FT sees digital subscriptions rise 17% to 313,000.
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WPP reported UK revenues up 4.7% on the year to £311 million for Q3 2012, helped by its advertising business. However, full year forecasts have been downgraded.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BOAML) reports ITV viewing share is down and that there is a risk to advertising revenues for 2013.
Despite the difficult UK economy, advertising on the internet and mobile phones increased, like-for-like*, by 12.6% to a record six-month high of £2.59 billion in the first half of 2012
ZenithOptimedia has downgraded its 2012 UK advertising forecast and consequently revised downwards its growth forecast slightly for 2013 and 2014.
ZenithOptimedia has upgraded its UK advertising forecast with the total ad market expected to post 3.5% year on year growth for 2012 – up from its March prediction of 3.2% growth.
MAGNAGLOBAL’s latest advertising forecast for 2012 claims that Europe is shaken but the rest of the world is showing resilience. The global advertising market is expected to reach $480 billion this year. The UK market is forecast to grow, in spite of the economic downturn that hit in the first quarter – up 2.4%.
Barclays has lowered its global ad spending forecasts for this year and next, it confirmed in a report to investors last week.
Bundles of numbers (see report link below for detail) and some interesting thoughts on how the media sector might shape up and evolve in the annual PwC report.
Aegis today announced a trading update for the first quarter of 2012, from 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012, with total group revenue for the first quarter up 16.3% on 2011 in constant currency.
