Today’s MediaTel Group seminar, on the future of media research, looked at several aspects of research and one question posed by panel chair Torin Douglas, media correspondent for the BBC, was whether media technology is moving too fast for research technology as a whole. Lynne Robinson, research director at the IPA, was the first of… Continue reading Seminar Gains Insight Into Research Technologies

Nick Betts has been announced as the head of commercial and business development in BBC Vision, reporting to Bal Samra, director of vision operation and rights.In the newly created role, Betts will be repsonsible for all business development activity in BBC Vision, including leadership of the commercial agency.He will also be responsible for growing external… Continue reading New Business Development Boss For BBC Vision

Sirius’ Q1 revenues increased 61% to a record $204 million (€150 million), with subscribers increasing more than by over half a million to nearly 6.6 million overall. Following this strong performance, Sirius is now the satellite radio leader with 66 percent segment share of net subscriber additions during the period, beating soon to be merged… Continue reading US Satellite Radio Company Sirius Revenues Up

Joost, the long-awaited internet television service, has officially commercially launched, following last week’s announcement of its advertising partners.Campaigns from the 32 companies will begin airing on the platform this month, while as a part of this launch, all existing Joost beta testers now have an unlimited number of invitations that they can send to their… Continue reading Joost Ready For Lift Off

Sky+ households have reached 2.1 million following growth of 199,000 in the third quarter, meaning that it has reached its target of 25% of subscribers using the service three years ahead of schedule.The company had new customer additions of 340,000 in the third quarter, up 25% year-on-year and net customer growth of 51,000, up 28%… Continue reading Sky+ Subscriptions Increase

Channel 4 Radio and Last.fm have formed a strategic alliance to create what they claim is radio’s first truly global music chart show, The Worldwide Chart.The weekly show, available at www.channel4radio.com, will showcase the top tracks from Last.fm’s global music chart, highlighting what Last.fm’s 20 million users are listening to across Europe, Asia and the… Continue reading Channel 4 Radio And Last.fm Form Alliance

Channel 4’s annual report shows that its turnover increased by 5% last year, reaching a record £937 million, due to growth in digital revenues.The broadcaster’s new media division saw its turnover more than double to £51 million last year, up from £24.5 million in 2005.However, it blamed a drop in advertising revenues and higher spending… Continue reading Channel 4 Turnover Reaches Record Levels

BSkyB has released results for the nine months to March 31 which show that revenue increased by 10% to £3.3 billion, including £41 million from residential broadband and £117 million from Easynet Enterprise. Its operating profit was £613 million including losses of £137 million in residential broadband and the acquired Easynet business. BSkyB also announced… Continue reading BSkyB Revenue Increases To £3.3 Billion

At the start of April, the latest Digital Progress Report was published by Ofcom, showing that half (50%) of all UK adults lived in households with a broadband connection in the fourth quarter of 2006. This was a year on year rise of 39% and seven times the penetration level in 2002. Around half (51%)… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – April 2007

Over 59 million people in the US (37.6% of all active US internet users) visited newspaper websites during the first quarter of 2007, according to research from Nielsen//NetRatings for the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). This number, says Neilsen//NetRatings, represents a 5.3% increase over the same period a year ago. The visitors generated almost three… Continue reading US Visitors To Newspaper Websites Increase