Newsline presents a short video of media predictions and wish-lists from the annual Year Ahead event – including interviews with MediaCom’s Claudine Collins, ISBA’s Bob Wootton and journalist Raymond Snoddy.

As another year closes, Newsline has sought views from ZenithOptimedia, MEC, Limited Space, Digit and NewsCred to see what they view as the key trends for 2014.

The latest TV market round-up shows that all commercial television channels were up in revenue year on year, with the exception of Channel 4.

Claudine Collins, MD of MediaCom, will be sharing the stage with Torin Douglas and Raymond Snoddy at MediaTel’s The Year Ahead on January 15th, 2014.

Newsline to take a break until 2 January.

The latest TV market round-up for October paints a healthy picture for commercial television channels, with Total Satellite revenue up almost 40% year on year.

The latest TV Market round-up figures for August reveal a significant dip in total satellite revenue, down -0.8% compared with July’s 15.5% rise, while other channels fared much better.

In contrast to June’s figures, commercial television channels in July saw an overall rise in yearly revenues, with Total Terrestrial up 12.1% to £145,200,000.

Chris Blackhurst, who has recently moved from editor of the Independent to the broader role of content editor for the Evening Standard and Independent, is the latest panellist to join the excellent line-up for next month’s Future of National Newspapers event.

ITV has today reported that TV ad revenue for the first half of the year was down 3%, but the company expects a good third quarter with an anticipated 9% boost as total revenues increase by £30 million.