost twice as efficient as the next most efficient media channel, finds Ebiquity’s Payback Australia final report

    News / Media Releases / 11th Sep 2017

    TV is almost twice as efficient as the next most efficient media channel, finds Ebiquity’s Payback Australia final report

    ...winner across all of industry, which is a testament to its enduring power for brands. “The E-Commerce category showed the importance of Search as a key driver of sales. This...

    The Benchmark Series Tranche 1: World-first study reveals how well video advertising works on different media platforms

    News / Media Releases / 30th Aug 2017

    The Benchmark Series Tranche 1: World-first study reveals how well video advertising works on different media platforms

    Groundbreaking research from respected marketing science academic Professor Karen Nelson-Field has uncovered new insights into how and why video advertising works for brands across different media platforms. The first tranche...

    CEOs from iselect, Lion, Suncorp and Suzuki to share secrets on how marketing can be a greater force for growth in the boardroom, at ReThinkTV

    News / Media Releases / 21st Aug 2017

    CEOs from iselect, Lion, Suncorp and Suzuki to share secrets on how marketing can be a greater force for growth in the boardroom, at ReThinkTV

    ...entertainment companies and prior to his current role he was Commercial Director at iSelect with responsibility for the company’s individual business units and product provider relationships. Prior to joining iSelect,...

    TV is the most liked form of advertising but AdLand overestimates social media and SVOD use among normal Australians

    News / Media Releases / 8th Jun 2017

    TV is the most liked form of advertising but AdLand overestimates social media and SVOD use among normal Australians

    ...it comes to newspaper titles, people in AdLand are three times more likely to prefer the Sydney Morning Herald, almost twice as likely to prefer The Age, half as likely...

    Biggest media ROI study in Australia shows TV drives the greatest payback

    News / Media Releases / 18th May 2017

    Biggest media ROI study in Australia shows TV drives the greatest payback

    ...of ThinkTV, said: “Marketers need to create growth in tough conditions and media continues to be a significant contributor to sales. Ebiquity’s findings show this to be true in the...

    Leading automotive brands join $1 million “Payback’ study into media return on investment

    News / Media Releases / 6th Mar 2017

    Leading automotive brands join $1 million “Payback’ study into media return on investment

    ThinkTV is pleased to announce that four of the top 15 auto brands in Australia have agreed to join the second tranche of its A$1 million world-first “Payback Australia” study...

    TV industry collaborates to provide the first ever revenue figure for Total TV

    News / Media Releases / 20th Feb 2017

    TV industry collaborates to provide the first ever revenue figure for Total TV

    ThinkTV is pleased to announce that the TV industry has come together, for the first time, to provide a figure that captures all the advertising revenue spent by advertisers and...

    ThinkTV welcomes ever-deeper measurement for multi-platform TV – as TV moves to meet its audiences

    News / Media Releases / 8th Feb 2017

    ThinkTV welcomes ever-deeper measurement for multi-platform TV – as TV moves to meet its audiences

    ThinkTV welcomes OzTAM’s move to release ratings for live-streamed TV shows, saying the development reinforces the TV industry’s ongoing commitment to open, transparent measurement of audiences. Kim Portrate, chief executive...

    ThinkTV unveils it’s first TV commercial

    News / Media Releases / 30th Nov 2016

    ThinkTV unveils it’s first TV commercial

    ...The commercial, which follows in the footsteps of the hugely successful ThinkBox UK launch TVC, will air across all the Australian commercial free-to-air networks and Foxtel from today. Click on...