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Media Buying

The process of negotiating, purchasing, reserving, and optimizing advertising space or airtime across media channels. Includes rates, terms, scheduling, reporting, and settlements.

Why it matters

This is where the real cost of a campaign is determined: negotiated rates, placements, and terms can differ from list prices by several dozen percent. Effective media buying provides a real budget advantage.

What's missing without it

Buying media at list price without negotiation or optimization means overpaying for the same impressions that competitors get at lower cost.

When it is used

With every paid campaign: negotiations, reservations, optimization during the campaign, and settlement after.

How we use it

The team records media orders, broadcast confirmations, and actual campaign costs.

Numbers worth knowing

Marketing in data

10,6%

Rynek reklamy online w Polsce wzrósł o 10,6% w pierwszym kwartale 2026 roku.

IAB Polska/PwC01/2026Poland

77 500 000 000

Liczba odsłon reklam online w Polsce w lipcu 2026

Gemius08/2026Poland

83%

Od lipca 2024 do czerwca 2026 wskaźnik zgłoszeń reklam oszukańczych spadł w Polsce o 83%.

Meta09/2026Poland

Figures from the same field — collected in our market data base.

Media Buying — what is it? | Mediarun Glossary