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JCDecaux posts 5.7% H1 growth as digital screens surge
France's JCDecaux reported 5.7% organic revenue growth in H1 2026, with net profit nearly doubling as digital out-of-home leads — a bright spot in a softer French ad market.
Aug 42 min read
Reddit's ad revenue leaps 64% to $762m — but Wall Street wanted more
Reddit's Q2 2026 advertising revenue jumped 64% to $762m as AI ad tools scaled, yet shares fell on softer US user growth — a lesson in the gap between ad momentum and market expectations.
Aug 33 min read
Amazon's ad machine hits $19.8bn — up 26% as sports inventory sells out
Amazon's advertising revenue climbed about 26% to $19.8bn in Q2 2026, with live-sports inventory selling out — cementing retail media and Prime Video as the industry's third ad giant.
Aug 33 min read
ITV's World Cup H1: ad revenue up 3%, ITVX viewing up 27%
ITV posted a 'solid' first half — total ad revenue up 3%, digital ad revenue up 13% and ITVX viewing up 27% — powered by the World Cup, with a £100m buyback and a softer Q3 flagged.
Aug 33 min read
Global launches its biggest-ever billboard network — and OOH’s data race heats up
Global has unveiled ‘Billboards by Global’, a 4,500-panel out-of-home network reaching 43m Britons a fortnight — and it’s pitched squarely at data-led, measurable OOH.
Jul 313 min read
UK TV’s tale of two markets: linear stalls as addressable jumps 15.5%
The latest AA/WARC Expenditure Report shows UK ad spend hit £11.7bn in Q1 2026 (+9.3%). But TV’s 0.8% headline hides a split: linear flat, addressable up 15.5%.
Jul 313 min read
Meta's Q2 ad revenue hits $59.4bn — and UK advertisers will feel the CPM heat
Meta's Q2 2026 advertising revenue rose 27% to $59.4bn, but the number UK marketers should watch is the 12% jump in price-per-ad. Here's what auction inflation means for your budgets.
Jul 302 min read
UK retail’s slump eases: what the July CBI survey tells marketers
The CBI's July 2026 survey shows UK retail sales falling at their slowest pace in six months. A 'least-bad' market is the hardest to plan for — here's how retail marketers should respond.
Jul 293 min read
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