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PricewaterhouseCoopers Publishes Latest Global Media Report

PricewaterhouseCoopers Publishes Latest Global Media Report

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has released its latest Global Entertainment and Media Outlook report, revealing that DVR household universe in the US more than doubled in 2007, with household penetration rising from 9.9% to 20.6%.

PwC added that less than half of US DVR users actually skip ads in playback however, and over the long run the DVR should have a positive impact on advertising.

Global print advertising in consumer magazines is forecast to total $42.5 billion in 2012, up 3.5% on a compound annual basis from $35.8 billion in 2007.

Sticking with consumer magazines, PwC predicts that in EMEA, web site videos and mobile roll outs will propel an emerging digital advertising market, which will increase from $211 million in 2007 to $1.4 billion in 2012, a CAGR of 45.1%.

In newspaper publishing, spending in EMEA – the largest newspaper market – is predicted to increase at a 2.9% CAGR, reaching $83.2 billion in 2012 from $72.3 billion in 2007.

In the US, by 2012, newspaper website advertising will account for 15% of total daily newspaper advertising, more than twice its 7% share in 2007.

In the US, console/handheld games will dominate the video game market, increasing at a compound annual rate of 6.3% to $11.7 billion in 2012 from $8.6 billion in 2007.

Juniper Research recently forecast that end-user generated revenues from mobile games will reach nearly $10 billion by 2009 (see Mobile Games Market Predicted To Reach $10bn by 2009).

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