Total adspend, based on twelve key markets, which between them account for approximately three-quarters of global adspend, is expected to rise 3.3% this year to US$420.3bn, according to WARC's latest International Ad Forecast. TV will be the largest single ad medium, with spend of $138.4bn, equating to a 33% share. Spend on non-digital formats is expected to amount to $237bn this year, compared to $183.2bn for digital advertising. However, digital's share of advertising spend has been growing steadily, from just 6% in 2005 to a forecast 47% next year. Mobile search ($62bn) and mobile display ($58bn) formats, including video, social...
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