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This document is a product of Initiative Media Romania.
In putting together the Media Fact Book we have used audience data
and information supplied by The Romanian Association for Audience
Measurement (ARMA), The Romanian Audit Bureau of Circulation
(BRAT), The Romanian Association for Radio Audience Measurement
(ARA), TNS Research, AlfaCont, GfK Romania, Mercury Research,
IMAS, International Advertising Association (IAA), International
Advertising Bureau (IAB), PriceWaterhouseCoopers, International
Telecommunication Union, Business Monitor International, ANCOM,
alexa.com, The National Centre of Cinematography (NCC), The
National Institute of Statistics (INSSE), National Prognosis Committee
(CNP), EuroStat, TrendOne and The National Bank of Romania (BNR).
Acknowledgements to the following members of the team who
signifcantly contributed to this book:
Octavian Popescu, Steve Dallas, Alexandra Olteanu, Iuliana Stere,
Rodica Caraghina, Marcela Tuila, Ruxandra Stan, Ruxandra Stefan,
Cristina Chinde, Razvan Simionescu, Ersilia Baragan, Maruan Trascu
Special contributor: Lucian Croitoru
INITIATIVE MEDIA S.A, Bucharest, 2011
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Readers should understand that the data contained in the Media Fact
Book is as actual and accurate as the sources could provide.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome as a valuable input for
the future editions of this book.
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Editors Foreword .................................................................. 6
About Initiative ....................................................................... 7
About Brand Connection ....................................................... 8
Economic Landscape ............................................................ 9
Media Market ....................................................................... 11
Media Research .................................................................. 15
Media Consumption Trends................................................. 18
Television ............................................................................. 19
Digital Media ........................................................................ 26
Radio ................................................................................... 35
Press ................................................................................... 41
Outdoor & Indoor ................................................................. 48
Cinema ................................................................................ 52
Creative Media Usage ......................................................... 55
Integrated Communication Services.................................... 58
Media Dictionary .................................................................. 62
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editors foreword
2010 proved to be another diffcult year for the Romanian advertising industry & also the wider Romanian economy.
We estimate that the advertising spend in 2010 totaled 316m, meaning that we are back to a level last seen
5 years ago. Despite some hope that the 2nd half of the year would show some growth this did not happen and
advertising spend dropped by 9% across the whole year.
On a more positive note, with the Romanian economy expected to grow in the second half of 2011, & with some
positive indicators seen already since Q4 2010, there is hope for the beginning of an economic recovery, this is
a view supported by our guest contributor, Mr. Lucian Croitoru, Senior Adviser to the Governor of the National
Bank of Romania, who we have invited to give some expert opinion on the present economic outlook for Romania,
you can read his views in Chapter 5, Economic Landscape. As the advertising industry is usually one of the frst
industries to grow after a recession, we should be positive that we may see a more positive trend in the second
half of 2011.
The decline in the advertising market in 2010 affected all offine media, however the growth in online advertising
(by more than 30%) meant that this was the year when online really cemented its place as a key medium for clients,
and with that growth trend continuing in 2011 online will become the 2nd largest media in terms of advertising
spend. This has taken a little bit longer than in many other countries, but no longer do we see clients just using
their loose change for online campaigns after they have planned all their other media activity.
At the same time the way internet advertising is used by clients is rapidly developing, it is no longer just about
classic display advertising on websites. As the online market continues to develop and mature, the way people
are using the internet is changing, this can be witnessed in the explosion of social media in Romania; Facebook
now has over 3.2m Romanian users & the rate of growth shows no sign of slowing down. Also we are seeing
huge growth in mobile internet usage, with traffc to some of the top mobile sites increasing by over 100% in the
past 6 months.
A consequence of this is that publishers have realized their business models need to change, the print market
will never return to the way it was, but of course it also will not die as some people have suggested. But more &
more titles have realized the importance of their online editions and are beginning to sell both versions together,
not with their online version sold through a separate sales house. Despite some desperate attempts to support
their printed editions with books & DVDs, it is the digital edition that is growing and not just on a PC, but on mobile
versions of their sites, whether read on a smartphone or a tablet PC. Traffc to mobile versions of leading daily
print titles has increased signifcantly in the past six months, and whilst still small will continue to grow and is
another demonstration of the continued digital development in Romania.
Despite the dynamic growth in online and digital advertising, Romania remains a media market dominated by
Television. TV did not suffer as badly as some of the other traditional media in 2010, and increased its share of
the overall revenue to 66%, but with so much choice in terms of the commercial stations available, combined with
an increase in viewing and a further small fall in revenue expected this year, prices will remain under defationary
pressure for 2011.
Overall our expectation is that the advertising market will decrease by a small percentage again this year, but
with some signs of economic growth appearing and with elections on the horizon next year, we do expect that the
advertising market will begin to grow again in 2012.
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Octavian Popescu
Group Vicepresident & COO
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2010 was another year of declining investment in the Romanian advertising market. Whilst in many other coun-
tries in the world the advertising market returned to growth, here in Romania we saw a continued decline in the
overall volumes spent across the year.
For us at Initiative, in such diffcult conditions we still managed to grow our business, the continued support of
all of our clients including Orange, Johnson & Johnson, Ferrero, BMW, Bergenbier SA, Millenium Bank, Pernod
Ricard, Supreme Group, Provident Financial, Kika, Burger King & Fujitsu Siemens, meant that we managed to
increase our overall billings and we thank all of our clients for their continued support & activity in the past year.
In the Romanian market of course, size counts when delivering the best value to clients, & we were very proud to
have risen to second place in the RECMA billings report released in 2010.
As digital media continues to become ever more important in the lives of Romanian consumers, so the services &
solutions that we offer to clients continue to evolve. In 2010 we continued to focus on emerging digital media & ran
our frst campaigns across social media, augmented reality & QR codes. We also continued to commission adhoc
research studies to understand the full impact of digital media on Romanians. With these developments our digital
team continues to grow ensuring fully integrated communication plans across both traditional & digital media.
Our services to clients remain the same as ever, but with an ever growing focus on the array of digital opportuni-
ties that are available. We offer quantitative & qualitative research, communication strategy planning, implemen-
tation and negotiation across campaigns, as well as innovative non-standard special projects (such as event &
media sponsorship, product integration, etc.,.)
As part of this service we also offer to our clients;
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Media Landscape quarterly analysis of the media market;
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Media Fact Book starting 1997, Initiative Romania is the exclusive publisher of this media annual guide,
unique on the Romanian market.
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Media training Presentation of media basics (terminology, methods) and on-the-job training in Initiatives
offce.
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Media PR Initiative provides media coverage to PR events organised by clients, upon request and project
specifcs.
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Outdoor Mapping providing clients a better campaign management
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Digital concept & design management offering clients integrated digital solutions by managing the entire
process from ideation, concept and design to media planning and implementation of digital campaigns, either
directly or in partnership with our digital specialist division, Hyperactive.
Our commitment to clients remains performance led communications, ensuring data, insights & creativity produce
real business outcomes for our clients.
about initiative
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about brand connection
Brand Connection is a European media network part of Interpublic Group of COs (IPG), alongside its sister
agency network, Initiative Worldwide.
In Romania, Brand Connection was established in 2005 and is part of the same communication group with Initia-
tive, Lowe & Partners, Golin Harris, Medic One, Hyperactive.
Brand Connection provides the entire range of specifc services from media strategy and planning to research
and media buying.
Vision
Brand Connection is a new generation medium-size media agency, fexible, but with the buying power of a large
agency, we provide special care for each of our clients. We target direct local clients and we are also the media
arm for some creative agencies.
Effcient investments are guaranteed through a unique approach rooted in the needs of the client and accom-
plished through creative thinking.
People
All Brand Connection specialists are experienced professionals, part of them working with the group from the
very beginning, originally as members of the Initiative team. The two agencies are set up and work independently
whilst sharing in common expertise, tools, media buying power and most of all, a vision of hard work, consistency
and world class standards.
The client portfolio of Brand Connection includes: Intesa SanPaolo Bank, LaborMed Group, Pro Credit Bank, An-
gelini Pharmaceuticals Romania, Teva Pharmaceuticals, La Redoute, Militari Shopping Center, Titan SA, Phillip
Morris Romania, Porsche Inter Auto Romania, Lilly, The AD Store.
Find out more about Brand Connection at www.brandconnection.ro, call at +4021 301 01 38 or write to us at: of-
fcebc@brandconnection.com.
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Over the past two years Romania has made large-scale adjustments. The external imbalance declined from
11.6% of GDP in 2008 to 4.1% of GDP in 2010 and prerequisites have been set for the economy to emerge out of
recession. Adjustments have been made by both private and public sectors. The former has reduced its external
defcit and increased labor productivity, and the latter pursued policies fnancially supported by the EU, the IMF
and the World Bank to ensure fscal consolidation and fnancial stability. The structural budget defcit went down
from 8.2% of GDP in 2008 to 5.5% of GDP in 2010, and the capitalization of the banking sector is comfortable,
with the average solvency ratio exceeding 14 percent.
Refecting these necessary corrections, the economy contracted by a cumulated 8.3 percent in the period 2009-
2010. The protracted recession exerted disinfationary pressures, but the VAT rate increase in July 2010 and the
rise in food and fuel prices have pushed infation to 8.3 percent in April 2011.
The progress in reducing external imbalances and preserving fnancial sector stability has increased foreign in-
vestors confdence in fnancial markets and has paved the way for growth in various sectors to resume. Given that
Romanias economy is highly dependent on capital infows, restoring foreign investors confdence is essential.
Increased investor confdence fosters bank lending and foreign investment.
Signs of sustainable economic recovery are already manifest. Positive growth rates in 2010 Q4 and 2011 Q1
suggests that recession is over. Industrial production has increased steadily since 2009 Q4, with an advance of
10 percent YoY in March 2011. Although still negative, growth rates in the construction and retail sectors are ap-
proaching positive values.
