Streaming service Netflix is set to offer films and TV shows on smartphones that use Google’s Android operating system.
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An impressive 12.6 million peak viewers tuned in to BBC One on Saturday night for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest to see the battle between Blue and Jedward play out.
The Royal Wedding provided a boost for the national newspaper market in April, with the total daily market up 0.5% on March.
The Financial Times is yet to sign up to Apple’s new in-app purchasing terms, despite publishers being forced to agree or quit iOS next month.
As publishers sign up to Apple’s iPad subscription model and ABC announces plans to start putting digital subscriptions towards a title’s rate base (even if the electronic version differs from the print version), the New York Times asks, what is an iPad magazine reader really worth?
Trinity Mirror suffered a 10% drop in advertising sales during the first four months of the year amid difficult trading conditions.
Aegis has posted a 16.3% YoY increase in total group revenues for Q1 2011 on a reported basis. Organic group revenue, excluding the effects of currency movements, acquisitions and disposals, was up +9.1% in the first quarter, compared to the prior year.
ITV family net advertising revenues (NAR) grew 12% in Q1, while group revenues were up 11% to £500 million, marginally ahead of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BoAML) forecast of £494 million. ITV’s positive results were driven by stronger growth in external content.
RAJAR figures for Q1 2011 saw stand-out performances from a number of commercial radio stations, including talkSPORT, Capital and Absolute .
Total Global Radio (UK) again heads up the nationals and networks with its reach – up 5.9% YoY.