Daily Mail & General Trust’s regional business Northcliffe Media saw revenues fall 28% year on year in October. DMGT said total ad revenue at Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, fell 10% year on year in October. It added that it was difficult to predict trading performance at Associated for the next few months,… Continue reading Northcliffe Media revenues down year on year

Almost a quarter (24%) of respondents to the latest Olswang Convergence Consumer Survey are watching TV through the BBC’s iPlayer for at least one hour a week. Seventeen percent watch legitimate online TV services other than iPlayer for at least one hour a week and 9% (admit to) watching illegal online TV for at least… Continue reading iPlayer becoming more popular

Outdoor advertising revenue was down 5.8% year on year in Q3, the fourth consecutive quarter it has declined. The figures from the Outdoor Advertising Association would appear to contradict industry opinion that revenue would bounce back in the second half of 2008. The largest percentage decline came from the motor industry, which spent 33.6% less… Continue reading Outdoor ad revenue down 5.8% in third quarter

The overall UK television viewing audience continues to show year-on-year growth, according to the latest IPA Trends in Television Report. Average hours of television viewing for the third quarter of 2008 was 3.54 hours, compared to 3.38 in 2007. This is the highest level recorded for this quarter since the start of the current BARB… Continue reading UK Television audience continues to grow

Carphone Warehouse has begun a review which could see its TalkTalk residential broadband and telephony business split from its high street retail operation. The news was announced in a trading update released today, with the company also revealing a drop in first half profits. Earlier this year the company acquired US electronics retailer Best Buy… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse could split off TalkTalk

BSkyB is to raise $600 million (£399 million) in a bond issue to institutional investors to fund possible activities such as acquisitions and the refinancing of debt. Late yesterday the satellite broadcaster launched a private placement of 10-year bond notes, with investors paying 9.5% interest. The offer closes on November 24. In a statement, Sky… Continue reading BSkyB to raise $600m in bond issue

Jerry Yang, co-founder and CEO of Yahoo!, is to step down from his post once a successor is found. In a statement released last night, Yahoo! chairman Roy Bostock said that Yahoo! was “deeply grateful” to Yang but would be searching for a new CEO who could “take the company to the next level”. He… Continue reading Yang steps down as Yahoo! CEO

UBC Media has reported a 15% decline in revenue to £6.4 million for the six months to September 30. The radio group blamed an “extremely challenging” few months for the fall. UBC, one of the shareholders of 4 Digital, invested £150,000 into the digital radio consortium which was abandoned by Channel 4, its majority shareholder,… Continue reading UBC Media reports 15% decline in revenue

Clear Channel Outdoor has unveiled a new banner site at music venue the Astoria, on Tottenham Court Road.US agency Gibson Media booked the first campaign on the banner, for action game Left 4 Dead, published by video game company Valve.The outdoor giant said that the banner site – which is 16m wide by 6m high… Continue reading Clear Channel Outdoor unveils new banner site

The twenty largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 94% of the market – acquired approximately 1.3 million net additional high-speed internet subscribers in the third quarter of 2008, according to new figures from Leichtman Research Group. These broadband providers now account for nearly 66.7 million subscribers – with cable companies… Continue reading 1.3 Million US broadband additions in Q3