Video entertainment adspend will achieve stability this year despite pandemic

· Increased viewing, content and competition mean adspend by video entertainment brands will fall just 0.2% in 2020 · Video brands will spend 57% of their budgets on digital advertising in 2020 · Recovery in 2021 and 2022 will be hindered by falling revenues from free and pay-TV · Jon Stevens, Zenith UK Managing Director comments on how COVID-19 has affected video in the UK

Video entertainment adspend will achieve stability this year despite pandemic

Zenith forecasts video entertainment advertising will shrink by just 0.2% in 2020 across ten key markets this year* including the UK, according to its Business Intelligence – Video Entertainment report, published today. Video entertainment adspend will far outperform the ad market as a whole, which will drop by 8.7% across these same markets. The remarkable resilience of […]

Zenith celebrates its 30th Anniversary

Zenith celebrates its 30th Anniversary

Zenith is celebrating its 30th birthday. In October 1988, Zenith opened for business in a converted warehouse in Paddington, London. Created from the media buying departments of Saatchi & Saatchi, BSB Dorland and KHBB, it went on to become the first worldwide media agency network. From its original UK base, Zenith became the first media […]

Mobile video consumption surges with APAC leading the charge

Mobile video consumption surges with APAC leading the charge

Mobile phones and tablets now account for 46 per cent of all viewing globally, according to a report from Telstra-owned premium video specialists Ooyala, up from 34 per cent in 2014. A large part of this is being led by certain APAC markets, according to the report, with five out of 15 APAC countries outperforming […]

ZenithOptimedia Unveils 10 Key Mobile Consumer Trends for 2016

ZenithOptimedia Unveils 10 Key Mobile Consumer Trends for 2016

ZenithOptimedia has unveiled its 10 trends that show how technology will enable consumers to become increasingly mobile in their behaviour, presenting new engagement opportunities for brands. Building on ZenithOptimedia’s recent research report with GlobalWebIndex – The Mobile Imperative – which found that young people around the world will spend more time accessing the internet via […]

Molson Coors Retains ZenithOptimedia & Kinetic to Handle Media Account

Molson Coors Retains ZenithOptimedia & Kinetic to Handle Media Account

Molson Coors, one of the UK’s biggest brewers, has announced it will retain media agencies ZenithOptimedia and Kinetic to handle its UK & Ireland media account. ZenithOptimedia and Kinetic were appointed following a six month media review process which ended this month. The two agencies will handle Molson Coors’ media planning and buying for its […]

Omnicom & Publicis Merger Creates Biggest Ad Firm

Omnicom & Publicis Merger Creates Biggest Ad Firm

Omnicom Group and Publicis Groupe have announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for a merger of equals, creating the world’s leading company in communications, advertising, marketing and digital services, with combined 2012 revenue of $22.7 billion (€17.7 billion). Based on closing prices on July 26, 2013, Publicis Omnicom Group will have a combined […]