Marketing
fromDigiday
5 days agoU.K. brands increase media spend despite economic stormclouds
U.K. advertisers plan to increase media budgets by over 7% in Q1 2026 despite economic concerns.
The fastest ad spend recoveries were naturally attributed to the hardest-hit sectors of out-of-home (OOH) and cinema, with the former at 46.4% and the latter at 2,208.2% (cinemas shut during the pandemic, remember). TV was alone in seeing a decrease in ad revenue in the last quarter (-0.6%). It's worth noting that spending in TV is diversifying across new channels (that broadcasters often still own) such as broadcast video-on-demand (BVOD) (+9.3%).