TV Upfronts

Advertisers Plan on Spending One-Third Less in This Year's Upfront

Covid-19 uncertainty could lead to $7 billion in lost revenue

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Media companies were already bracing for upfront ad revenue losses, but they could be bigger than anticipated.Photo Illustration: Trent Joaquin; Source: Unsplash
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By Jason Lynch

May 13, 2020

Many media companies and buyers expected that this year’s upfront marketplace will be softer in the midst of a pandemic, but a new survey of advertisers reveals just how seismic the ad revenue losses could be this year.

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Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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