China advertising spend growth revised downward
Carat has released new global adspend forecasts for 2008 and 2009, revising China’s growth downwards by a percentage point for this year, and over two per cent next year.
According to the report, the downward revision this year, from 19.7 per cent to 18.2 per cent, is due to the impact of the May earthquake, and [...]
Digital spend in China enjoys accelerated growth
The Olympics has boosted Chinese online adspend by 73 per cent year on year in the second quarter.
Research by Analysys International shows that Chinese online spend rose to Rmb 2.8 billion (US$410 million), including Rmb 1.4 billion of display spend. Those figures followed a second-quarter financial report from Sohu, official internet partner of the Games, [...]

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