by Rick Ducey | May 14, 2020 | BIA, Blog, COVID Pandemic, Vantage Point
In this edition of BIA Advisory Services’ Vantage Points series Zach Cross, President, Revenue Analytics has a conversation with BIA’s managing director Rick Ducey about the impact of COVID-19 on media inventory, demand, and pricing strategies. The Vantage Point...
by Rick Ducey | May 7, 2020 | BIA, Blog, COVID Pandemic, Radio
BIA’s CEO Tom Buono had the opportunity to discuss the company’s recent analysis of how COVID-19 has impacted ad revenue, in particular for Radio, in a recent podcast interview with Radio Ink publisher Deborah Parenti. Even with the negative news we have all...
by Rick Ducey | May 6, 2020 | BIA, Blog, COVID Pandemic
With COVID-19 and public health quarantines, live sports events have been canceled, paused or rescheduled, creating a huge void for millions of sports fans. Marketers and agencies targeting the coveted sports programming audience segments are working hard with...
by Suzanne Ackley | May 4, 2020 | BIA, Blog, COVID Pandemic, Local Advertising Forecast
A roaring economy, 2020 Summer Olympics, and political spending from a Presidential, Senate, and local elections all indicated a strong year for local advertising sellers. But then a pandemic struck creating economic havoc. BIA lowered its advertising revenue forecast...
by Lauren Ross | Apr 27, 2020 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, COVID Pandemic, Local Advertising Forecast
The COVID-19 crisis has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy as evidenced by the S&P 500 Price Index having fallen by 33.9% between February 19 and March 23. As a result, GDP is expected to decline by 3% nationwide in 2020 (as of 4/15/20). While there is...
by Lauren Ross | Apr 27, 2020 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, COVID Pandemic, Local Advertising Forecast
The COVID-19 crisis has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy as evidenced by the S&P 500 Price Index having fallen by 33.9% between February 19 and March 23. As a result, GDP is expected to decline by 3% nationwide in 2020 (as of 4/15/20). While there is...