International Internet Magazine. Baltic States news & analyticsThursday, 09.09.2010, 15:56

Number of television commercials in Latvia increased by 11% in August
07.09.2010In August 2010, the number of television commercials in Latvia increased by 11%, compared with the same period last year, indicates information aggregated by the market, social and media research company TNS Latvia.
Keyword tags: Advertising, Latvia, Markets and Companies

TV pushed print media from leading position on Estonia’s advertising market in Q2
02.09.2010The economic crisis pushed newspapers from the leading position on the Estonian advertising market and now television is the biggest segment on the market, writes LETA/National Broadcasting. 40% of the advertising market volume that had grown to 1.8 billion kroons during the peak of the economic boom was lost during the decline period.

Estonian media advertising market starts overcoming the crisis
24.08.2010TNS Emor reported that the decline of the media advertising market has virtually stopped, writes LETA referring to National Broadcasting. According to TNS Emor’s advertising contribution monitoring survey AdEx, the internet advertising volume that has been in decline in the past two years has started growing in the second quarter of 2010, although it is still by two times lower than the print media.

Lithuania to start advertising campaign in Lonely Planet tourism guide
20.08.2010Lithuanian Tourism Information Center has started advertising of the country in a popular tourism guide Lonely Planet.

Number of tourists visiting Riga increased by 20% in June
29.07.2010In January-June 2010, the number of tourists visiting Riga has increased by 20% when compared to the same period last year, according to the Riga Tourism Development Bureau.
FinMin concluded procurement contracts for euro-awareness campaigns in Estonia
The Ministry of Finance has concluded procurement contracts for booking media space for advertisements, euro-calculators and monitoring surveys before and after the adoption of the euro, writes LETA/National Broadcasting.
Slesers: Riga and Jurmala should allocate for the Latvian tourism advertisement in 2011
The tourism industry should be one of the priorities in the development of Latvia, and therefore the state of Latvia, Riga City Council and Jurmala City Council should allocate LVL 9 million altogether for tourism marketing in 2011, Riga Deputy Mayor Ainars Slesers (Latvia's First Party/Latvia's Way) said at a meeting with representatives of tourism industry yesterday.





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