Seven reaps share of TV ad spend in weak market

The sick state of the television advertising market last year has been underlined by figures from industry group Free TV Australia, which show revenue shrank more than 4 per cent in the December half.

The capital-city TV ad market was hit the hardest as companies reined in their ad spending in response to weak consumer confidence and sluggish retail sales. Capital-city TV networks’ revenue fell 5.1 per cent in the December half, to $1.59 billion. The regional TV ad market slipped 2 per cent to $472.5 million. Across calendar 2011, the capital-city TV ad market was down 2.3 per cent.

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’s TV division was the best performer in a weak market, capturing 38.1 per cent of capital-city TV adNetherlands 'monster truck' crash kills three at show Published duration 29 September 2014

media caption "People were screaming in panic": An eyewitness describes what happened

Three people were killed when a "monster truck" ploughed into a crowd of onlookers at an annual motor show in the east of the Netherlands.

The third death was announced on Monday and five are critically ill in hospital, following the event in Haaksbergen in Overijssel province.

Video footage shows the modified pick-up with outsized tyres driving over a row of cars as part of the show, but then veering off course.

A boy, a man and a woman died.

Besides the five critically injured there are another 18 with lesser injuries, the Haaksbergen mayor's office said.

Helicopters helped ferry the injured to hospitals in three nearby towns.

"A so-called monster