UK advertising spend has achieved its 19th consecutive quarter of market growth after experiencing a 5.9% increase year-on-year through Q1 2018, 1.3pp ahead of forecast.
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TV advertising is still a powerful way to sell product, writes Nick Manning – but change is coming and advertisers and their agencies must move to update decades-old working practices.
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