During Black Friday 2015, when it came to eyes on screens, retail giant Walmart was King. With 4.7 billion impressions during the month of November, Walmart had more than twice the impressions of other retailers. Target, Macy’s, and Kohl’s leaned on TV advertising to spread their own brand of cheer. Each brand received over 1.5 billion impressions but… Read More
Television’s effect during the holidays isn’t just limited to offline purchases. Online sales have increased by “double digits” according to Reuters, and TV plays a huge role in influencing that digital behavior. Target, ranking third for impressions but number one for digital engagement, knows this better than anyone. By using commercials as a catalyst for… Read More
From Aug. 24 to Nov. 23, Samsung Mobile generated 2.5 billion TV ad impressions and spent an estimated $86 million while taking almost a month off from TV advertising in between. Strong creative held viewers’ attention with an average view rate of 88.5%. In spite of an initial Samsung Note 7 recall on Sept. 2,… Read More
The 68th annual Emmys on ABC featured 58 different brands showing 84 different unique ads. Among the 169 ad airings, the auto, electronic and pharma industry ads led the way. All told, TV ads appeared on screens 316,897,573 times — 304 million of which were live or same day. View rates for brands were 87.2%… Read More
Inside the Report While athletes across the globe competed in Rio – Nike, UnitedHealthCare, Samsung, GEICO, McDonald’s and others competed (and spent $1.2 billion) for the attention of viewers on TV screens back home. The 2016 Olympic games saw 420 brands run 883 different creatives, ranking in 18.7 Billion TV ad impressions with 20,124 airings…. Read More
At the beginning of this week, we gave you a look at the brands and ads with the most digital buzz during Olympics programming; today we’re updating that ranking. Among brands, Nike is still winning gold, but Samsung Mobile has surpassed UnitedHealthcare, while McDonald’s has risen above GEICO. Looking at the most popular individual commercials,… Read More
Last week we showed you the brands that are spending big on Olympics programming, plus the ads with the most spend; today we’re updating that list as the games near the finish line. Automakers still top the chart, but Chevrolet (3.6%) has surpassed BMW (3.3%) for the brand with the highest estimated spend. GEICO comes… Read More
Last week we showed you the most-seen ads during the first six days of the Olympics; today we’re updating that list. From August 5-16, 393 brands have run 776 spots a total of 14,089 times, generating a whopping 14 million TV ad impressions, 12.7 billion of which were live. The industry ranking from last week… Read More
With the first week of the Olympics down, we took an updated look at the most engaging brands and ads to see what viewers are engaging with. Among brands, Nike leads the charge, followed by UnitedHealthcare and Samsung Mobile. When it comes to the most popular individual commercials, UnitedHealthcare takes the gold, thanks to its… Read More
With the Olympics in full swing, we took a look at the brands spending the most across NBCUniversal’s Rio broadcasts. Auto makers lead the way — specifically BMW (4% of the estimated total spend) and Chevrolet (3.6%). GEICO (3.1%), Samsung Mobile (3%) and VISA (2.7%) round out the top 5. But when it comes to… Read More
With the kind of ad volume we’re seeing during the Olympics telecasts across NBC and its sister networks (NBC Sports, USA Network, BRAVO, MSNBC and CNBC), just about every conceivable type of industry is represented — but some categories and brands are standing out as the biggest, most enthusiastic backers of Rio 2016 programming. Across… Read More
The final in-game numbers are in! On Super Bowl Sunday 62 brands came to play, airing 97 unique Super Bowl commercials. By compiling the resulting data across every ad, we have a clear view into how Super Bowl advertising performed overall.