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Poor ads picture blurs ITV and Five prospects

By Ben Fenton and Tim Bradshaw

Published: January 27 2009 20:12 | Last updated: January 27 2009 22:53

A popular mentality of penny-pinching and comfort-seeking is prompting people to stay at home more and watch more television. That means higher viewing figures for TV advertising (see box) but, in the recession, the last thing TV channels apparently can hope for is to charge higher advertising rates.

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