These developments are in line with changes in consumer confdence. Across the euro zone, the consumer con-
fdence indicator (measured as a three-month moving average of respondents opinions) over the next 12 months
has steadily increased from an approximately -30 pp low in April 2009 to -10 pp in January 2011. For the new EU
members, excluding Romania, the lowest confdence was also reached in April 2009, (-42 pp), but it increased to
-23 pp in January 2011. Stronger consumer confdence translated into higher aggregate demand in the euro zone
and helped Romanian exports reach an all-time high in 2010.
In Romania, consumer confdence reached about -53 pp in January 2011, up from a -60 pp low in 2010 Q3. The
main drivers have been the improvement in public fnance and labor market conditions, prospects for growth in
the EU, and the resumption of capital infows.
Increased consumer confdence and higher foreign investor confdence will both support domestic consumption
and investment. Regarding household consumption, even if the average wage stagnates in 2011, bank loan re-
fnancing schemes will result in higher disposable income. However, this does not automatically lead to stronger
purchasing power of households. With pressure from fuel and food prices, the general price index may well
outpace the revenue index, thus reducing the consumer purchasing power. As for investment, demand for invest-
ment loans is recovering slowly, suggesting that gross capital formation might have a larger contribution to the
aggregate demand in the period ahead. Presumably, the growth in domestic demand will be driven by investment
in 2011. However, since consumption accounts for almost 80 percent of GDP, it is expected to regain its place as
the main engine of growth soon. Domestic demand will gradually resume growth, compensating for the modera-
tion in export markets growth.
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Lucian Croitoru
Adviser to the Governor of the
National Bank of Romania
economic landscape
1-The consumer confdence indicator is the arithmetic mean of (percentage) balances of answers regarding the fnancial standing
of households, the overall economic sentiment, expectations on employment and saving over the next 12 months. Balances are
seasonally adjusted.
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While generating new jobs, the resumption in economic growth also poses new challenges. One of them is to
make sure that economic growth is not accompanied by a rapid increase in external debt. More EU funds help
to deal with this challenge, but past experience has proven that a better absorption of such funds was diffcult.
Another challenge is to maintain the growth rate at its potential, after the closing of the defationary output gap, so
as to avoid infationary pressures on the demand side.
The economic crisis has reduced both the level of Romanias potential GDP and its potential growth rate. This
means that even relatively small capital infows make the economy more vulnerable to infation. Moreover, higher
than expected increases in fuel and food prices add to infation and jeopardize the NBRs infation target. The
joint action of larger capital infows and infationary pressures creates an interest rate dilemma similar to that that
infuenced monetary policy in 2006 and 2007.
The continuation of fscal consolidation without jeopardizing Romanias economic growth and its convergence
to EU living standards is another challenge. In the short run, risks to fscal sustainability are contained by the
relatively low level of public debt and the adjustments implemented in 2009 and 2010. Moreover, the new ar-
rangement with the IMF and the EU secures the needed fnancing sources in case of adverse developments in
the international fnancial markets or in the euro area.
Concern remains in the long run. Risk of new fscal slippages remains until deeper reforms of government
employment and social entitlements are implemented. The latter increased from 9.6 percent of GDP in 2006 to
13.8 percent of GDP in 2010. Public pension spending represents almost 37 percent of total budget revenues, a
percentage that ranks Romania second to Greece within the EU. Without adequate reforms, the ratio of persons
aged 65 and over to active population might worsen Romanias fscal parameters.
Risks are also signifcant on the political side. While in-depth reforms in the areas mentioned above require strong
political support, the risk of a fscal slippage remains high throughout 2012-2014, when parliamentary and presi-
dential elections are scheduled to take place (including elections for the European Parliament in 2013).
Higher-than-programmed fscal defcits would keep foreign investors away from Romania. With lower capital
infows, economic growth and bank credit to the real estate sector would remain sluggish, which would result in
relatively low budget revenues. Higher tax rates would not be a solution since they slow down economic growth,
requiring further adjustments on the expenditure side. The adjustment would be increasingly diffcult as public
debt and interest rates would rise.
The year 2011 might be decisive in avoiding this scenario. Seamless implementation of the envisaged fscal
program and the achievement of the 2011 fscal defcit target of 4.4 percent of GDP could entail a signifcant re-
sumption of capital infows. This might have a favorable impact on the course of economic adjustments by raising
stronger support for further fscal prudence, which would set the stage for resuming sustainable economic growth.
media fact book
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Overview
After a full year of crisis, the contraction of the Romanian media market continued in 2010 but at a signifcantly
lower rate compared to previous year (- 9% in 2010 vs.2009). All major media have been impacted TV, radio,
print and outdoor with Internet being the only medium with a signifcant volume increase (more than 30% growth
compared to 2009).
Graph 1: Total net Ad-spend by medium (Mil ) - Estimation
TOTAL (Mil ) TV Print Radio OOH Internet
2003 179 88 58 12 20 2
2004 216 113 62 14 25 2
2005 277 159 66 17 31 4
2006 369 229 71 23 40 6
2007 482 306 79 30 58 9
2008 540 337 82 35 70 16
2009 345 222 37 25 42 19
2010 316 209 26 21 33 26
2011est 306 198 24 20 30 34
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Print continued to be the most affected medium in 2010 (-30% vs. 2009), followed by OOH ( -20%), Radio (-16%)
and with the smallest decrease on TV (-6%).
TV had the highest share of the total net media market (66%) & grew in share versus 2009 (64%), OOH followed
with a share of 11%. The growth in online spend meant that online budgets matched Prints share at 8% and
overtook Radio (7%).
In 2010, the TV market continued its development by launching new channels: TLC, 10 TV and new channels
have been added to the audiences monitoring systems: VH1, TVR3, Dolce Sport, Eurosport2.
Facing a severe drop in readership and advertising investment, the Print market struggled to defend revenues
through aggressive marketing actions: creating new impactful formats, launching supplements for niche audience
groups and developing integrated promotional campaigns on print, TV and online. Sachet insertions covered
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media market
All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of so-
ciety. We can vulgarize that society. We can brutalize it. Or we can help
lift it onto a higher level.
William Bernbach
media fact book
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products from cosmetics to food, with more books and CD / DVD sold together with the newspaper or magazine.
The main sports dailies Gazeta Sporturilor and Pro Sport released their frst 3D editions to mark the occasion of
the football World Cup in May and July 2010.
Some titles moved entirely online, while others were closed down.
Radio tried to adapt to the new market situation through launching new programs, PR activities and improving
their online presence through dedicated websites and social network sites. Despite the crisis, in 2010 most of the
leading stations were sold out in Prime Time, a new channel was launched (Rock FM) and ProFM & ArboRadio
extended their existing networks, improving coverage.
In 2010, OOH was the second medium after print with a dramatic decrease in revenue, as happened in 2009. Due
to the uncertanty in the legal environment and the diffcult market conditions (price defation & low ocupancy rate)
the vendors did not invest in building new sites or in modernizing the existing ones. The major categories with
signifcant OOH investments were retail chains and telecom companies.
The cinema market in Romania is growing with new multiplexes and new technologies (digital projection, 3D
technology, 6D movies). Cinema City became the largest cinema network in 2010. The main categories using
cinema advertising in 2010 were: Beverages, FMCG, Clothing & Footwear, Telecommunications, Electronics,
Auto, Banking and Insurance.
In 2010, online advertising was the only media type refecting a net growth in advertising revenue. The main driv-
ers of growth were the social media platform extensions and performance marketing activities, mainly search.
Social networking sites have recorded unprecedented growth rates, pulling signifcant investment from advertised
brands (estimated 3% of online net advertising investment).
Graph 2:
Market shares in 2009 (net ad-spend by medium)
Graph 3:
Market shares in 2010 (net ad-spend by medium)
TV
66.2%
Print
8.2%
Radio
6.7%
OOH
10.6%
Internet
8.3%
TV
64.3%
Print
10.7%
Radio
7.3%
OOH
12.2%
Internet
5.6%
Source: Initiative database Source: Initiative database
Top Investors
Medical & optical products & services became the leading category, up from 2nd position in 2009 with one of the
highest budget increases (+55%). Mobile Telecommunication Services, the leader last year, dropped to 2nd po-
sition in 2010 despite an increase in budget (+11%). Dairy products and Hygienics are some of the categories
which kept the same ranking, while Cosmetics, Banking & Insurance Services dropped to lower places, whilst
others fell outside of the top 10 (Beer, Cars & 4x4 vehicles).
Categories with growing investment in 2010 are Other sugar, confectionaries, honey (+51%), Household clean-
ers (+26%), both new into the top 10 and Laundry products (+40%).
media fact book
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Source: TV - GfK Romania, Press and radio - AlfaCont
In 2010, P&G seemed to recover from the crisis, showing a growth in spend (+58%) and kept the leading position
as the major advertiser on the market. Kraft (+5%) and Reckitt Benckiser (+19%) followed in 2nd and 3rd places,
as in the previous year, whilst Danone (-5%) and Cosmote (-1%) slightly reduced their budget and dropped to
lower positions.
Ferrero (a new entry in the top 10 for 2010), Orange, Vodafone and Unilever are some of the advertisers with
increasing expenditures and higher positions in the ranking.
