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Broadcast TV Finds the Midterms Have Excellent Revenue Reception
· New York time
Broadcast television is set to capture nearly half of political advertising spending ahead of the midterm election, CNBC reported, with local stations benefiting from record spending even as digital gains share. The forecast gives traditional television a substantial role in a business often discussed as though every advertising dollar has already moved into a phone. For station owners, election spending represents commercial demand for access to audiences. For campaigns, it shows that broadcast remains an important part of the advertising mix rather than a relic retained for sentimental reasons. Digital growth and broadcast strength can occur together. Media economics has room for both an advanced targeting platform and a television playing loudly in a room where nobody can find the remote. The nearly-half estimate is a projected share of political advertising, not of all advertising or all media revenue. Its significance lies in the election market and the benefit to local broadcasters. Democracy's arguments may be unresolved, but their distribution has generated a vigorous sales opportunity. The political system has once again discovered a rare area of practical agreement: whatever the competing messages say about spending, somebody will need to purchase the next available block of airtime to explain it.
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