
The TV Brand Builders
How to Win Audiences and Influence Viewers
by Andy Bryant, Charlie Mawer
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Pub Date Apr 28 2016 | Archive Date May 15 2016
Kogan Page USA | Kogan Page
Description
In an average month, over 360 billion hours of TV are watched globally and shows are reviewed in national media, dissected in blogs and tweets, and debated passionately by viewers and fans. But how do these TV shows find an audience, and how are the great TV brands built? With illustrations and examples drawn from major broadcasters such as Fox, AMC, and HBO, the marketing, advertising, and design techniques that work best in TV are brought to life in The TV Brand Builders, from launching blockbuster dramas to promoting major sporting events and from building online trailers to creating entirely new TV channels.
The TV Brand Builders provides inspiration for all marketers to learn from the ways in which TV brands have harnessed the opportunities arising from the developments in online video, smart mobile devices, and social media. The book showcases popular shows including “American Horror Story,” “Mad Men,” and “Doctor Who,” features interviews with leading practitioners, and is supported by a video-rich stream of online resources.
Advance Praise
“Rich in anecdote, example and insight, this is an encyclopedic survey of the crucial role marketing plays in great content finding audiences. It is an essential handbook for anyone looking to build content brands in a transmedia age.” --Wayne Garvie, Chief Creative Officer, International Production, Sony Pictures Television
“The TV Brand Builders manages to be both a weighty tome of real insight into the industry today, and a fun and gossipy read. Great case studies abound across the US market and it proves a valuable book for anyone wrestling with the challenge of finding and keeping viewers.” --Dave Howe, President, Syfy and Chiller, NBCUniversal
“The TV Brand Builders is an outstanding and in-depth examination of the craft of television marketing, full of insight, perspective and anecdote into what really works and why. It is sure to become a must-read for all those wanting to understand what's important in today's rapidly evolving TV landscape.
Andy and Charlie combine their many years of experience to provide the reader with an entertaining and easily read journey into how to build a TV brand.” --Jeremy Darroch, CEO, Sky Plc
“As entertainment marketing continues to evolve, we must adapt to thrive in this new dynamic landscape. Charlie and Andy are both true visionaries in our industry. Their book The TV Brand Builders gives all brand marketers, regardless of expertise, the insights needed to drive not only viewership but, more importantly, the deep emotional bonds that are the underpinnings of the world’s most valuable entertainment brands.” --Steve Kazanjian, President & CEO, PromaxBDA
“The TV Brand Builders is a gift to students and media industry scholars seeking to understand the fast-moving world of television marketing. Brimming with insights, and written with verve, the book offers a compelling and clear-sighted account of TV promotion from leading practitioners in the field. Bryant and Mawer bring all their experience to bear in demonstrating the creativity and skill of TV brand building. A must-read for anyone interested in promotional screen culture.” --Paul Grainge, Professor of Film and Television Studies, University of Nottingham, and co-author of Promotional Screen Industries
“Two of the field’s top talents draw a road map of the best routes to brand just about any kind of television content. In the process Bryant and Mawer entertain and inform you with a wealth of case studies, peppered with amusing anecdotes and assessments by a host of industry insiders. Written in an engaging style, this book is a must read for its concise history of the evolution of television branding from in-house afterthought to a booming, and often entrepreneurial, industry sector.” --Jennifer Gillan, Professor of English and Media Studies, Bentley University, and author of Television Brandcasting: The Return of the Content-Promotion Hybrid
“I don’t think I have ever read a more comprehensive account of the craft of marketing in television.
There are many inspiring examples within an increasingly complex industry, which makes this book really valuable, as it describes the landscape so entirely.
Armed with it perhaps the TV marketing and branding fraternity can bring simplicity, joy and fun to communications despite that complexity.” --Martin Lambie-Nairn, founder, Lambie-Nairn, and author of Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On
“Was it ever true in TV that ‘if you build it, they will come’? It’s certainly not so any more in our exciting multi-screen, on-demand, dynamic industry. The art and science of TV marketing was never so vital, nor so full of possibility. But there are good reasons why it’s still one of the most dysfunctional marketing jobs around, as frustrating as it is rewarding.
This book, written by two people who have practised what they preach for many years at the heart of some of the most iconic TV marketing campaigns, is an absolute gold mine of best practice case studies, insider anecdotes and wise counsel. It covers every aspect of marketing TV from channels to programmes and from genres to sub-audiences. If you’re trying to unpick your ‘timeless principles’ from your ‘seismic changes’, as you nobly serve audiences, producers and broadcasters, you’d be dotty not to have this book at your side.” --Tess Alps, Chair, Thinkbox
“A fascinating piece of television history that shows how marketers moved from being the monkeys to the organ grinders of the broadcasting world. This book will be enjoyed by broadcasting professionals as well as those that just love watching TV. The authors take us into the much maligned and misunderstood world of TV marketing showing how this art will become ever more important as we move further into a multi-platform on-demand age.” --Lorraine Heggessey, Advisor, Channel 4 Growth Fund and former Controller, BBC One
“Fragmented, segmented, bundled, unbundled, TV marketing today apes 3D chess. Thoroughly researched and wonderfully compiled, this book transmits a clear picture of advertising and marketing’s special role.” --Tim Lefroy, Chief Executive, Advertising Association
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9780749476687 |
PRICE | $29.95 (USD) |