Evolution (%)
Category Exp. ( ) Category Exp. ( )
Mobile telecommunications services 490,560,226 Medical & optical products & services 622,870,190 55%
Medical & optical products 402,641,466 Mobile telecommunications services 545,767,434 11%
Milk Products 329,733,226 Milk Products 381,009,052 16%
Beer 324,501,393 Laundry products 346,726,750 40%
Hygienics 301,719,757 Hygienics 340,879,275 13%
Cosmetics 276,672,541 Hair care 321,244,923 20%
Banking & insurance services 271,441,953 Other sugar, confectionares, honey 314,851,668 51%
Hair care 267,933,280 Banking & insurance services 306,575,867 13%
Laundry products 248,236,287 Cosmetics 294,222,426 6%
Cars & 4x4 vehicles 246,256,415 Household cleaners 287,400,033 26%
Evolution (%)
Advertisers Exp. ( ) Advertisers Exp. ( )
PROCTER & GAMBLE 417,848,524 PROCTER & GAMBLE 658,925,194 58%
KRAFT FOODS 272,953,432 KRAFT FOODS 287,696,844 5%
RECKITT BENCKISER 218,923,318 RECKITT BENCKISER 259,624,960 19%
DANONE 194,329,475 ORANGE 241,910,441 46%
HENKEL 190,925,511 HENKEL 216,493,862 13%
COSMOTE 171,078,706 VODAFONE 203,366,305 24%
ORANGE 165,984,459 UNILEVER 185,924,427 21%
VODAFONE 163,930,033 DANONE 184,669,833 -5%
COCA-COLA CO. 153,920,506 COSMOTE 169,134,536 -1%
UNILEVER 153,259,399 FERRERO 167,148,569 57%
Evolution (%)
Brands Exp. ( ) Brands Exp. ( )
DANONE 194,320,535 ORANGE 242,505,222 46%
COSMOTE 171,078,706 VODAFONE 195,479,312 22%
ORANGE 165,986,360 DANONE 184,457,023 -5%
VODAFONE 159,794,338 COSMOTE 169,651,199 -1%
JACOBS 129,399,492 KINDER 117,827,575 50%
ADEVARUL 85,662,247 JACOBS 110,834,898 -14%
NIVEA 85,260,697 ADEVARUL 97,297,727 14%
KINDER 78,546,369 ARIEL 70,860,483 16%
COCA COLA 73,592,486 NUROFEN 67,729,539 68%
VANISH 64,525,528 NIVEA 67,438,273 -21%
2009 2010
2009 2010
Top 10 Advertisers in 2010 vs. 2009 - all media (TV, Press, Radio) - Rate Card Budget
2009 2010
Top 10 Brands in 2010 vs. 2009 - all media (TV, Press, Radio) - Rate Card Budget
Top 10 Categories in 2010 vs. 2009 - all media (TV, Press, Radio) - Rate Card Budget
Evolution (%)
Category Exp. ( ) Category Exp. ( )
Mobile telecommunications services 490,560,226 Medical & optical products & services 622,870,190 55%
Medical & optical products 402,641,466 Mobile telecommunications services 545,767,434 11%
Milk Products 329,733,226 Milk Products 381,009,052 16%
Beer 324,501,393 Laundry products 346,726,750 40%
Hygienics 301,719,757 Hygienics 340,879,275 13%
Cosmetics 276,672,541 Hair care 321,244,923 20%
Banking & insurance services 271,441,953 Other sugar, confectionares, honey 314,851,668 51%
Hair care 267,933,280 Banking & insurance services 306,575,867 13%
Laundry products 248,236,287 Cosmetics 294,222,426 6%
Cars & 4x4 vehicles 246,256,415 Household cleaners 287,400,033 26%
Evolution (%)
Advertisers Exp. ( ) Advertisers Exp. ( )
PROCTER & GAMBLE 417,848,524 PROCTER & GAMBLE 658,925,194 58%
KRAFT FOODS 272,953,432 KRAFT FOODS 287,696,844 5%
RECKITT BENCKISER 218,923,318 RECKITT BENCKISER 259,624,960 19%
DANONE 194,329,475 ORANGE 241,910,441 46%
HENKEL 190,925,511 HENKEL 216,493,862 13%
COSMOTE 171,078,706 VODAFONE 203,366,305 24%
ORANGE 165,984,459 UNILEVER 185,924,427 21%
VODAFONE 163,930,033 DANONE 184,669,833 -5%
COCA-COLA CO. 153,920,506 COSMOTE 169,134,536 -1%
UNILEVER 153,259,399 FERRERO 167,148,569 57%
Evolution (%)
Brands Exp. ( ) Brands Exp. ( )
DANONE 194,320,535 ORANGE 242,505,222 46%
COSMOTE 171,078,706 VODAFONE 195,479,312 22%
ORANGE 165,986,360 DANONE 184,457,023 -5%
VODAFONE 159,794,338 COSMOTE 169,651,199 -1%
JACOBS 129,399,492 KINDER 117,827,575 50%
ADEVARUL 85,662,247 JACOBS 110,834,898 -14%
NIVEA 85,260,697 ADEVARUL 97,297,727 14%
KINDER 78,546,369 ARIEL 70,860,483 16%
COCA COLA 73,592,486 NUROFEN 67,729,539 68%
VANISH 64,525,528 NIVEA 67,438,273 -21%
2009 2010
2009 2010
Top 10 Advertisers in 2010 vs. 2009 - all media (TV, Press, Radio) - Rate Card Budget
2009 2010
Top 10 Brands in 2010 vs. 2009 - all media (TV, Press, Radio) - Rate Card Budget
Top 10 Categories in 2010 vs. 2009 - all media (TV, Press, Radio) - Rate Card Budget
Evolution (%)
Category Exp. ( ) Category Exp. ( )
Mobile telecommunications services 490,560,226 Medical & optical products & services 622,870,190 55%
Medical & optical products 402,641,466 Mobile telecommunications services 545,767,434 11%
Milk Products 329,733,226 Milk Products 381,009,052 16%
Beer 324,501,393 Laundry products 346,726,750 40%
Hygienics 301,719,757 Hygienics 340,879,275 13%
Cosmetics 276,672,541 Hair care 321,244,923 20%
Banking & insurance services 271,441,953 Other sugar, confectionares, honey 314,851,668 51%
Hair care 267,933,280 Banking & insurance services 306,575,867 13%
Laundry products 248,236,287 Cosmetics 294,222,426 6%
Cars & 4x4 vehicles 246,256,415 Household cleaners 287,400,033 26%
Evolution (%)
Advertisers Exp. ( ) Advertisers Exp. ( )
PROCTER & GAMBLE 417,848,524 PROCTER & GAMBLE 658,925,194 58%
KRAFT FOODS 272,953,432 KRAFT FOODS 287,696,844 5%
RECKITT BENCKISER 218,923,318 RECKITT BENCKISER 259,624,960 19%
DANONE 194,329,475 ORANGE 241,910,441 46%
HENKEL 190,925,511 HENKEL 216,493,862 13%
COSMOTE 171,078,706 VODAFONE 203,366,305 24%
ORANGE 165,984,459 UNILEVER 185,924,427 21%
VODAFONE 163,930,033 DANONE 184,669,833 -5%
COCA-COLA CO. 153,920,506 COSMOTE 169,134,536 -1%
UNILEVER 153,259,399 FERRERO 167,148,569 57%
Evolution (%)
Brands Exp. ( ) Brands Exp. ( )
DANONE 194,320,535 ORANGE 242,505,222 46%
COSMOTE 171,078,706 VODAFONE 195,479,312 22%
ORANGE 165,986,360 DANONE 184,457,023 -5%
VODAFONE 159,794,338 COSMOTE 169,651,199 -1%
JACOBS 129,399,492 KINDER 117,827,575 50%
ADEVARUL 85,662,247 JACOBS 110,834,898 -14%
NIVEA 85,260,697 ADEVARUL 97,297,727 14%
KINDER 78,546,369 ARIEL 70,860,483 16%
COCA COLA 73,592,486 NUROFEN 67,729,539 68%
VANISH 64,525,528 NIVEA 67,438,273 -21%
2009 2010
2009 2010
Top 10 Advertisers in 2010 vs. 2009 - all media (TV, Press, Radio) - Rate Card Budget
2009 2010
Top 10 Brands in 2010 vs. 2009 - all media (TV, Press, Radio) - Rate Card Budget
Top 10 Categories in 2010 vs. 2009 - all media (TV, Press, Radio) - Rate Card Budget
Source: TV - GfK Romania, Press and radio - AlfaCont
Orange and Vodafone have been the most advertised brands on the market in 2010, while Danone dropped to
3rd position.
Some brands showing important growth were Nurofen (+68%) and Kinder (+50%), while others reduced their
budgets in 2010: Jacobs (-14%) and Nivea (-21%)
Source: TV - GfK Romania, Press and radio - AlfaCont
media market
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Conclusions and Forecasts 2011
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According to Initiatives estimation, the total net ad spend in 2011 will continue to decrease at a much lower
rate than in 2010, with an overall drop of 3% .
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TV will refect a low decrease (-6%), while Internet will be the only media channel with important increase
(+30%) in net volumes.
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OOH (-10%), Print (-8%) and Radio (-5%) will continue to decrease, but at signifcantly lower rates than in
2010.
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It is expected that TV will slightly decrease its share of the total net market to 65% and Internet will become
the second most important media in Romania, with 11%.
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The online market dynamic trend will be also supported by the release on the market of the media monitoring
system, by BRAT (as of May 2011).
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In Q1 2011 Medical & optical products & services kept 1st position in the top advertised categories, followed
by Dairy products and Mobile telecommunications services. P&G is the leading advertiser, followed by
Kraft and Reckitt Benckiser and the most communicated brand was Orange.
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The cinema infrastructure development will continue especially in the multiplex segment and with the newly
offered technologies. Still, cinema remains one of the less important media choices for advertisers.
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Overview
2010 has been rich in the number of changes and implementation of media related syndicated research projects,
a trend that continued in the frst part of 2011 as well. Important methodological changes in the data collection
procedures have been made for SNA-Focus (press audience and consumption of goods and services) as well as
for SAR (radio audience). At the same time, new projects for advertising monitoring on press, radio and on-line
have been developed and partially implemented under the BRAT umbrella. This last development presents adver-
tisers with the possibility of integrating campaign data from multiple media (press, radio and on-line) into one data
analysis application, leading the way to a higher level of standardization and time effciency.
