ITV1’s coverage of the topsy turvy UEFA Champions League match between Inter Milan and Tottenham Hotspur was less attractive for viewers than BBC1’s double hitters of Waterloo Road and The Apprentice.
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The latest IPA/BDO Bellwether survey raises as many questions as it answers. The headline is one of marketing budgets revised marginally upwards in Q3 after a similar small downgrade in Q2.
BBC1’s long running spy-drama Spooks narrowly edged the primetime ratings battle with ITV1’s Whitechapel last night, watched by an average of 200,000 more viewers.
Merrill Lynch have released updated European advertising forecasts, which put the UK at +6.7% this year, falling to +3.9% in 2011, but up a healthy 7% in Olympic year.
ZenithOptimedia has amended its detailed UK advertising forecasts, and now expects growth of 4.5% to £11.3bn in 2010, then to £11.6bn and to £12bn in 2011 and 2012 respectively (2.5% and 4%).
