BBC Radio 5 Live has won the radio rights to broadcast FA Cup and England international matches for a further four years.The deal with the Football Association starts from the beginning of the 2008/09 football season with the Community Shield match between Manchester United and Portsmouth at Wembley on Sunday.Radio 5 Live and sister digital… Continue reading BBC Sport Wins Football Radio Rights

July saw the Evening Standard‘s circulation fall by 1% month on month, a real term dip of almost 3,000 copies, leaving it with a total circulation of around 292,000 copies.Evening freesheets the London Lite and thelondonpaper now have totals of almost 402,000 and around 500,000 copies respectively.Morning freesheet City AM was down by around 13.5%… Continue reading Slight Circulation Dip For The Evening Standard

Virgin Media added 24,800 TV subscribers during the three months ending June 30, as well as 54,600 subscribers to its cable broadband service.The group also reported an underlying operating profit of £333 million for the second quarter, with revenues of £990.5 million.The cable company posted an operating loss of £333 million in Q2, compared with… Continue reading Virgin Media Adds Almost 25,000 TV Subscribers

A new forecast from Juniper Research predicts that 2.1bn mobile subscribers will “pay by mobile” for digital goods downloaded to their mobile phones by 2013. Juniper defines digital goods as music (ringtones and full tracks), tickets, TV, user-generated content, infotainment and games – in fact any content bought by phone and delivered to the phone.… Continue reading Digital Goods Purchases Via Mobile Phones To Increase

Virgin Media has outperformed analyst expectations, reporting an underlying operating profit of £333 million for the second quarter of 2008. The company reported revenues of £990.5 million, with average revenue per subscriber slightly down to £41.63. It saw an operating loss of £333 million in the second quarter, compared with a £3 million profit in… Continue reading Virgin Media Reports £333m Underlying Profit

ITV has announced a 28% year on year fall in pre-tax profits for the first six months of the year, to £91 million. The commercial broadcaster also reported a 3% increase in revenues to £1.03 billion. The company said that net advertising revenues dipped an estimated 1% in the first eight months but are likely… Continue reading ITV Reports Drop In Pre-Tax Profits

Archant has announced modest like-for-like revenue figures for the first half of 2008, down 3.3% year on year and like-for-like operating profits down 8.9%. At the same time the company has revealed that digital advertising revenues have increased by 63%. Total turnover for the period was £93.6 million (2007 – £98.5 million). Total operating profit… Continue reading Archant Sees Revenue And Profit Decline

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has announced a 27% increase in fourth quarter profits to $1.13 billion. Net income of $1.13 billion, an increase of $239 million from the $890 million reported in the fourth quarter a year ago. Revenues rose 17% to $8.6 billion, while the group recorded full-year operating income of $5.4 billion, an… Continue reading News Corp Profits Increase

Digital TV penetration of Western European households broke the 50% barrier in 2007, ending the year at 54%, up from 42% at the end of 2006, according to new research. The Informa Telecoms & Media report forecasts that digital homes in the region will reach 104 million by the end of 2008, rising to 157… Continue reading Western European Digital TV Penetration To Reach 54%

A new consumer study of mobile internet usage and attitudes has found that consumers’ most-wanted mobile activities include phone-optimised banking and travel planning. Conducted by the AKQA’s Research & Insights department in conjunction with dotMobi, the survey reveals key insights into the importance of a better mobile Web for consumers in the US and UK.… Continue reading New Study Examines Mobile Internet Usage And Attitudes