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Perhaps the sky isn't falling after all when it comes to television advertising. Robust TV ad sales in October, as the new television season kicked off, drove the U.S. ad market to its best month this year, according to new data from Standard Media Index (SMI).
In the findings from SMI, which tracks 80 percent of national ad spending from global agencies, broadcast ad revenue was up 12 percent over last October, while cable revenues jumped 9 percent, thanks to upfront price increases, a healthy scatter market (ad time bought during the season as opposed to upfronts) and the football season.
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