by Suzanne Ackley | Jan 16, 2019 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, SAM, SMBs
BIA’s 2019 local advertising forecast shows over-the-air (OTA) television advertising as the fourth largest of all media in advertising dollars at over $17 billion in local in 2019. Cable TV is forecast at $5.8 billion in 2019. While digital/online television...
by Celine Matthiessen | Jan 8, 2019 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
National brands are expected to spend $62.7 billion in 2019 to target local consumers, according to BIA’s latest report. While national brands continue to invest heavily in national advertising to build brand awareness and favorability, they’re increasingly...
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 19, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Radio, SAM, SMBs
More than half of radio advertisers (53.4%) are planning to increase their advertising spend in 2019, compared to only 35% of the businesses in our annual SAM™ survey. Radio advertisers use an average of 13 different media channels for advertising. What do they...
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 13, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, Vantage Point
In this edition of BIA Advisory Service’s Vantage Points, we share insights from Dan Hight, Business Development and Partnership Executive and Industry Advisor for BIA. The Vantage Point series taps the perspectives of various lookout points from around the...
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 11, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Vantage Point
Voice Search is the New Norm?! There’s No Time for Skepticism. With Bernadette Coleman, CEO Advice Local This is the latest in BIA Advisory Service’s Vantage Points series where we tap the perspectives of various lookout points from around the local media and...
by Rick Ducey | Dec 10, 2018 | BIA, Blog
Local radio stations do not have the authorization to provide zoned coverage areas inside their overall FCC authorized signal contours. What would happen if this changed? The results could be quite remarkable, as shown by a recent study BIA performed for Geo Broadcast...
