WARC Rankings 2024: Media 100 announced – the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for media

The WARC Media 100, the ultimate independent global benchmark of the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for media, is now released.   Compiled by WARC Creative, helping companies deliver creative marketing that works, the annual Media 100 Ranking reflects the work that was awarded by the most important global and regional media shows in 2023. The awards tracked are determined by a yearly global panel survey and in consultation with the WARC Rankings Advisory Board. Amy Rodgers, Head of Content, WARC Creative, said: “The WARC Media 100, league tables of…

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WARC Rankings 2024: Creative 100 revealed – the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for creativity

The WARC Creative 100, the ultimate independent global benchmark of the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for creative excellence, is now released.  Compiled by WARC Creative, helping companies deliver creative marketing that works, the annual Creative 100 Ranking reflects the work that was awarded by the most important global and regional creative shows in 2023. The awards tracked are determined by a yearly global panel survey and in consultation with the WARC Rankings Advisory Board. Amy Rodgers, Head of Content, WARC Creative, said: The WARC Creative 100 are league…

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WARC Global Ad Trends: Sports media rights to reach $61bn this year but a fragmented media landscape poses dilemmas for advertisers

At a time when marketers are increasingly reliant on sport for mass reach, the sector faces fragmentation. Live sports rights are splintering between broadcast, over-the-top (OTT or streaming) and mobile apps, while social platforms are rising in importance for fans. Sports media in the era of fragmentation, WARC Media’s latest Global Advertising Trends report, examines sport’s new media landscape, the challenges and opportunities for brand advertisers and how rights holders plan to sustain the economics of sport in the years ahead.  Alex Brownsell, Head of Content, WARC Media, says: “Sport is…

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Latest research by WARC shows highly awarded creative campaigns are significantly more effective

Each year, WARC tracks the results of the top regional and global award shows for creativity and effectiveness for the WARC Rankings, the ultimate benchmark for marketing. Using the results data from between 2015 and 2022, WARC has assessed the health of creativity to establish how often creative work is also effective.  The study reveals that of the 5,000+ creatively awarded campaigns analysed, 42% of highly creative ideas (those ranked in the WARC Creative 100) are subsequently awarded for effectiveness, compared to 20% for all creatively awarded ideas.  Amy Rodgers,…

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Brands face challenges in planning for quality marketing in an AI-driven world

After a challenging 2023, WARC Media predicts global advertising spend will double its growth in 2024 with spend expected to top $1 trillion for the first time. Just five companies – Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon, Bytedance and Meta – are forecast to attract over half (51.9%) of global advertising spend this year as their ad revenues rise by 10.7%.  Key to this growth is the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). However, the growth of AI raises challenging questions about media quality and the future of advertising on the open internet.  With…

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