Ad Spending In Australia (November 2014)

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Latest report stated that November revenue in advertising is the best for the last four years as outdoor and digital ads continue climbing up.

Cinema, digital and outdoor media contributed in the growth ad spend in November, with overall agency bookings increasing 3.8% compared with November 2013, according to the latest SMI figures. The total ad bookings via all major agency groups reached $757 million in November. The increasing has covered a 3% decline in October.

Cinema ad spending only has increased 22% year-on-year, with bookings reaching $6.1m.

Total digital bookings increased 12.7% to reach $148.6m. There was a 65% rise in social networking and it was the biggest increase across any channel. Mobile also saw a 38% bump while bookings to ad networks fell 16.5%. The total spend on TV fell marginally, down 0.3% year on year to $352.5m with the biggest slump in subscription TV down 5.1%. Metro TV saw a marginal increase of 0.2%.

Bookings made through agencies for outdoor ads increased 37.1% to reach $89m, while radio continued to rise, increasing 7.1% overall to make $52.5m, driven by regional stations, which increased 18.7% to reach $8.3m.

Newspapers and magazines continued their downward trajectory, with bookings for newspaper ads down 12.2% total, falling to $75m. Metropolitan newspapers saw the biggest decline falling 14.8% while the regional press held up slightly better falling 4.3%. Newspaper magazines were down 26%, while consumer mags fell 5.4% . Trade magazine bookings fell 5.9%. On the whole, the magazine segment dropped 10.5% to $27.5m.