CEASA released its Main Media advertising revenue figures for the six months ended June 2006 to clients on 14^th, indicating that the increase over the same period in 2005 was 3.8% to $4,932,912,000.

On the basis of the revised 2005 June six months figures -

Metropolitan Daily & Sunday Newspapers were $1,073.4 million, down by 6.3%.

Magazines were $339.4 million, up by 4.0%.

Free to Air Television was $1,494 million, stable.

Subscription Television was $100 million, up by 34.3%.

Radio was $425 million, up by 2.1%.

Online was $425 million, up by 60.1%.

Outdoor was $174 million, up by 13.1%

Cinema was $42 million, up by 2.1%

CEASA Managing Director, Bernard Holt, commented that some of the reasons for the soft advertising market would be discussed at the 7^th annual CEASA Marketing & Media Forum on November 13^th.