TV Measurement
Audience measurement for TV is available since August 2001 while access to detailed audience data is available
through membership to ARMA (Romanian Association for Audience Measurement), an organization that also
represents the benefciaries interest in relationship with the data provider.
The current TV Audience Measurement (TAM) Service provider, as designated by ARMA in 2007, is GfK Romania.
Starting with January 1st 2008, GfK Romania delivers the offcial TV audience data in Romania.
TAM system is a quantitative research, which measures the TV usage among the Romanian population: the
minute by minute viewing, 24/7, using telecontrol peoplemeters, across all TV stations that can be received
in the Romanian territory and for all the TV sets within the households included in the study panel. GfK TAM
system offers also a wide potential for analyzing target audience viewing on more than 130 socio-demographic
and lifestyle variables. At the beginning of the service, on January 1st 2008, 40 TV stations were registered as
members of the National Study of Measuring TV Audiences, currently there are 55 monitored.
Monitoring data is available from a relatively wide range of providers, although only GfK Romania provides
performance data for TV spots alongside with correction factors for spots with lengths differring from 30. Starting
on 23rd of March 2009 GfK Romania created a web site where each client has a user account for accessing all
the data needed and a video archive with all the TV commercials aired since 1st of January 2008.
The software tool for exploiting data provided by GfK is InfoSysTV (provided by TNS Research) and it allows
detailed and complex visualizations and analysis of both audience and monitoring data while at the same time
offering a module for media planning.
Other notable providers of monitoring data are AlfaCont (presently monitoring 16 TV stations) and Media Image.
As decided in the tender organized by ARMA, Kantar Media will be the TAM services provider as of 2012.
Internet Measurement
BRAT is presently the only provider of performance data concerning Internet traffc and audience structure. The
study is called SATI and presently is the only generally recognized study by the media industry, although other
services of traffc measurement exist.
The method used for traffc measurement, audience and profles of the websites has already been used for many
years in four other European countries and is widely accepted. It fulflls the IFABC guidelines regarding traffc
measurement.
SATI presently measures 305 websites and 27 mobisites together with streaming measurement for 5 websites.
Traffc measurement is delivered through two main access points: the SATI website and the Scores on-line ap-
plication. Traffc data started being delivered by SATI from October 2007.
media research
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
Albert Einstein
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The SATI website offers general traffc data (page impressions, number of visits and unique visitors) and has gen-
eral access. The data is given in daily, weekly and monthly fgures for the last 12 months of data traffc measuring,
with downloadable traffc certifcates being available.
The Scores application offers data for the same websites as the SATI website, but the data analysis is more in
depth, offering the possibility to split traffc across various sections, comparison between websites, daily and
hourly resolution for data analysis, top entry / exit pages, geographical location and technical data (browser type,
screen resolution and operating system). The application allows for real time viewing of traffc data.
Audience measurement is available since June 2008 when BRAT delivered the frst database for audience meas-
urement.
The standard delivery for the internet audience data is spanned across a period of 6 months, with weekly aver-
ages being given. SATI measures the audience (number of visitors per week) of the websites, for the people, 14
64 years old, living in urban areas, who are internet users. The method for data collection is CAWI (computer
assisted web interview).
Basic demographics along with general Internet usage and some consumption variables are available.
The software for the Internet audience data is SESAME, the same as in the case of SNA FOCUS, and besides
the simple table listing, crosstab generation and media ranking facilities it also contains a basic media planning
module based on weekly page impression fgures.
Monitoring data for on-line campaigns has been an important project developed in 2010 and starting from June
2011 BRAT will deliver the results of the frst Romanian syndicated study meant to measure the level of gross
advertising expenditure present on the Internet, on websites that are BRAT members MIPO.
Previous to this launch, the IAB and PriceWaterhouseCooper audit of the level of Internet advertising expenditures
was the only industry recognized provider of this kind of data.
Radio Measurement
Audience measurement is available through the Radio Audience Survey (SAR) is a syndicated research program
in co-operation with the Radio Audience Association (ARA). In 2003, IMAS Marketing & Polls and Mercury Re-
search were appointed to implement the new radio audience measurement. The service has been available since
June 2004.
Day after recall method (the remembrance is aided by recalling the activities conducted during the day prior to
the interview). The frequency of the study was two waves per year during 2004 - 2007. Starting from 2008, SAR
delivers audience data in three waves per year. The universe covers the urban and rural population, living in
private households, aged over 11 years old, in accordance with offcial statistics at July the 1st 2009.
The software for data analysis is MasoR7 (Media Audience Software Radio). The audience segmentation con-
siders all the variables in the questionnaire on the basis of which the user can build specifc target groups. The
software also has a planning module that can be used for gross planning of radio campaigns.
The frst delivery of radio audience data in 2011 will contain data collected by means of CATI (computer assisted
telephone interview), a change in the data collection method decided and implemented by ARA in 2010.
In 2010, BRAT started the development of MIPR a new monitoring data syndicated study for radio supported
by both media agencies and station owners. The project is currently under development and it is expected that
the frst data will be available in the second half of 2011.
Press Measurement
BRAT is presently the only provider of performance data concerning print-run audit and audience measurement
for press.
Print-run and circulation audit are offered through third party auditing companies appointed through offer selec-
tion. Audit data is public and comprises total print-run, distributed print-run, circulation (through kiosk sales, paid
subscription, free copies, block sales etc.) and returns.
For the free press, the audit data comprises different categories of circulation: beside the print-run, the distributed
copies are detailed by the way they are distributed: list of subscribers, public places, events, etc.
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BRAT also offers audit services for electronically distributed publications.
Starting 2009, BRAT increased the level of security regarding the audit fgures, verifying with their own personnel
in the feld, the print-run.
Starting 2009, the circulation statements are issued on a fxed date, therefore every trimester, all the audited print
titles release their circulation data at the same time.
Presently BRAT audits approximately 300 publications, both national and local.
Audience measurement is offered through the SNA-FOCUS study, which offers, besides readership measure-
ment (main dimension measured is AIR average issue readership) a wide range of demographic variables and
data regarding the consumption of goods and services.
The studys universe consists of individuals, urban residents age 14 to 64 years old and the database is delivered
on a quarterly basis, with the fgures reported being the yearly averages. Presently, the study includes approxi-
mately 200 publications, all of them being BRAT members.
The software for exploiting the data is SESAME which offers the possibility of target defnition, simple tables list-
ing, crosstab generation, cluster analysis, duplication analysis, media ranking and media planning.
The SNA-FOCUS study has undergone a complete update during 2010 and quarter 1 of 2011. A new data collec-
tion tool (CAPI computer assisted personal interview) will be used for the readership component of the study.
Also, the FOCUS questionnaire was completely updated and the universe was extended to individuals aged 14 to
74 years old. As a result of these changes, deliveries for SNA-FOCUS databases stopped as of H1 2011, with the
frst data collected in the new confguration being scheduled to be delivered at the beginning of 2012.
Monitoring data for press was the frst project of this kind developed in 2010 by BRAT with the general consensus
of both publishers and media agencies. The project started delivering data in Q1 2011 and is currently monitoring
more than 200 publications.
OOH Measurement
Presently there is no syndicated study to measure performance and traffc data for OOH supports. Although there
have been several attempts to implement an OOH traffc study that would be generally recognized as both rele-
vant and reliable, nothing has been actually implemented. Occasional studies are released by OOH vendors that
are either incomplete in coverage and the type of studied formats, or disputable in terms of used methodology.
As the search for a technical solution and a more general consensus related to this type of study continues, OOH
owners and sellers would most likely continue to do their own traffc estimations for their respective OOH supports.
Cinema Measurement
Presently there is no syndicated study to measure traffc data or the demographic structure of cinema goers,
although main cinema chains do conduct ad-hoc client research projects in order to measure those indicators.
Reports from those studies are available in varying amounts to media agencies.
Conclusions and Forecasts 2011
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The general trend when it comes to syndicated research is to both reduce costs and at the same time stand-
ardize and unify data sources. This translates into switching to projects conducted by non-proft professional
associations where the control belongs to the benefciary members and where proft pressures do not exist.
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Although the initial reaction to the recession was to reduce spending on syndicated research products, the
current situation is one where the fnancial cost of such projects is actually lower than the disadvantage of not
having data. It is expected that the process will reverse, with those who previously withdrew coming back and
new ones signing up.
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The area where research is expected to develop into more complex and complete products is for Internet and
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The peak of the economic recession in 2010 has brought with it changes in media consumption that many peo-
ple predicted. With the amount of disposable income decreasing, paid for media (newspapers, magazine) have
decreased in their level of consumption while media whose costs fall into the monthly budget category (TV, In-
ternet) have become more important, although in some cases the audience structure became less appealing for
advertisers.
The Game Changer study conducted by Initiative in 2010 on active urban residents aged 21-45 years old revealed
that the need for information coupled with decreased fnancial possibilities have clearly split the media into two
categories: the essential ones (TV, Internet, mobile) and the non-essential ones (newspapers, magazines), frst
to be cut out of the budget if the necessity occurred. Radio remained in a grey area, mostly due to the payment
method (fxed tax included in the energy bill) that makes it very hard to quantify the costs and generally impossible
to not pay.
TV has remained the media with the highest level of coverage in 2010 and the cheapest method of entertainment.
However, in terms of reliability of information, TV falls below the Internet, as it is perceived as being generally bi-
ased, politically infuenced and also incapable of simultaneously offering multiple points of view of the same story.
