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/ 06.15.2010 12:00PM
Advertising Won’t Rebound to ’07 Levels, PricewaterhouseCoopers Predicts
NEW YORK: Advertising, ye olde work
horse of business models, is on the rebound, but a full recovery is unlikely
any time soon. That’s the verdict of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 2010-14 Global
Entertainment and Media Outlook report, released today.
“Advertising revenues remain fragile in nature and spending is unlikely to
return to former levels,” says PwC. “By 2014, the U.S. advertising spend is
expected to still be 9 percent below its level in 2007.”
U.S. advertising is expected to increase at a 2.6 percent compound annual
growth rate from $159 billion in 2009 to $180 billion in 2014. In the U.S.,
Internet advertising is expected to surpass the newspaper advertising spend this
year. The print contraction will continue, while digital platforms multiply
like tribbles on the Enterprise.
The explosion of digital devices may be pounding paper, but it will contribute
greatly to the overall growth of entertainment and media, PwC says. The firm puts
global E&M spending on track to reach $1.7 trillion by 2014, up from $1.3 trillion
this year at a compound annual growth rate of 5 percent. The U.S. market is
expected to grow at 3.8 percent CAGR, from $428 billion last year to $517
billion in 2014.
By way of indirect comparison...
- SNL Kagan predicts TV station revenues will reach $21 billion this year.
- The ’02 U.S. Economic Census (last year available) lists gross television broadcasts
receipts at $33.5 billion.
- Broadcast TV generated $11.7 billion in advertising during 1Q10, according to
the Television Bureau of Advertising.
The good news for broadcasting is that it’s already digital. The bad news is
that everything else digital wants its spectrum. Digital spending in the U.S.
is expected to account for 26 percent of E&M spending in 2014, up from 19
percent last year. That means that nearly three-fourths of global E&M will
be non-digital, but perhaps not for long.
Here’s PwC’s Ken Sharkey on how the use of digital platforms is
unanticipatable: “The digital pace of change has proven to be even quicker than
anticipated... There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach for E&M companies....
The continued fragmentation of the E&M sector will fuel greater
experimentation by both established industry giants and niche players in
adopting business models that include hybrid combinations of advertising and
subscription approaches.”
As with all things media and entertainment, consumer behavior will determine
the direction of the market. PwC said it identified three characteristics
E&M providers should monitor closely:
- Mobility. “Consumers are increasingly demanding ubiquity and the ability to
consume and interact with content anywhere, anytime... By 2014, U.S.
mobile Internet access subscribers are projected to increase to 96.1 million, a
40 percent CAGR from 2009.”
- Internet. “Increasingly, the consumer has moved beyond thinking of the
Internet as an end in itself, and expects all forms of media to embed the
convenience, immediacy and interactivity of the Internet.” Think Web-enabled
TV.
- Money. “Consumers are more willing to pay for content when accompanied by
convenience and flexibility in usage, personalization and a differentiated
experience that cannot be created elsewhere.” Local relevance, as in that
provided by TV stations, is considered an enhancement.
-- Deborah D. McAdams
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