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UK online ad spend overtakes mainstream TV

LONDON (Reuters) - Spending on online ads overtook advertising on mainstream TV in Britain last year, growing 40 percent to 2.8 billion pounds ($5.3 billion) and accounting for 19 percent of all advertising, UK regulator Ofcom said. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/Reuters/InternetNews?a=oONism"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/Reuters/InternetNews?i=oONism" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=zGm4KK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=zGm4KK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=eSMi5k"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=eSMi5k" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?a=RY8iXk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/InternetNews?i=RY8iXk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/364312826" height="1" width="1"/>