FierceWireless has partnered with iSpot.tv, the 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 July 1-31.
(Check out how these numbers compare with October, November, December, February, March, April, May and June.)
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Here’s how the top brands allocated their national TV advertising budgets:
1. T-Mobile
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spent an estimated $41.6 million on 20 spots that ran over 7,000 times
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generated 1.6 billion TV ad impressions
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spent the most on these networks: NBC, ABC and Fox
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spent the most on this programming: America’s Got Talent, American Ninja Warrior and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The T-Mobile ad with the most spend (est. $18.2 million): “Campers”
2. Verizon
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spent an estimated $38.6 million on 11 spots that ran over 9,600 times
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generated 1.3 billion TV ad impressions
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spent the most on these networks: NBC, ABC and Fox
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spent the most on this programming: 2017 MLB All-Star Game, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and America’s Got Talent
The Verizon ad with the most spend (est. $9.6 million): “Roadside Rescue” featuring Thomas Middleditch
3. Sprint
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spent an estimated $29.8 million on 20 spots that ran nearly 8,800 times
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generated 1.3 billion TV ad impressions
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spent the most on these networks: NBC, ABC and Univision
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spent the most on this programming: Copa Oro 2017 CONCACAF, Botched and America’s Got Talent
The Sprint ad with the most spend (est. $11.4 million): “The Only Thing Better Than iPhone 7 Is iPhone 7 on Sprint!”
4. Boost Mobile
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spent an estimated $22.3 million on four spots that ran over 4,800 times
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generated 802.7 million TV ad impressions
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spent the most on these networks: CBS, Fox and NBC
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spent the most on this programming: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, 2017 MLB All-Star Game and Big Brother
The Boost Mobile ad with the most spend (est. $15.5 million): “Easy to Switch, Easy to Save”
5. Cricket Wireless
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spent an estimated $12.1 million on 11 spots that ran over 5,700 times
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generated 745.5 million TV ad impressions
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spent the most on these networks: ABC, Fox and CBS
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spent the most on this programming: NBA Summer League Basketball, MLB Baseball and The Gong Show
The Cricket Wireless ad with the most spend (est. $4.2 million): “Blockbuster”
iSpot's data does not include co-promotions or local market data. Click here for more on iSpot.tv's methodology.
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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.
iSpot.tv tags over 40 different dimensions of metadata, including brand, agency, actors, products, songs, moods, URLs and other pertinent data, to create its results.