by Suzanne Ackley | Aug 26, 2021 | BIA, BIA ADVantage, BIA Podcast, Blog, Broadcast, COVID Pandemic, Local Advertising Forecast, Mobile-Social, Verticals
In the latest episode of BIA’s podcast, Leading Local Insights, Ad Spend Estimates and Trends for the Automotive Vertical (Part 1), BIA industry analyst Suzanne Ackley examines the ad spend and media selections of businesses in the automotive vertical. For 2021,...
by Suzanne Ackley | Aug 10, 2021 | BIA, BIA ADVantage, BIA Podcast, Blog, Broadcast, Local Advertising Forecast, Verticals
In the latest episode of BIA’s podcast, Leading Local Insights, Ad Spend Estimates and Trends for the Healthcare Vertical, BIA industry analyst Suzanne Ackley examines the ad spend and media selections of businesses in the Healthcare vertical. For 2021, BIA...
by Mark Fratrik | May 5, 2021 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, Verticals
As more states legalized online gambling for sports betting in the last few years, the major online gambling services began spending on advertising in a big way. These new ad dollars continue to be a welcome sight for local TV and radio stations, as well as other ad...
by MacKenzie Lovings | Apr 6, 2021 | BIA Podcast, Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, Verticals
In episode 4 of Leading Local Insights, Legal Services’ Ad Spend Activity, BIA industry analyst Suzanne Ackley examines the ad spend and media selections of businesses in the legal services vertical. For 2021, BIA estimates that total local ad spending for...
by MacKenzie Lovings | Mar 24, 2021 | BIA, BIA Podcast, Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, Verticals
During the height of the pandemic last year, the Home Services vertical grew while other verticals like retail and restaurants contracted. Obviously sheltering in place gave people the time they needed to tackle improvements to the inside and outside of their home....
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 17, 2020 | BIA, BIA ADVantage, Blog, Broadcast, COVID Pandemic, Local Advertising Forecast, Radio, Verticals
The $15.7 billion BIA is estimating in ad spend for local television (broadcast and online), while down from 2020 levels of $16.8 billion, represents a strong recovery for the media when you remove the unprecedented amounts of political ad spend. Excluding political...