Online travel revenues are forecast to rise by nearly 20% this year, with new estimates from Jupiter Research predicting spend in the US to rise to $104 billion by 2010, representing 34% of all travel expenditure. Travel research firm, PhoCusWright expects growth in the region to be even faster, forecasting the US online leisure/unmanaged business… Continue reading Online Travel Revenues To Rise By 20% In 2005
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Online newspaper websites are increasing in popularity, with new data from Nielsen//NetRatings showing a growth of 11% in unique visitors between October 2004 and October 2005, a rate faster than the 3% growth of active users on the entire internet. According to Nielsen//NetRatings, 39.3 million visitors logged onto newspaper websites in the US in October,… Continue reading Newspaper Websites Increase In Use
ITV failed to attract as many viewers in the second episode of its two part drama Walk Away and I Stumble, attracting an average of 6.6 million of adult viewers, a drop of 0.8 million from Monday’s average of 7.4 million.Elsewhere, the BBC enjoyed a healthy performance with The Last Tommy drawing in an average… Continue reading ITV Misses Out For Second Part Of Walk Away and I Stumble
TV ratings body BARB, has announced the suspension of Sky+ reporting, while continuing investigations into abnormal data being generated from some homes.BARBs claims that to date there have been approximately 110 homes withheld from the measurement process, with around half of those relating to problems set-top boxes; for which the download to activate reporting was… Continue reading BARB Suspends Sky+ Measuring
Media agency, Carat, has appointed Azon Howie as the new head of TV, working within the trading team along side Dominic Williams, head of press, and Steve Platt, Aegis head of media.The move sees an internal promotion for Azon following four years as associate director, where he had particular responsibility for Renault, Alberto Culver, Arla… Continue reading Carat Appoints Howie As Head Of TV
Emap’s Kerrang! has launched its own podcast, marking a first for music magazines, with the 30-minute show showcasing the best in music, interviews and the latest news from the world of rock.The first edition of the programme will be hosted by Kerrang! journalist, Simon Young, and will include music from Boston based Cave In, and… Continue reading Kerrang! Launches First Magazine Podcast
ITV has announced the line up for its winter schedule, with the broadcaster offering viewers a varied mixture of in-house reality programmes, drama productions, daytime listings and factual programming, as well as re-commissions of popular series such as Doc Matin, The Brief and Vincent.The line-up will see a new reality series called Soapstar Superstar as… Continue reading ITV Unveils Winter Programming Schedule
Broadband penetration continues to rise at an impressive rate, with new research from Leichtman Research Group finding that the twenty largest cable and digital subscriber line (DSL) providers in the US added a record 2.6 million net additional subscribers in the third quarter of 2005. This strong growth has resulted in the top broadband providers… Continue reading US Broadband Penetration Continues To Enjoy Strong Growth
Third generation (3G) mobile phones have come of age, with Informa Telecoms and Media revealing that 3G subscriber growth has outperformed first and second generation digital network subscriber growth in the four years since the launch of the world’s first 3G network in Japan. According to Informa, Asia will see some of the first commercial… Continue reading 3G Mobile Phones Come Of Age
BBC1’s Macbeth failed to attract viewers last night drawing in an average of just 3.1 million adults, a drop of 1.2 million from the 4.3 million that Much Ado About Nothing received last week.The BBC enjoyed a strong turnout for Eastenders however, with viewers in excess of 10 million, while ITV saw similar success for… Continue reading Macbeth Fails For BBC