The number of people watching internet TV has increased steadily year on year, suggesting a healthy future for this technology, according to Continental Research’s Autumn 2007 Internet & Convergence Report. In particular, the number of people watching shows they have previously downloaded from the internet has doubled, from 1.3 million in 2006 to 2.4 million… Continue reading Internet TV Growing Strongly

Yahoo! has reported Q3 pre-tax profits of $151 million (£74.2 million), a decline of 5% year on year, although it said that there are signs of its online advertising business gaining momentum. The company’s revenue from display advertising grew at nearly 20% in the first three months after almost five quarters of decelerating growth. Marketing… Continue reading Yahoo! Reports $151m Pre-Tax Profit

A new US study from In-Stat says that whether it’s PVRs, User Generated Content (UGC), or online TV shows, the market has started the process of “unbundling television/video entertainment,” and this redistribution of control will likely come to dominate the overall consumer landscape in years to come. An In-Stat survey of US consumers found that,… Continue reading Trends Favour Mainstream Acceptance of Internet TV

The number of US paying users of online video sites has grown significantly between 2006 and 2007, according to new research from Parks Associates. Broadband Video: A Market Update finds that the number of broadband households in the US paying for online video content now stands at nearly 12 million, up from a little more… Continue reading Number Of US Paying Users Of Online Video Sites Increases

Marketing spend is predicted to record its strongest growth ever this year, with online marketing now accounting for 6% of all spending, according to the IPA’s Q3 2007 Bellwether Report. However, there is a note of caution going forward, with speculation that spend could start to be trimmed due to the turmoil in the financial… Continue reading Bellwether Q3 2007: Marketing Spend To Record Strongest Ever Growth

Up to 20% of households in Whitehaven have not yet bought a digital set-top box, despite digital switchover starting there this Wednesday.A report in yesterday’s Observer quotes figures from Digital UK – the body leading digital switchover in the UK – saying that around 5,000 households in Whitehaven are not yet ready for the analogue… Continue reading 20% Of Households In Whitehaven Not Ready For Switchover

A new report predicts that long-running dramas, magazine and factual programmes will become more popular on television than the current crop of reality and game show franchises.However, TV brands such as Wife Swap and the Idol franchise are set to become more popular over the next five years, according to the report by Oliver &… Continue reading Report Predicts Slow-Down In Reality And Game Show Formats

The Audit Bureau of Circulations is to provide monthly sales figures for UK consumer magazines in its biannual audit for the first time.The figures will make their first appearance in the ABC biannual audit for the first half of 2008.The changes come following a request from the Periodical Publishers Association board “to allow publishers to… Continue reading ABC To Provide Monthly Consumer Magazine Figures

BBC One won the all-important 9pm ratings battle last night, as Who Do You Think You Are? picked up a peak of 6.6 million adults (a 33.9% share of the audience).The show, which revealed some hitherto unknown parts of Graham Norton, had an average audience of 6.3 million adults for its hour long running time.Over… Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? Gets 6.6m Adult Viewers

MediaTel Group is set to host an important seminar on the ‘Future of Agencies’, looking at the myriad of issues surrounding the hub of the advertising industry.Andrew Walmsley, co-founder of i-level, will join the likes of Greg Grimmer, managing director of Zed Media, on the panel, discussing everything from whether agencies are doing enough to… Continue reading Agencies Under The Spotlight At Forthcoming Seminar