What is more important about TV though, is that its audience is continuing to grow older with each passing year
and this might be bad news for advertisers who wish to attract a younger audience. According to the data provided
by GfK for the TV audience study, the proportion of viewers aged 55 years old and above in the urban TTV has
increased by 7% in 2010 compared to 2009. This is to be viewed in the context where the older segment generally
represent one third of the urban TTV.
Also growing older is the Internet audience, but in this case its good news. According to SATI, the same age
segment (55 years old and above) have increased their share of urban Internet consumption by 16% in March-
August 2010 compared to the same period of 2009. Internets ability to attract older demographics completes a
puzzle in which one of the greatest disadvantages of online was its lack of coverage across the full age spectrum.
As Internet and mobile internet go hand-in-hand, it should also be noted that, also according to SATI, the number
of monthly visits on mobisites in January 2011 is ten times bigger, on average, than the same fgure in January
2010.
Radio is also infuenced by the increasing development and expansion of mobile internet. According to SAR, at a
national level and comparing 2010 with 2009, the level of total daily reach has increase by 9% in the case of Inter-
net listenership and by 8% in the case of mobile listenership. This happens in the context of the total daily reach
decreasing by 2% at a national level and with Internet and mobile listenership having a share of approximately
15% of the total daily reach.
Press has paid the highest toll during the recession, as with decreases in circulation came a consistent decrease
in the level of readership. According to SNA-Focus, at the urban level, 2010 brought about a decline of 23% in the
overall reach of fortnightly publications compared to 2009. Weeklies followed with a 21% decline and supplements
decreased by 19%. The least affected were monthly publications, with an 11% decrease and newspapers with a
decrease of 7%. Subsequently, the decreases on average issue readership per periodicity segment decreased in
a directly proportional manner.
Somewhat of a surprise was the fact that, also according to SNA-Focus, the percentage of people who spend at
least 3 hours per day outside has decreased in 2010 by 8% during week-time and 4% during weekend. The fact
that the general stress the consumer has during the recession greatly decreases their attention span, coupled with
the above fgures, prompts the need for OOH to develop ways in which to be more attention grabbing.
There are little to no signs that this situation will change in 2011. TV audience will continue to grow old but, unlike
Internet, will not be able to grow its appeal to the younger age groups while Internet and mobile will continue their
expansion to new segments of the population, offering multiple communication possibilities to advertisers. Radio
will remain an announcement-media whilst there are no signs that press will recover soon or at all in terms of
audience size. Last but not least, OOH remains somewhat stable but, as previously said, the need to make it more
creative and appealing is crucial.
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Facts
In 2010 TV attracted around 66% of all net media sales with a total of 209 million .
Overview
In 2010 TV consolidated its position in a declining market (increasing share from 65% of net spend in 2009 to
66%) after the share decrease seen in 2008. The Economic crisis continued and television remained the favoured
entertainment source, however advertisers decreased their TV budgets slightly.
CME kept its leading position followed by Intact Group in terms of rating delivery. These were followed by TVR,
SBS, Dogan and Realitatea.
The changes in TV market dynamics were a little slower than the previous year, with a total of 55 monitored TV
stations (from 52 at the end of 2009). The newest TV stations registered to the service are: VH1, Eurosport 2,
TCM, TVR3, Dolce Sport, 10TV, TLC. There were also stations which withdrew from the service like GSP2 and
GSP3, Telesport, Sport Klub and Vox News.
Regarding the TV penetration by reception type, there is an increase in the penetration of DTH. After a big in-
crease in 2008, we can see a constant growth from year to year and in 2010 more than 26% of households in
Romania have Direct to Home reception. In addition, terrestrial reception is declining from 13.5% in 2007 to 6%
in 2010. Analogue cable and digital cable are steady, without signifcant variations.
Reception Type Year 2007 Year 2008 Year 2009 Year 2010
Analogue cable 69.7 66.6 67.4 66.75
Direct To Home (DTH) 15 22.15 23.45 26.2
Terrestrial 13.5 8.95 7.45 5.8
Digital cable with receiver 4.3 3.9 3.85 4.1
Source: GfK Romania
In 2010, audiences have declined on average by 4%-5% for the overall market, with the niche channels
signifcantly more affected than the major ones. 2010 was characterized by a new wave of defation of around
22% in conjunction with a massive increase of sold GRPs in the market, 20% higher than 2009.
The defation resulted in a CPT decrease to an average of 1.2 (All urban).
MPI (Pro TV, Acasa TV, Pro Cinema, Sport.ro, MTV) had the largest budget share, ca. 50% of total net TV ad-
spend. Intact (Antena 1, Antena 2, Antena 3, Euforia, GSPTV) follows with a share of 24%, then SBS (Prima TV)
with 6%, SRTV (TVR1, TVR 2, TVR Cultural) with 4% and Kanal D with 4%, Realitatea 4% of the total TV spend.
Years 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Jan-Mar 2011
Buying target GRP30"(000) sold 1500 1600 1700 1600 1463 1745 400
Share of TV monitored (% all 18-49 urban) 88% 92% 93% 92% 94% 94% 94%
TV Loading (%) 57% 66% 72% 68% 64% 76% 67%
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television
Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in
your living room by people you wouldnt have in your home.
David Frost
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The total GRP30 sold in 2010 by TV stations was 1.745.000 GRP30(20% more than 2009), of which 38% by
MPI, 22% by Intact, 8% by Realitatea, 6.1% by Prima TV, 5.7% by Kanal D, 5.5% by SRTV.
Because of the weak results in 2009 in terms the sold airtime inventory, TV stations chose in 2010 to be fexible
in terms of price defation aiming to fully sell 100% of their inventory throughout the year
Graph 1: Sold GRP30 (000) by month (buying target)
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124.7
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The sold out rate jumped from 64% (average 2009) to over 76%, with long periods (starting February 15th until
the end of the year) of fully sold out airtime in Prime time and large segments of Off Prime time.
Graph 2: Average Inventory sold % Min all day and prime time
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The money allocated by advertisers decreased by 6% - indicating a lower demand from clients, the channels re-
acted with discounted offers to reach the demand of signifcant defation so, for the frst time the market reached
a balance between supply and demand, the price defation was mainly generated through the large amount of
inventory available and unsold during the previous year.
As the market was still declining in 2010, and the pressure for TV channels to maximize their share of market
was huge, besides defation and special seasonal deals, the stations were ready to offer better deals for polarized
shares of GRPs. So by the end of 2010 40% of GRPs where spent on a channel mix with polarization towards
either MPI or Intact which lowered the prices even further.
In 2010 the advertisers continued to use shorter copylengths, and the 30-35 spot-lengths decreased in share in
favor of 5-15 ones.
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Graph 3: Spot-length usage (Share % - insertions)
5" - 15"
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2010
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2009
Source: GfK Romania
TV Channel Profle
In 2010 ProTV kept the leading position (Rtg 3.5%, Shr 20.6% all 18-49 urban) as in 2009 followed by Antena
1 (Rtg 2.1%, Shr 12.4%) and Acasa TV (Rtg 1%, Shr 6%). Prima TV (Rtg 0.9%, Shr 5.5%) shared 4th with two
other stations with equal ratings: Kanal D (Rtg 0.9%, Shr 5.3%) and TVR1 (Rtg 0.9%, Shr 5.2%). Realitatea TV
and National TV also had the same rating (0.7%). Disney entered into the top 10 TV stations with 0.4% Rtg% and
2.4% Shr.
Acasa TV, Pro Cinema, Antena 1, Prima TV, gspTV, OTV, National Geographic are some of the TV stations that
registered lower ratings in 2010, whilst Pro TV, TVR1, Disney and Kiss TV followed an increasing audience trend.
Graph 4: Monthly Dynamic Program Analysis (Rtg%, All 18-49 urban top 10 channels 2010, 07:00-
25:00)
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Source: GfK Romania
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In 2010 the top 10 TV stations accumulated more than 65% of the total audience share of the 18-49 urban popula-
tion.
Pro TV (95.6% national coverage) kept the leading position for the 7th consecutive year. In 2010, according to
GfK Romania, the top program preferences were: Football matches 2012 Europe Championship qualifying
(17% Rtg all 18-49 urban) Europa League (10% Rtg all 18-49 urban) and Cupa Romaniei (9% Rtg all 18-49
urban). Dansez pt. tine (8% Rtg all 18-49 urban) remained most watched entertainment show, and Pro TV News
19.00 (8% Rtg all 18-49 urban) was the most watched news program. Other high rated programs included sports
broadcasts like Handball Champions League (8% Rtg all 18-49 urban) and Divertis land of jokes (7% Rtg
all 18-49 urban), along with prime time movies.
Pro TV delivered a good affnity on its target audience group 18-49 y.o., urban thus making the station the pri-
mary choice for advertisers.
Antena 1 (95.7% national coverage) delivered high audiences with special broadcasts during the Christmas and
New Year period: Chef cu Nae si Vasile (9% Rtg all 15-54 urban), Revelionul recordurilor (8% Rtg all 15-54 ur-
ban) and Craciun cu Nae si Vasile (7% Rtg all 15-54 urban). Antena 1 also broadcast football matches from Liga
1 (6% Rtg all 15-54 urban) which had good performances, although the main focus was on entertainment shows:
Plasa de stele (6% Rtg all 15-54 urban), In puii mei! (6% Rtg all 15-54 urban), Te pui cu blondele (6% Rtg all
15-54 urban), Canta daca poti (5% Rtg all 15-54 urban), Viata in mov (4% Rtg all 15-54 urban), Superbingo
Metropolis (4% Rtg all 15-54 urban).
In 2010 Antena 1 extended the entertainment category with reality shows like Burlacul (5% Rtg all 15-54 urban),
Confdential: Te iubesc, pupa-te-as! (5% Rtg all 15-54 urban) and Comanda la mine! (4% Rtg all 15-54 urban).
