Average monthly unique audience figures for US newspaper websites grew by more than 3.6 million in 2007, a year on year increase of more than 6% over 2006 numbers, according to new research from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Monthly unique visitors to US newspaper websites averaged 62.8 million in last year’s fourth quarter,… Continue reading US Online Newspaper Viewership Reaches Record In 2007

More than 85% of the world’s online population has used the internet to make a purchase – increasing the market for online shopping by 40% in the past two years – according to the latest Nielsen Global Online Survey. Among internet users, the highest percentage shopping online is found in South Korea, where 99% of… Continue reading Global Market For Online Shopping Increases 40%

The total number of mobile TV subscribers will reach 462 million over the next five years, according to a new report from ABI Research. ABI Research said that this will be driven in large part by the expansion of 3G networks and flat rate plans for mobile video. The build-out of mobile video delivery networks… Continue reading Mobile TV Subscribers To Number 462m By 2012

Almost 12 million people have listened to the radio via the internet, while 4.3 million have downloaded a podcast, according to new research from RAJAR.The figures are from RAJAR’s first Podcasting and Radio Listening via Internet Survey, which was conducted last autumn by Ipsos Mori.It found that In any given week, 8.1 million people listen… Continue reading Almost 12m Listen To Internet Radio

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and social networking site MySpace are launching a partnership to bring new and archived short form BBC content to MySpaceTV.The announcement marks the first global agreement of this type between MySpaceTV and a major broadcaster.Under the partnership, the best BBC video content will be made available online… Continue reading BBC Worldwide In MySpace Content Deal

As the gloomy economic outlook leads to a cut in advertisers’ TV budgets, ITV and Channel 4 could see a combined year on year decline in ad revenue of around £12 million from their flagship networks in the first quarter of the year, according to report on MediaGuardian.co.uk.The biggest declines are forecast to be felt… Continue reading ITV and Channel 4 Could See Q1 08 Ad Revenue Decline Of £12m

John Hutton, the secretary of state for business, is expected to announce tomorrow that Sky should sell some of its 17.9% stake in ITV.Since Sky bought the shares in November 2006, ITV’s share price has almost halved, meaning the satellite broadcaster could be facing a loss of around £250 million.Reports at the weekend said that… Continue reading Sky Prepares For ITV Ruling

Secretary of state for business John Hutton is expected to announce tomorrow that Sky should sell at least some of its 17.9% stake in ITV. However, it has been reported that Sky, which bought the stake for £940 million (see ITV Share Price Falls After BSkyB Acquires Stake), is preparing to appeal against the expected… Continue reading Sky Prepares For ITV Ruling

Five has appointed creative business consultancy Dave to help refresh its network portfolio of brands.The refresh project will cover Five, Five US, Five Life, five.tv and fivedownload and will be rolled out across 2008.In a statement, Five said that it selected Dave based on a combination of their TV and branding experience together with the… Continue reading Five Appoints Dave To Refresh Portfolio Of Brands

Trial and Retribution triumphed in the 9pm slot last night, beating BBC One’s Fairytales and documentary A Boy Called Alex on Channel 4.The hard hitting ITV1 crime drama had a peak audience of 5.4 million adult viewers (a 24.9% share of the audience), while 5.3 million (a 24.6% share) stuck with the show for its… Continue reading 9pm Triumph For Trial And Retribution