FierceWireless has partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conversion analytics from 10 million smart TV screens, to bring you a monthly snapshot of the wireless industry's advertising spending. The results below are for the top five biggest spenders among wireless industry brands from April 1-30.
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(Check out how these numbers compare with May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, February and March.)
Here are the top five advertisers in the wireless industry during the month of April, and their top ads:
1, Verizon
The Verizon ad with the most spend (est. $20 million): “All Aboard the Network,” featuring Thomas Middleditch
Here are some other key facts about Verizon's spending in April:
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spent an estimated $56.8 million on 11 spots that ran over 6,400 times
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generated 1.2 billion TV ad impressions
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spent the most on these networks: CBS, NFL Network and ABC
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spent the most on this programming: NBA Basketball, the 2017 NCAA Basketball Tournament and Path to the Draft
2, AT&T
The AT&T Wireless ad with the most spend (est. $12.6 million): “Unlimited Comes to Life”
Here are some other key facts about AT&T's spending in April:
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spent an estimated $39.8 million on 18 spots that ran over 9,400 times
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generated 1.6 billion TV ad impressions
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spent the most on these networks: CBS, ABC and TNT
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spent the most on this programming: NBA Basketball, the 2017 NCAA Basketball Tournament and the 2017 Masters Tournament
3, T-Mobile
The T-Mobile ad with the most spend (est. $15.6 million): “Lemonade”
Here are some other key facts about T-Mobile's spending in April:
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spent an estimated $35.3 million on 14 spots that ran over 6,100 times
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generated over 856 million TV ad impressions
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spent the most on these networks: NBC, Fox and ABC
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spent the most on this programming: NBA Basketball, the telecast of the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
4, Sprint
The Sprint ad with the most spend (est. $5.5 million): “Topher Brophy: Galaxy S8 2 for 1”
Here are some other key facts about Sprint's spending in April:
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spent an estimated $30.4 million on 23 spots that ran over 7,400 times
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generated nearly 1.2 billion TV ad impressions
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spent the most on these networks: NBC, Fox and ABC
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spent the most on this programming: NBA Basketball, NHL Hockey and Keeping Up With the Kardashians
5, Cricket
The Cricket Wireless ad with the most spend (est. $6.5 million): “Epic”
Here are some other key facts about Cricket's spending in April:
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spent an estimated $13.3 million on 11 spots that ran over 5,200 times
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generated 670 million TV ad impressions
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spent the most on these networks: ABC, NBC and Fox
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spent the most on this programming: NBA Basketball, NHL Hockey and The Blacklist
iSpot's data does not include co-promotions or local market data. Click here for more on iSpot.tv's methodology.
The company's software leverages proprietary audio and video fingerprinting algorithms to automatically identify and extract TV commercials, movie trailers and show promos.
The company tracks hundreds of millions of explicit interactions with TV ads across roughly 100 million unique consumers. These interactions include video plays, searches and social activity. The company also analyzes online views across YouTube and iSpot.tv, searches on Google, Bing and Yahoo! and social activity on Facebook (including Facebook private views) and Twitter.
The company tags over 40 different dimensions of metadata, including brand, agency, actors, products, songs, moods, URLs and other pertinent data, to create its results.