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Graph 5: ProTV Audience profile
Graph 6: Antena 1 Audience profile
Source: GfK Romania (target: all urban area)
Acasa TV (92% national coverage) ranks 3rd in terms of all 18-49 urban audience share.
Dona Barbara (5% Rtg w, 15-49 urban), Iubire si onoare (5% Rtg w, 15-49 urban), In numele iubirii (5% Rtg
w, 15-49 urban), Predestinati (4% Rtg w, 15-49 urban) and Aniela (4% Rtg w, 15-49 urban) were the most
viewed soap operas.
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Prima TV (93.7% national coverage) ranks 4th in terms of all 18-49 urban audience share, which is also their
buying target audience. Cronica Carcotasilor, Schimb de mame and Trasnitii were the most viewed programs
and reached 4% Rtg all 18-49 urban. Prima TV continued to broadcast reality shows like Fermier. Caut nevasta!
(3% Rtg all 18-49 urban), Miss fata de la tara (3% Rtg all 18-49 urban), Cearta-n bucate (2% Rtg all 18-49 ur-
ban) and Cireasa de pe tort (2% Rtg all 18-49 urban) but had good performances for other entertainment shows
like Mondenii (2% Rtg all 18-49 urban) and prime time movies.
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Graph 7: Acasa TV Audience profile
Graph 8: Prima TV Audience profile
Kanal D (88.8% national coverage) focused on local productions: Nora pentru mama (2.6% Rtg all 18-49 ur-
ban), Testul de rezistenta (2.5% Rtg all 18-49 urban), Fata lui tata (2.4% Rtg all 18-49 urban), Ochii din umbra
(2.4% Rtg all 18-49 urban), Casatoreste-te cu mine! (2.2% Rtg all 18-49 urban) and Faci fata, faci bani (2% Rtg
all 18-49 urban). The Turkish soap operas and prime time movies had lower performances in 2010 than in 2009.
TVR 1 (99.1 % national coverage) is the main public channel and in 2010 ranks 6th in terms of all 18-49 urban
audience share. Football transmissions dominated the most watched programs for TVR1: 2012 Europe Cham-
pionship qualifying (12.5% Rtg all 18+ urban), 2010 FIFA World Championship (6.8% Rtg all 18+ urban) and
UEFA Champions League (5.4% Rtg all 18+ urban).
Other high rated programs Un artist printre ingeri Ion Dolanescu (6.9% Rtg all 18+ urban), O data in viata
(5.7% Rtg all 18+ urban), Hai sa ne-ntalnim Sambata seara (5.4% Rtg all 18+ urban).
Eurovision, always broadcast on TVR1, reached 3.8 Rtg all 18+ urban.
Realitatea TV (92.2% national coverage) is the main News channel and ranks 7th in the top TV stations by all
18-49 urban audience. Realitatea de la ora 20:00 is the prime time program with the highest rating on all 25-55
ABC urban target. Other top audience programs are: Ora de foc (1.9% Rtg all 25-55 ABC urban), Zece pentru
Romania (1.9% Rtg all 25-55 ABC urban), the elections program Tu decizi (1.8% Rtg all 25-55 ABC urban),
talk-show Tanase si Dinescu (1.7% Rtg all 25-55 ABC urban) and Realitatea de la ora 21:00 (1.7% Rtg all 25-
55 ABC urban)
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Graph 9: Kanal D Audience profile
Graph 10: TVR 1 Audience profile
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Source: GfK Romania (target: all urban area)
Graph 11: Realitatea TV Audience profile
Graph 12: Antena 3 Audience profile
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National TV (89.1% national coverage) ranks 8th, broadcasting Indian productions (soap operas and prime
time movies) and local productions (reality shows). In cautarea fericirii (3% Rtg all urban) was the most watched
program, followed by entertainment show Sa v-amintiti Duminica (2.4% Rtg all urban). Other Indian soap operas
with good performances were Triunghiul iubirii (2% Rtg all urban) and Culoarea fericirii (2% Rtg all urban). Two
of the most watched reality shows were Iubire interzisa (2.2% Rtg all urban) and Copii contra parinti (1.5% Rtg
all urban).
Antena 3 (87.2% national coverage) occupied 9th place in the top ten TV stations in 2010 and ranks 2nd as the
most watched speciality TV news channel after Realitatea TV. The top rating programs were political debates and
talk-shows such as:
Sinteza zilei (3.3% Rtg all 18+ urban), Subiectiv (2.8% Rtg all 18+ urban), Stirea zilei (2.5% Rtg all 18+ ur-
ban), Punctul de intalnire (2% Rtg all 18+ urban) and In gura presei (2% Rtg all 18+ urban). Stiri 21 was the
news program with the best performance (2% Rtg all 18+ urban).
Conclusions and Forecasts 2011
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After another year of decline for the TV market in 2010 - stations have adapted, learning that demand is
the driving factor and the market volatility should lead to a faster response; that beyond annual deals short
term deals are just as important and the battle to sell all of their inventory is now more diffcult than in 2010.
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The frst quarter of 2011 started with an increase in audience of 4% versus Q1 2010 and the TV sta-
tions eagerness to grow advertising volumes higher than Q1 2010. Unfortunately the desire to generate
budget growth collided with the demand of the market, down by 9% - leading to lower costs and at the
same an time increase of inventory sold (min) from 61% to 65% across all day (particularly in off PT).
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Polarized budgets remain a buying/ selling strategy, in Q1 2011 we estimate over 45% of GRPs were bought/
sold in a channel mix polarized towards one of the major TV groups in the market. This practice creates com-
petition between the major players by offering lower prices for receiving a larger share of budgets.
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MPI and Intact increased their cumulated share in terms of sold GRPs from 60% in 2010 to 65% in Q1 2011
at the expense of the other players.
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At the end of 2010, the circulated view that 2011 would see a recovery was shattered by the caution of clients
in committing annual budgets and concluding annual deals, many clients reduced budgets and did not fnalise
negotiations until much later in the year.
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In an economic environment still in crisis, the advertising market managed to reduce the double digit falls from
the previous 2 years - Initiative estimates for 2011 a 6% decrease for TV expenditure.
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Regarding the audiences we see a recovery based on large investments in programming (Got Talent or X fac-
tor) average 5% increase in ratings - which will generate a surplus availability of GRPs on the market - one
more reason for the market to clamp price defation.
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2011 is still a defationary year in terms of buying costs (with a smaller defation than for the last two years)
at an estimated 8% for the overall market - but of course the autumn will be defning from this perspective.
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digital media
Facts
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Online budgets account for ~30% of all advertising budgets in the UK, the highest share of advertis-
ing budgets for any market in Europe. Nordic markets range between 20 and 25%. European average
18-19%. Search advertising is leading the online budgets in most advanced countries, but display
registered the highest increase in 2010, mostly based on display and search models coming closer
together into bidding platforms and display gaining on demographic-driven communication and tech-
nological advancements.
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2010 was the frst year for the Romanian advertising market, when online budgets grew to the extent
where they overtook those for radio and reached a similar level to those for print, with ~8% of all
advertising expenditure. Advertisers continue to shift budgets from traditional media in favor of their
digital media activity and to look for new technologies to improve performance.
Overview
Refecting back on 2010, it was a strong year for the digital market in Romania, continuing the increasing invest-
ments and interest from all players.
The main drivers of growth were from social media and performance marketing activities, mainly search. Social
group buying was an important addition to the internet landscape of last year and is driving rapid increase of
investments from brands.
Eurostat, the statistical offce of the European Union, reports Internet penetration in Romania to be at 42% of
households in H1 2010, compared to 38% in 2009. The same report states that household broadband penetra-
tion registered a similar level as 2009 - 23%. As a main conclusion, ISDN or modem connections registered the
largest growth in domestic connections.
The same Eurostat report indicates a 36% internet penetration to population.
In the latest report on the status of the telecommunications market published by ANCOM (The National Associa-
tion for Communications) in June 2010, Romania counts a total number of 6.25 million broadband connections
nationally, a 23% increase from the previous year. The increase is largely driven by mobile connections (mobile
internet and smartphones), which now stand at 3.32 million connections, representing a 36.6% increase from
June 2009.
Highlights 2010
State of the web:
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Akamai report for Q4 2010 ranks Romania as no.3 globally in average peak connection speeds (and 4th in
connection speed, generally, same as in 2009, with a slight decrease YoY). Top 2 countries - Hong Kong and
South Korea. In contrast to the average measured connection speed, the average peak connection speed
metric is more representative of Internet connection capacity.
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Romania`s connectivity speed can be translated in high percentage of broadband connections and easily-
accessible web content.
() it is more important than ever for advertisers and publishers to
empower consumers with relevant information to engage them and to
provide tools with which they can choose how they want to interact or
transact with a brands campaign. Marketers must provide value and
can no longer use mass marketing techniques to push or trick the
consumer into a transaction.
Peter Bordes, CEO & Chairman of Media Trust, U.S.A.
media fact book
Internet
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Constanta ranks as the fastest city in Europe & 10th in the world in terms of peak speed, with only Asian cities
surpassing it.
Users statistics:
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As predicted in MFB 2010, more than 55% of the Romanian internet users are over 30 y.o. This demographic
profle is typical for emerging markets and can be also seen in other parts of the world like Asia and Latin
America. The maturing trend is expected to continue.
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From the same data base we can conclude that over the past 2 years, Romanian internet users became more
educated, used online more frequently and their e-commerce and online banking activities are on the rise.
Still far from European average, these indicators represent important growth potential that will make online
activities for companies more business-results oriented.
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According to SNA Focus data for Jan 2011, 66.4% of urban population aged 14 to 64 (usually the target of any
communication activities) used internet in the past 12 months.
