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

According to a new JupiterResearch report, On-Demand Video Advertising: Embracing Consumer Control of Video Content more than 60% of Europeans don’t watch on-demand video, and even on-demand loyalists spend most of their media time with traditional TV. JupiterResearch said that although on-demand video consumption is still a niche behaviour in Europe, advertisers must develop innovative… Continue reading 60% Of Europeans Don’t Watch On-Demand Video

TV measurement body BARB has entered the second stage of its formal tender process for new research contracts required from 2010, with seven separate companies issued invitations to tender.In December last year, 24 proposals from 12 different organisations were received for the first stage of the process, or the ‘request for proposals’ (see Suppliers Line… Continue reading BARB Enters Stage Two Of Tender For New Research Contracts

Alison Finch has been appointed as commercial director across Emap Radio’s Magic 105.4 and Kiss Radio network.This newly created role sees Finch add the Kiss network to her existing role of commercial director at Magic 105.4.Following 12 months spent working with Magic MD Andria Vidler to create a multi-platform commercial strategy for Magic, Finch will… Continue reading Finch Appointed Kiss And Magic Commercial Director

Emap’s Magic 105.4 is to launch a £1 million TV advertising campaign beginning this Wednesday, to be shown on Channel 4, ITV and Five throughout May and June.The 30-second execution features a woman driver stuck in road works in the rain. She tunes in to Magic 105.4 and as she listens to Magic playing ‘Everything’… Continue reading Magic 105.4 To Launch TV Ad Campaign