[opendtv] Top advertisers may warn U.S. networks on pricing

  • From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 23:26:46 -0400

     Top advertisers may warn U.S. networks on pricing
     - May 11, 2004 04:14 PM (Reuters)

By Michele Gershberg


NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters) - Top advertisers will fire
warning shots next week in a showdown with U.S. television
networks over buying commercial time, but their discontent over
rising prices and falling ratings won't translate yet into a
major shift of budgets, ad executives and media watchers said.


As a group, in surveys and through their media buyers, top
ad spenders expressed outrage over steep price increases
commanded by the top four networks during last year's upfront
marketplace for buying commercial time.

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     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=41356780

 
 
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