Tabel 1: Users profle, SATI 2008 - 2010
Indicator Variables
Mar 2008 -
Aug 2008
Mar 2009 -
Aug 2009
Mar 2010 -
Aug 2010
2009/2008 2010/209
Percent of audited audience YOY evolution
Age group
14-29 y.o. 49.5 46.6 44.3 -6% -5%
30-49 y.o. 39.7 42.0 43.3 6% 3%
50+ y.o. 10.9 11.5 12.2 6% 6%
Level of education
Less than 7 grades 0.7 0.5 0.4 -29% -20%
Vocational School 7 8 9 14% 13%
University 31.3 32.4 34.2 4% 6%
Frequency of usage internet
Several times per week 7.8 9.3 10.4 19% 12%
Several times per month 0.8 1.1 1.4 38% 27%
Buy online products/services
Sometimes 12.5 13.9 16.9 11% 22%
Seldom 17.7 18.8 22.7 6% 21%
Online banking
Frequently 6.1 8 8.7 31% 9%
Sometimes 6.9 8.3 10 20% 20%
Seldom 10 10.4 12.5 4% 20%
Digital consumption
Social networking sites have recorded unprecedented growth rates. For example Facebook.com grew in terms
of world-wide reach from 10% in early August 2008 to 36% in August 2010 and passed 500 mil. users, while
Twitter.com reaches today 11% of the total world-wide internet users compared to practically nothing in late 2008
(Source: Digital Fact Book).
Graph 1: Global traffc for twitter.com and facebook.com
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2009
Daily Reach (percent)
2010 2011
2
4
6
8
10
12
twitter.com
0
2009
Daily Reach (percent)
2010 2011
10
20
30
40
50
facebook.com
Source: Alexa.com
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Romania follows the same trend, with ~170% increase YOY (May 2011 over May 2010) and ~42% penetration
to the online population.
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Facebook users are younger compared to the online universe: 16% Facebook users are 13-17 y.o., compared
to 9.9% overall internet users (14-18 y.o.); 65% Facebook users are 18-34 y.o., compared to ~48% overall
internet users (19 34 y.o.)
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18 34 y.o. is also the fastest growing segment on Facebook in terms of absolute numbers.
Graph 2: Romanian traffc for facebook.com, Jan `09 May `10
50,000
700,000
1,200,000
1,900,000
3,267,000
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500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
3,500,000
Jan 2009 Jan 2010 May 2010 Nov 2010 May 2011
Source: socialbakers.com
Advertising market
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2010 registered important movements on the ad networks (publishers & sellers) side, confrming a still im-
mature market
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H1 2010 marked one premiere in the Romanian online market - 10 of the biggest sales houses signed a self
regulatory agreement on performance media practices. The new rules come to restrict important develop-
ments, since almost none of the players put any solutions in place to offer performance tools for advertisers
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Vendors became more fragmented: new ad networks - Ringier, Inform Media, Digital4, RRM, Media Point,
Q2M and others.
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Another direction that added to the market`s fragmentation is that few important internet properties split ad-
vertising space in to more than one sales representative
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At the end of 2010, Intact Interactive split its business in 3 different directions/companies, adding to the mar-
ket fragmentation. This shows an incoherent digital selling policy with one of the main media players on the
Romanian market.
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Ad networks are increasingly focused on offering innovative advertising solutions and use technology enabled
targeting capabilities. This trend will drive the online market to a smaller share in traditional display-based
activities.
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All of the above set the groundwork for big network domination in 2011 through consolidated reach offers.
Online advertising budgets
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Initiative estimates a ~35% YOY increase of all online ad budgets (traditional, search, social etc.), up to a level
of ~26 mil. EUR. With all other media budgets decreasing with ~10% or more YoY, digital is the rising star.
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IAB-PWC H1 2010 offcial report states an impressive growth rate 65% compared to H1 2009, but there
are important factors to be taken into consideration when trying to interpret it. First would be an extremely
low level of H1 2009, based on advertisers early reactions to the crisis. Second would be the variable pool of
companies included in the report from one year to another.
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IAB-PWC report for entire 2010 places ad expenditures at ~30% over 2009, so H2 balanced downward the
yearly growth, due to less seasonal peaks throughout the year than in 2009.
digital media
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Approx. 70% of all budgets are estimated to be placed on awareness campaigns traditional or innovative
formats. SEM continues to grow up to ~23% of ad spend, social media and others ~ 7% (Initiative estimation).
l
Out of the display budgets, 45-50% went to embedded formats, interruptive formats and content sponsorship
- 8-12% each, with affliate advertising and paid for listings continuing to grow rapidly.
As a conclusion for 2010, online advertising continued to be mostly used for brand/awareness activities, but
performance-led campaigns are increasing fast. Initiative estimates increasing budgets being allocated from other
activities than commercial communication (ex.: sales, PR).
Graph 3: Net Ad Spend Evolution* 2001-2010 (EUR)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
100,000
200,000 600,000
1,000,000
2,400,000
5,400,000
9,000,000
16,000,000
19,400,000
26,250,000
0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
30,000,000
Source: Initiative estimation
*estimations include search, social and Yahoo net estimations.
**2009 fgures were amended compared to MediaFactBook 2010 edition, in order to refect realistic increases from 2009 to 2010.
Top Categories 2010
l
Top 3 advertiser categories haven`t changed since 2009, with Telecom and Finance being very close.
l
FMCG Foods returns to the top 5 categories and retail registers important growth, both based mainly on social
media and performance media
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Retail is taking off with the help of e-commerce and growth in search & affliate marketing.
Table 1: Top Categories in Online advertising
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Telecom Finance Finance Telecom Telecom
Finance Telecom Telecom Finance Finance
Automotive Automotive Automotive Automotive Automotive
FMCG - Beer, wine,
liquers
IT&C FMCG Foods Entertainment & Media Entertainment & Media
FMCG - Personal Care FMCG - Personal Care FMCG - Personal Care FMCG - Personal Care FMCG - Foods
Electronics FMCG - Soft Drinks Property FMCG - Soft Drinks FMCG - Personal Care
IT&C
FMCG - Beer, wine,
liquers
Businss & Industrial Government, politics FMCG - Soft Drinks
FMCG - Soft Drinks Electronics Entertainment & Media Travel Retail
FMCG Foods FMCG - Foods FMCG - Soft Drinks Retail Business & Industrial
FMCG Drugs FMCG - Drugs FMCG Drugs Business & Industrial Travel
Source: Initiative estimation
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Conclusions and Forecasts 2011
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WARC predicted a 13% average global increase in Internet ad revenues for 2011, far outpacing growth
rates in traditional media (i.e. 5.2% in TV)
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Initiative estimates that for the frst time ever on the Romanian market, online ad spend will surpass all other
media budgets beside TV, up to 11% of all advertising budgets in 2011.
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Once again, it looks like online will be the only media to register growth, for the third year in a row.
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Compared to ~20% average for the European market, Romanian online market has scope to grow.
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In terms of volume, ~34 mil. EUR will be spent in online, which represents ~30% growth YoY, in a market with
an overall decrease (-3%).
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First three months of 2011 showed increases over the levels of 2010, by approximately 25%. This pace is
expected to accelerate throughout the year.
l
Moves toward vendors` consolidation can already be seen Intact merged a consistent part of their properties
with Q2M (former Realitatea-Catavencu), in their efforts for a better monetization of web properties.
l
Social media is expected to register the most signifcant growth this year.
l
We estimate Telecom to remain the leader of advertiser categories, followed by Finance, Automotive and
FMCG.
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An international trend that is expected to be seen in Romania as well, is coupon websites, a market dominated
by Groupon. ComScore`s report for 2010 rated European markets to be the fastest growing with almost 10%
of all internet users.
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With Google and Yahoo localizing their businesses, we expect their share in overall online budgets to in-
crease.
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Web publishers register impressive growth in mobile visits to their properties, therefore we expect important
investments and developments in to that direction.
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Keywords and media trends for 2011: social media advertising, video advertising, e-commerce, social
commerce.
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Facts
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Although the penetration rate for mobile phones has decreased in 2010, Romanians still use the mo-
bile phone more then they use the mouse.
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Romanians talked for over 26.5 billion minutes, sent over 3.91 billion text messages and over 4.5
million multimedia messages, and also connected to the internet via their mobile phones about 4.03
million times.
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The global smartphones market registered growth at a brisk pace, accounting for 22% of the global
mobile handset sales in 2010.
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In 2010, 1 out of 10 mobile phones sold by Mobile Operators in Romania, was a Smartphone.
Overview
As the year of mobile phrase is played out we could say that 2010 was the year of the rise of smartphones.
They have become a viable alternative to feature phones, PDAs and laptops, offering phone features such as
voice and SMS coupled with mobile internet applications, multimedia functionality, high speed data processing
capabilities, and inbuilt GPS capabilities. Also Smartphone penetration has increased to the point where brand
marketers can deliver rich experiences through pocket-sized devices.
2010 has been a milestone of mobile marketing in Romanian landscape, the year when it fnally left behind the
association with just SMS marketing.
Market Analysis
State of mobile market
The most important factors infuencing the evolution of mobile marketing are the penetration of mobile phones, in
particular smartphones and also Operators mobile data plans.
In recent statistics on the telecommunications market in Romania, the National Administration and Regulatory
Authority for Communications registered a decrease of 3% to 115% of the mobile phone penetration rate relative
to the number of active SIM cards per 100 inhabitants.
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media fact book
People are very protective of their cell phones, how its used, where
its used and how much it costs. It has become a very personal issue
for a whole lot of people in this country.
Steve Largent
Mobile
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On the other hand, the 3.5 million phones sold in 2010 meant sales of around 174 million Euros, down 31.5%
from 2009, according to research company GfK Romania. Last year, the average price of a phone was around 50
Euros. The lower handset prices offered by operators together with lower units sales (from 4.35 million handsets
in 2009, to about 3.5 million in 2010), caused a decrease of over 30% of the mobile market in 2010.
