Despite expectations of the beginning of a recovery in advertising market conditions in the second half of the year, the outlook still remains decidedly unclear. A US mid-year media conference last month heard key players talk about the bottom of the recession, rather than the beginning of a period of genuinely strong growth. This assessment… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Media Healthcheck – June 2002
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As anticipated, there was little encouragement for the beleagured advertising market in the new forecasts issued by Zenith Optimedia today. The media agency sees no prospect of a revival this year, claiming that worldwide expenditure will fall by 0.5% and by 2.7% in real terms. This is in addition to the decline in 2001, when,… Continue reading Ad Recovery Still Not Imminent, Says Zenith Optimedia
The overall outlook for 2003 is now worsening, with concern about interest rates and consumer spending and further rationalisation required in the financial markets, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. “The rapid decline in stock markets in the last month, World Cup inertia and low activity is likely to trigger a further round of rationalisation… Continue reading Outlook For 2003 Media And Advertising Is Worsening, Says Merrill Lynch
Global advertising and communications group, WPP, has forecast that the advertising recovery will be shallow and gradual, rather than U- or V- or W-shaped. This concurs with the predictions of analysts at Merrill Lynch (see Ad Agencies Stock Weak As ‘Muted’ Recovery Is Predicted). The group yesterday issued a profits warning, saying that trading is… Continue reading WPP Forecasts A Shallow And Gradual Advertising Recovery
Despite expectations of the beginning of a recovery in advertising market conditions in the second half of the year, the outlook remains decidedly unclear, according to the Financial Times. The paper says that whilst a number of companies at the Mid-Year Media Review in the US have begun to talk about an improvement in the… Continue reading Advertising Outlook Remains Unclear
Global advertising agency, Interpublic Group (IPG), has indicated that its revenue will be down in the high, single-digit percentages for the second quarter of the year, indicating that the slow recovery may not yet be wide-reaching. IPG had previously forecast that its revenues will be flat year on year for the full year 2002. However,… Continue reading Interpublic Says Ad Revenues Remain Down, Visibility Poor
Market research group, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), says it now expects the global market information industry to grow by 3-5% during 2002; it had previously forecast market growth of up to 5%. In its AGM statement this morning, TNS said that trading activity has picked up after a slow start to the year. “With the… Continue reading TNS Reduces Market Information Revenue Forecasts
A new report on global entertainment and media (E&M) spend published by PricewaterhouseCoopers has found that the industry will enjoy a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2% between this year and 2006, eventually reaching $1.4 trillion (see Entertainment And Media Spend Set For 5.2% Growth To 2006, Says PWC). The report also makes a… Continue reading PricewaterhouseCoopers Predicts Global Media And Entertainment Sector Growth
Merrill Lynch analysts have cut their European advertising growth forecasts for 2002 and 2003, as economies remain relatively weak. The forecast for this year has been reduced from -2.0% to -3.0%, whilst 2003 is downgraded from 3.5% to 1.5-2.0%. The broker has made similar reductions to its US and global ad forecasts (see Merrill Lynch… Continue reading Regional Forecasts Nudged Down By Merrill Lynch
Global entertainment and media (E&M) spend grew by 1.5% in 2001, exceeding the $1 trillion mark, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). The Global Entertainment And Media Outlook: 2002-2006 report predicts continued growth, with E&M spend reaching $1.4 trillion by 2006 – a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2%. Growth was achieved… Continue reading Entertainment And Media Spend Set For 5.2% Growth To 2006, Says PWC