The figures include measured-media advertising spending. Measured media is based on spending in 19 media: consumer magazines, Sunday magazines, local magazines, business-to-business magazines, local newspapers, national newspapers, free-standing inserts, broadcast network TV, broadcast spot TV, national syndicated TV, network cable TV, network radio, national spot radio, local radio, Spanish-language media (magazines, newspapers, TV networks), outdoor and internet (display advertising; excludes paid search, video and other forms of internet advertising).
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Leading cable TV networks in the U.S. 2019, by ad spend
Based on advertising spending data, it was found that in 2019, ESPN, which belongs to Walt Disney Corporation, ranked first on the list of leading cable networks in the United States, with measured media spending of approximately **** billion U.S. dollars.
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