2 August 2024 Australia's ad spend this financial year (July 23-June 24) has finished stable at $8.7 billion, just 1.6% less than last year's total figure. Across the...
1 May 2024 Guideline standard media index (SMI) results for March 2024 ad bookings show the softer market conditions have continued in Australia to the end of the...
4 October 2022 Australia’s advertising market continues to defy pessimists and shrug off all economic challenges to report another month of underlying growth in August, with the headline...
1 August 2022 Australia’s media Agency market has emerged stronger and more confident from the COVID pandemic, with Standard Media Index’s end of financial year ad spend revealing...
4 July 2022 Australia’s media Agency market has emerged from the Federal election period finely balanced, with the total ad spend just below the record level reported in...
5 October 2021 Australia’s media Agency market has continued its extraordinary rebound from the COVID pandemic in August according to the latest figures from Standard Media Index. The...
1 September 2021 Australia’s advertising market continues its remarkable recovery from the COVID pandemic with Standard Media Index reporting the fourth consecutive month of growth beyond 40% in...
16 August 2021 Australia’s advertising market continues its remarkable recovery from the COVID pandemic with SMI’s early July data already showing strong double-digit growth, partly boosted by the Tokyo...
1 July 2021 NEW Zealand’s media agency market has returned to its levels of pre-COVID ad spend in May following a record 67.4% increase in year-on-year ad spend,...
1 July 2021 Australia’s advertising market is now moving decisively out of the COVID-induced gloom according to the Standard Media Index It's reporting another record level of...
1 June 2021 The Australian advertising market ‘s COVID downturn is officially over, with SMI reporting April ad demand soaring a record 39.7% year-on-year to $584.4 million which...
1 April 2021 Australia’s media Agency market has continued to recover from the COVID pandemic according to the Standard Media Index. In February, agencies reported a reduced year-on-year decline...
24 March 2021 Standard Media Index has further strengthened its market coverage with the inclusion of IPG Mediabrands into its Australian database. SMI AU/NZ Managing Director Jane Ractliffe...
1 March 2021 Australia’s media Agency market has reported softer advertising demand in January as the delayed Australian Open and the continued impact of COVID 19 briefly interrupted...
1 February 2021 Australia’s media Agency market has continued its solid recovery from the COVID-induced ad recession in December, with a surge in late Digital bookings delivering a...
11 January 2021 Australia’s media Agency market has finally emerged from the longest advertising recession yet recorded according to the Standard Media Index with the value of advertising...
1 December 2020 Australia’s media Agency market is finally emerging from the COVID crisis, with the latest SMI data showing the market back just 4.8% in October, while...
2 November 2020 The COVID-driven move of key sports events out of September resulted in an abnormal decline in Australian media Agency ad spend in the month, but...
9 October 2020 Australia's commercial media industry is continuing to show more signs of recovery as it emerges from the crushing COVID period, with August ad spend down...
2 September 2020 Australia’s media industry continues to rebuild following the huge COVID-19 pandemic hit, reporting the second consecutive month of lower declines with a 28.4% fall in...
3 August 2020 Australia’s media industry has suffered through its worst year in living memory, with the COVID-19 pandemic inflicting a further blow to a market already weakened...
27 July 2020 Australia’s advertising industry has a new comprehensive source of brand-level ad spend detail with Standard Media Index and the independent advertising monitoring company Big Datr...
1 June 2020 The Standard Media Index is reporting that Australia’s media industry has felt the full consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the economy in April,....
3 September 2018 Radio delivered record July results, up 3.1%, as Australia’s media agency market continued to deliver robust results according to a report compiled by Standard Media...
3 July 2018 According to latest Standard Media Index figures, advertising spending dropped in May, with magazines the worst performer and the radio/audio and cinema sectors being the...
