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    4 receipts on TV Advertising

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    RECEIPT #BOB-HO

    JAN 01, 2025

    Partially right.

    PREDICTION BY

    Bob Hoffman
    “In 2025, every TV spot will be required to have one husky white woman dancing, one older Black guy with a grey beard reading x-rays, one very busy Asian woman in a navy blue business suit, one handsome Hispanic guy coaching a kids’ soccer team, one female Muslim artist with a head scarf, and Snoop Dogg.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    As a literal prediction, this is not accurate. However, as a critical observation of creative homogenization and performative diversity in TV advertising, it is directionally consistent with observed 2025 trends where ads often employ box-ticking approaches to representation and use recurring archetypes.

    TV AdvertisingCreative DiversitySatire

    RECEIPT #BRIAN-

    APR 10, 2024

    Called it.

    PREDICTION BY

    Brian Wieser
    “he currently sees an upside in ad spending as far out as 2028. In looking at specific media, he sees strength in commerce media and weakness in TV advertising.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    Outcomes for 2024-2025 strongly confirm the direction of this qualitative prediction across all points: multi-year ad spending forecasts were revised upward, commerce/retail media showed significant strength and growth exceeding the overall market, and traditional linear TV advertising continued to face structural weakness and decline.

    Advertising GrowthCommerce MediaTV Advertising

    RECEIPT #BRIAN-

    SEP 04, 2024

    Partially right.

    PREDICTION BY

    Brian Wieser
    ““However, now it looks more like a decrease of 1.2% for the year.” (referring to 2024 national TV ad spending) and “In Q3 this year, as a matter of fact, TV may actually rise up to a 3.7% growth rate, possibly left over from shifting media budgets during the Olympics. Which means, of course, the growth won’t last.” and “But generally speaking, the Olympics won’t be enough to salvage TV advertising – linear ads in particular – from secular decline.””

    FOLLOW-UP

    The prediction of a short-term Q3 bump and underlying secular decline for linear TV is qualitatively supported, although the precise -1.2% for total year 2024 national TV cannot be directly verified against 'television ad revenue' which includes streaming.

    ORIGINAL SOURCE

    AdExchanger
    TV AdvertisingOlympics

    RECEIPT #BRIAN-

    SEP 04, 2024

    Called it.

    PREDICTION BY

    Brian Wieser
    “However, now it looks more like a decrease of 1.2% for the year [national TV ad spending in 2024]... Last year, Wieser predicted that national TV ad spending would decrease by 2.3% in 2024.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    National TV advertising declined ~1.4% in 2024, aligning closely with the prediction.

    ORIGINAL SOURCE

    AdExchanger
    TV Advertising