ITV promotes Jane Stiller to chief viewer officer
Josh StephensonThe broadcaster has promoted its CMO to a newly created role to unite its marketing functions.
The broadcaster has promoted its CMO to a newly created role to unite its marketing functions.
ITV reported higher than expected growth in total advertising revenue, driven by a “very successful” performance during the 2024 UEFA Euros.
The streaming service outperformed the broadcaster’s studio arm, amid wider plans to invest an additional £15m in marketing this year.
According to employees, the marketing department is being taken more seriously than prior to the launch of revamped streaming service ITVX.
The broadcaster claims marketing is acting as a key tool to drive growth for the ITVX streaming platform, which grew total views by over a quarter last year.
Investing in detailed audience insight helped ITV segment its first-party dataset to fuel the launch of streaming service ITVX.
While the wider sector faltered following a post-Covid viewership crunch, ITV dug deep to invest £165m in the launch of streaming service ITVX.
Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s Marketing Week Awards, including Grand Prix winner Cadbury, Brand of the Year Guinness and Boots CMO Pete Markey, who is Marketer of the Year.
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall has blamed a “stagnant” UK economy in a warning about the broadcaster’s advertising forecast.
Despite a 79% decrease in profits, and the fallout from the This Morning scandal, CMO Jane Stiller insists the ITV brand is in a strong position as she looks ahead to a more positive second half.
ITV’s CEO says it’s “impossible to tell” when advertising revenue will recover but there’s “no feeling” it’s not going to be OK and she is optimistic going into the second half of 2023.
ITV’s marketing push behind ITVX appears to be paying off, as YouGov BrandIndex data reveals a dramatic improvement in consideration since it replaced ITV Hub.
ITV’s 2022 results show advertisers continuing to shift spend from linear to digital TV advertising, as they approach the first half of 2023 with “caution”.
After spending £45m on its launch campaign for ITVX this month, ITV CMO Jane Stiller says the broadcaster has even bigger plans next year.
ITV director of client strategy Kate Waters believes TV has a clear role to play in addressing the “hard creative challenge” of appealing to older consumers.