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Kantar Media has released its latest quarterly report on US advertising spend, finding that total expenditures in Q1 grew by 5.7% year-over-year to $34.9 billion, boosted by the Winter Olympics, which added an incremental $600 million in spending. Network TV was – unsurprisingly – a prime beneficiary, with roughly half of its 14.5% year-over-year growth owing to the Winter Olympics. Beyond TV’s healthy growth, other trends remained largely consistent with prior quarters.
It’s worth noting as always with the Kantar Media figures that they may actually underestimate growth, as the online spending estimates only include display advertising, which the report says increased by 13% for the quarter. (By comparison, the IAB recently reported that online ad spending in the US grew by 19% in Q1.) Read the rest at MarketingCharts.
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