This is no reason to stress or to draw the quick conclusion the market is going down. The Romanian mobile mar-
ket is evolving together with the growth of Smartphone penetration and the emergence of other mobile devices. In
2010, 1 out of 10 mobile phones sold by Mobile Operators in Romania, was a Smartphone. This led to a penetra-
tion rate for Smartphones of nearly 11% out of total mobile phones.
Tablets emerged aggressively in 2010 with
the launch of Apples iPad and with sales of
more than 10 million tablet devices worldwide
brought a change in the defnition of the word
mobile. Apples competitors have been quick
to both announce and launch products. In Ro-
mania, emag one of the biggest online retail-
ers has reported at the end of 2010 that tablets
sales have reached about 13% from total com-
puter and laptop sales.
Graph 3: Mobile consumption
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The decrease in the total number of users (SIM cards) is refected in a decrease of mobile phone usage in general,
be it voice, SMS, MMS or mobile internet.
Voice traffc has continued to grow, by only 11.7% over 2009 to 26.5 billion minutes in 2010.
Romanian users have sent in 2010 over 3.91 billion SMS. This has kept SMS the most widely used mobile
technology after Voice.
Although it has drastically decreased, MMS is still important, proof being over 4.5 mil Multimedia Messages sent
in 2010.
On the other hand, Mobile Internet Connections have experienced the largest growth in 2010, although the
increase was not as spectacular as in past years, reaching about 4.03 mil connections.
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Graph 2: Mobile phones sales
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Mobile internet access has seen considerable increase over the last years. We now access the internet through
mobile devices about 7 times more than we did in 2006.
Although mobile internet connections from postpaid SIM cards remain dominant in the Romanian market, access
from prepaid SIMs is rising.
User statistics:
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Mobile Internet users tend to be younger in Romania, falling between the ages of 16 to 24 and living in urban
areas.
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With 2% growth, up to 1.47 million connections in 2010, prepaid based mobile connections describe how
lower income users have started to access information on-the-go.
Mobile advertising market
In the Romanian market SMS Push is known as a mobile advertising technique, being in fact the most used one,
with 80% of mobile advertising being performed through SMS in 2010. The remaining 20 % is advertising through
MMS, mobile search or banners in mobile websites.
In 2010 the number of SMS promotional campaigns has increased by 60% reaching 100 campaigns last year,
from 60 in 2009.
At the end of 2010, over 3 million mobile optimized websites were registered worldwide, an increase of 2000%
compared to 2008 when 150,000 mobisites were recorded. The number of Romanian mobile optimized websites
doubled in 2010, but still remained small when compared to the rapid increase of mobile internet connections.
Unique visits and page views on Romanian mobisites also increased last year by over 200%. The main Romanian
websites that chose to go mobile in 2010 came from areas like news, entertainment, banking and other business
services.
In terms of Mobile applications 2010 was marked by the advent of two mobile technologies: Augmented Reality
and geo-location in mobile social apps.
Conclusions and Forecasts 2011
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Companies interest for one-on-one communication with customers through SMS will surely increase, result-
ing in a growth of the market by at least 100%, especially in terms of renting opt-in databases, as the costs of
launching a SMS Push campaign are minimal.
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Last year about 50 companies drew Romanian customers in SMS promotional campaigns nurturing their
desire to play and win thus creating awareness and an increase in sales. In 2011 the market will see at least
a doubling of the number of companies that take such actions and a direct increase in the number of promo-
tional campaigns by SMS.
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The adoption and growth of mobile internet access will be infuenced by the Mobile Operators. By creating
available packages that include mobile internet services, operators will help create an enabling environment
for Mobile Marketing tools (mobile websites, banners and search). Taking this into consideration, we are ex-
pecting to see a growth in mobile internet traffc by at least 200%.
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Mobile technologies that allow consumers to interact with their physical environment will be the hit of Mobile
Marketing in 2011. Technologies, such as QR codes and mobile augmented reality (AR) apps, will offer a
springboard for brands willing to experiment with the latest technologies.
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Overview
According to CNA, the number of radio licenses are at a similar level to 2009. The top 10 owners of radio licenses
in 2010 (up to Feb 15th of 2011) are:
SC SBS BROADCASTING MEDIA SRL with Kiss Fm and Magic Fm 86 licenses
SC DINAMIC AUDIO - SERV SRL with Radio Vocea Sperantei 44 licenses
PATRIARHIA ROMANA with Radio Trinitas 36 licenses
SC REALITATEA MEDIA SA with Radio Realitatea Fm , Radio Guerrilla, Radio Alpha 36 licenses
SC GRUPUL MEDIA CAMINA (G.M.C.) SRL with Radio Romantic Fm and Radio ZU 34 licenses
SC PRO TV SA with Radio Pro Fm and Info Pro 34 licenses
SOCIETATEA ROMANA DE RADIODIFUZIUNE with Radio Romania (International, Regional), Antena Satelor,
Radio 3 Net 21 licenses
SC ON AIR STUDIO SRL with Radio Itsy Bitsy 15 licenses
SC RADIO TRANSILVANIA LBM SRL with Radio Transilvania 14 licenses
SC MINISAT TELECOM SRL with Radio Minisat 11 licenses
In 2010 Q1 2011, the Romanian radio market was split into the following formats:
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Contemporary Hit Music Radio: Radio ZU, Kiss FM, Radio 21, Pro FM,
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Adult Contemporary Radio : Europa FM, Radio Romania Actualitati , Antena Satelor, RR Regional , Music Fm
(new entry)
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Soft Adult Contemporary Radio: Magic Fm, Romantic Fm, Gold Fm, Smart Fm
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Dance Radio: Vibe Fm, Dance Fm ( former Pro Fm Dance)
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Hot Adult Contemporary: Guerilla FM, City FM (rock music- oriented)
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Classic Rock: Rock FM (new entry)
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News& Talk: Realitatea FM
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Sports: Sport Total FM
Despite the diffcult economic environment, the key word for radio market in 2010 is consolidation. The radio
stations tried to compensate the crisis through PR activities and by launching new formats and dynamic programs.
Also they continued to improve their online presence through dedicated websites and social network integration.
The radio sales houses continued to be fexible regarding special offers and discounts in 2010 and in Q1 2011.
They built interesting, creative and cost effcient packages to stimulate advertising demand - this trend continues
into 2011, too. In the last quarter of 2010, the leading stations were sold out in Prime Time, a fact that is due to
the result of these strategies.
At the beginning of 2011, following the result of the latest audience measurement data, the leading stations Kiss
Fm and Radio ZU increased their rate cards. For Radio ZU, this increase of prices has been done for the frst time
since they launched.
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media fact book
radio
The whole country was tied together by radio. We all experienced the
same heroes and comedians and singers. They were giants.
Woody Allen
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In 2010 and the beginning of 2011, there have been some changes on the radio market:
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From September 2010, Pro Fm expanded its national coverage through embedding the Info Pro network.
This increase can be seen in both the number of broadcasters (28 to 66), coverage at the human level (from
31.54% to 74.8%) as well as the national coverage (from 58.9% to 96.7%). Info Pro is not a radio station
anymore, but it is still a brand dedicated exclusively to the news radio segment.
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Rock Fm was launched in October 2010. The format is Classic Rock, and it broadcasts on the former One Fm
radio frequency. Since then, One Fm can only be listened to online at www.onefm.ro.
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Starting November 1st, Radio 21 turned into a new radio station - Simply Positive Radio. It is a fresh radio
station with a new identity, new attitude, new team, new music and jingles.
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On the 1st February 2011, Radio Pro launched a new station in Bucharest, Music Fm. It broadcasts on the
former frequency of Radio Campus Bucharest, 103,8 FM, and it labels itself as an Adult Contemporary Radio,
targeting 30-50 y.o.
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Starting from February 21st 2011, Radio PRO also rebranded Pro Fm Dance into Dance Fm Radio which
covers Bucharest on the frequency 98,5 FM, with electronic dance music for clubbers 15-25 y.o. It can also
be listened to online at www.dancefm.ro.
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ArboRadio has improved the local radio network: 42 local and independent stations across 23 counties (from
38 stations across 21 counties). The major partnerships remain with Minisat Network (18 stations) and Impact
(9 stations).
As usual, the most active radio stations are the leading ones. They tried to grow audiences through intense mar-
keting activity :
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Kiss Fm Kiss Cash, Summer Kiss, Winter Kiss, Kiss 4love, Guns N Roses, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Soni-
sphere, Peninsula, Tuborg Green Fest, Faithless - Kiss Fm partnerships;
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Magic Fm Santas Radio, Magic Summer, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Pink Martini, Cesaria Evora, Chris Rea,
Gary Moore - Magic Fm partnerships;
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Radio ZU My Name is ZU, Marea lipeala, R U ready to be 2010 ZUper hero? Win 10.000 euro with ZU!
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Radio 21 Born Winner, Daily Fuel Tank, Street dance High School Cup, POSITIVE LOVE HITS by Radio
21
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Vibe FM Liberty Parade, Amsterdam Dance Event, Happy Vibentine Day, Party 100.000 Fans on Face-
book in March 2011;
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Pro FM Legalize Joy, 18th Anniversary, Dance Fm Partnership with the Mission and so on.
Looking at the advertising revenue gained by the sales
houses, MGSI consolidated its position as the market
leader, gaining a 10% rate card increase in volumes.
Other signifcant increases were also registered by Clir
Media (59%). In terms of decreases, we fnd Pro TV
SA with a 34% decrease and Regie Radio Music with a
10% decrease vs. last year. Overall, the total ratecard
ad spend increased by only 7%.
MGSI
35%
Regie Radio Music
28%
Clir Media
25%
PRO TV S.A.
7%
Expresiv Consulting
5%
Graph 1: Advertising revenue by the sales
houses
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Graph 2: Radio ad-spend evolution 2009-2010
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