Standard Media Index (SMI) January 2014 Ad Spend Report U.S. Media Market Highlights

Standard Media Index (SMI) January 2014 Ad Spend Report U.S. Media Market Highlights

"SMI's total market spend indicates +8% growth year over year in January 2014"

NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Standard Media Index (SMI) Ad Spend Report
There is now a source for Actual Ad Spend Data. Not estimates, not conjecture...Actual Data. Want to know what channels are leading the way in the Cable TV Sector? SMI data can tell you. Interested in knowing if the decline in Automotive spend has hit ESPN? SMI has the answers. SMI pools aggregated Ad Spend data from agency groups including Vivaki, IPG Mediabrands, Aegis Media and Havas Media. SMI's proprietary methodology captures approximately 60 percent of total agency spend, offering timely, unparalleled visibility into global macro and micro market dynamics.

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CAVEAT:With approximately 60 percent of total agency spend, SMI data does not capture 100 percent of US Ad Spend. However, it does provide strong directional data for measuring market trends,enabling clients to more quickly and accurately analyze their businesses and react to those changes.


-- SMI's Digital ad revenue saw +15% YOY growth for January 2014. While
Digital's strong growth overshadowed that of total Television, which had
+9% YOY growth for January, it matched the growth of Broadcast TV, which
had an impressive +15% growth for the month over 2013.
-- SMI Digital showed strong growth in key Product Categories in which
Television showed decline for January 2014 YOY:
-- Alcoholic Beverages (+58.2% Digital growth; -1.6% Television
decline)
-- Beauty, Grooming & Personal Care (+23.9% Digital growth; -9%
Television decline)
-- Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+17.9% Digital growth; -33.1% Television
decline)

-- Restaurants (+36.1% Digital growth; -15.3% Television decline)
-- In the SMI pool, Cable TV ad revenue bested that of Broadcast TV for
January over 2013 in the following SMI Product Categories:
-- Alcoholic Beverages (+20% cable growth; -4.6% broadcast decline)
-- Restaurants (+1.5% cable growth, -32.1% broadcast decline)

-- Toys & Video Games (+32.3% cable growth, -10.4% broadcast decline)
-- The SMI Product Categories that showed the most growth in Digital for
the month of January were Alcoholic Beverages (+58.2%), and Automotive
(+62.9%).

-- The digital assets of the top Broadcast Networks also showed growth
in these categories. NBC.com enjoyed triple-digit growth in
Alcoholic Beverages, while ABC.com and CBS.com saw triple-digit
growth in Automotive.
-- SMI Print saw a -13.8% decline over January 2013, driven by a -18% drop
in Newspaper ad spend and a -12% in Magazines for January 2014 YOY.
SMI Television Market

Broadcast TV:


-- Broadcast television revenues grew +15% for January YOY.
-- CBS remained the share leader among top Broadcast Networks, and showed
double-digit growth for January 2014 YOY (+27%).
-- Fox Broadcast jumped to the #2 shareholder spot among top Broadcast
Networks, with 24.6% share and +8% growth over January 2013.
-- NBC came in strong with +29% YOY growth for January. NBC's growth for
the month was driven by double-digit increases in ad spend in the
Financial Services and Automotive Product Categories.
Cable TV:


-- Cable television posted +9% growth in January over 2013.
-- For January 2014, Discovery Channel showed the most growth (+47% over
2013) of the top Cable Networks, followed by E! (+40%), and HGTV (+35%).
Discovery's success was driven by increases in ad spend in the Retail
and Pharmaceutical Product Categories.
-- Other highlights from January 2014 among the top Cable Networks include
YOY growth for History (+30%), USA (+25%), and A&E Network (+25%).
SMI Digital Market


-- SMI's digital ad type classification indicates that Mobile drove Digital
growth in January YOY with +91.2%.
-- The SMI Digital vendor AudienceScience showed the most January 2014 YOY
Digital growth with +672%. Trailing closely behind, Fox.com grew by
+302% for the month over last year, followed by NBCUniversal's corporate
website (+253%), Apple (+246%), and NBC.com (+245%).
SMI Print Market


-- In Newspapers, The Wall Street Journal (the share leader, with 18% of
the SMI Newspaper market) dropped -36.9% for January YOY. The New York
Times, USA Today, and Los Angeles Times all showed growth for the same
period, with +9%, +15.6% and +38.5%, respectively.
-- People Magazine, with 9.8% share of the top SMI Magazine titles, dropped
-24.9% for the month over 2013. Eight titles within the top 10 showed
positive YOY growth for January, including US Weekly (+29.1%),
Cosmopolitan (+14.6%), and Food Network Magazine (+13.2%).
SMI Radio Market


-- SMI Radio saw decline for January 2014 (-4% YOY). Clear Channel Media
and Entertainment, the share leader among SMI's top Radio owners, saw
-6.4% decline for January YOY.
-- CBS Radio, with the second largest share, enjoyed a +23.9% increase in
ad spend for the same period.
About SMI's Ad Spend Data

SMI's data enables Media Owners to track their growth and share against a sizable aggregated benchmark. SMI's proprietary methodology captures approximately 55 percent of total agency spend, offering timely, unparalleled visibility of global macro and micro market dynamics. SMI data is aggregated spend from agency groups including Vivaki, IPG Mediabrands, Aegis Media and Havas Media.

The SMI data access enables better and faster analytics to feed strategy, negotiations and fuel growth.

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SMI growth figures are not a direct indication of a company's quarterly financial earnings and should not be identified as so without SMI's approval.

Purpose of the Report

This report and any data provided in connection with it is provided by SMI Media Inc (SMI) and is created from data and information from a variety of third party sources. It contains analysis of the data by SMI and SMI's commentary (Report). The Report is intended to assist buyers of media and media owners in the conduct of their businesses. The Report is solely for use by media buyers authorized under a media buyer agreement with SMI and persons or entities that subscribe to the Report (User) strictly in accordance with, as the case may be, the terms of its media buyer agreement or, for other recipients, the customer terms set out in its subscriber agreement with SMI and subject to the terms and disclaimers below. Where this report is provided to a recipient in the absence of any commercial agreement with SMI all restrictions on use, warranties and limitations of liability apply. If the User does not agree to these terms and disclaimers, the User should not use the Report.

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The Report may contain errors or omissions and is provided on an 'as is' basis. As the data and information obtained from third parties, SMI does not warrant, guarantee, or make any representation regarding the use or the results of the use of the Report including, but not limited to, the correctness, accuracy, reliability, or currency of the Report. The Report does not contain all advertising and media buying expenditure in the United States. SMI does not warrant, guarantee or make any representation regarding the completeness of advertising expenditure referred to in the Report. Except for liability that cannot by law be excluded, SMI accepts no responsibility for and will not be liable, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, for any loss, liability, cost or expense including any indirect or consequential expenses, losses, damages or costs, loss of profit and lost revenue arising directly or indirectly as a result of the use of or reliance on the Report. To the maximum extent permitted by law, SMI's total liability to the User for all losses, damages and causes of action (in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise) will be limited in aggregate to, in the case of other recipients, an amount equal to the fees paid by the recipient for the Report in the calendar year in which the liability arose.

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Data Source: SMI Dataminer - January 2014 (February Cube)

PRESS CONTACT: Leili-Jones, Jessee, SMI Media, Inc., jjones@standardmediaindex.com

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