by Nicole Ovadia | Jun 12, 2024 | Blog, Economic Pulse
I love writing this blog. Every time I sit down to gather my thoughts on what’s happening macro-economically and how that affects Local Advertising spending, I find comfort in the cyclicality of the data, and I love looking back on what we expected to happen to...
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 BIA Advisory Group | Oct 30, 2023 | BIA, Blog, Economic Pulse, Political Advertising
It is absolutely amazing to me that we are at the end of October already. Things here at BIA have been quite busy the last few weeks as we were feverishly working to publish our latest forecast updates in time to help with the budget prep that we know is going...
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 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...
