by Suzanne Ackley | Mar 21, 2024 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Political Advertising
Political spending in 2024 is forecast to be $11.1 billion; increasing $2.2 billion (+24%) over 2022, and $1.5 billion (+15.5%) over 2020 Political ad spending. Political will be the top spending vertical category in 2024 for many of the media channels in BIA’s...
by Suzanne Ackley | Oct 26, 2023 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Local Advertising Forecast, Political Advertising
There’s just over a week to go until the 2023 election (and early voting is well underway in many places). Being an odd year there are no National elections, but there are some key races where advertising money is being spent. Kentucky, Louisiana, and...
by Rick Ducey | Oct 19, 2023 | BIA, BIA Podcast, Blog, Broadcast, Radio, Sales Best Practices
Todd Handy, SEBPO’s chief revenue officer joined BIA’s Rick Ducey for a Leading Local Insights Podcast, Unraveling the Future of Local Media Revenue, to discuss how traditional media companies can grow digital revenues both in Q4 2023 and more so in 2024....
by Rick Ducey | Oct 9, 2023 | Blog, Broadcast, CTV/OTT
BIA recently collaborated with The Weather Company and Magid on a webinar examining the value of local news and weather content for streaming video services offered by local TV stations. Held in September, the webinar, The Streaming Forecast for Local Broadcasters,...
by MacKenzie Lovings | Sep 21, 2023 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Local Advertising Forecast, Political Advertising, Verticals
Looking ahead to 2024 and our expectations for the television industry, Tom Buono, founder and CEO of BIA, keynotes a business forecast session at the TVB Forward Conference taking place Thu, Sept. 21, 2023. In his presentation, Tom discusses the drivers behind the...
by Suzanne Ackley | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog, Broadcast, Local Advertising Forecast
Nexstar stays on top, Gray is back, and TEGNA drops a spot. We have updated our original list based on financial reports filed by some of the publicly traded group owners, our proprietary survey of broadcasters, and also a full forecast update from BIA on local...