Daily Newspaper MarketThe nation’s national daily newspapers saw a slip in readership during June, with the market as a whole shedding 7.6% year on year. The dip, which was the result of heavy declines across the mid market and popular sectors, translates to a departure of more than 2 million readers across the daily market.Quality… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: June 2005

ITV has been eliminated in the race for control of Telewest’s Flextech television business, it was claimed over the weekend, with the Sunday Times stating that the broadcaster has failed to pass the second round of bids.According to the newspaper, Deutsche Bank, the investment bank conducting the sale process, has informed ITV of its failure,… Continue reading Flextech Bidding Narrows As ITV Dropped

Virgin Radio has hailed its latest online offering as a success after just two weeks, with the Tim Lovejoy Show rocketing into the top five podcasts in the iTunes chart.The success of the Sunday afternoon sports show follows Virgin’s decision to offer it as a downloadable podcast last month, building on its first podcast exercise… Continue reading Virgin Sees Podcast Success With Tim Lovejoy

Media communications and publishing group, Aegis, has signed an agreement to purchase 100% of Brindley Media Group, bringing the Irish advertising firm into Aegis Media, the company’s global media buying and planning division. The purchase price will be composed of an initial payment of €4m plus the value of the net assets and a deferred… Continue reading Aegis Buys Irish Advertising Group

Publishing group, United Business Media, has sold its UK automotive titles to Newsquest Media Group, for a cash sum of £50.l2 million. The move comes just three months after the company announced plans to sell Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange, claiming the publications would be more valuable to other organisations and a sale would… Continue reading UBM Sells Automotive Titles To Newsquest

The latest Entertainment and Media Outlook from PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts steady growth for the sector over the next four years with new technology and the internet forecast to impact on this lucrative industry. Looking at the different sections of the entertainment industry, PwC discusses the television arena with reference to the possible effects that personal video… Continue reading Entertainment Industry Continues To Enjoy Strong Performance

August saw a number of issues concerning the future of the television market, with predictions for the impact of new technologies within the arena and the effect that the expanding digital market place will have on advertisers. A report published at the beginning of the month by Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com, found that… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – August 2005

Television viewing figures have continued to fall for the third quarter in a row, with average daily hours of viewing across all TV down to 3.45 hours, compared to 3.50 hours compared to the same quarter in 2004, according to the latest IPA Trends in TV report. The IPA showed that the second quarter of… Continue reading TV Viewing Figures Continue To Slide

The Newspaper Society (NS) has called for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to reconsider its opinion on the current system of magazine distribution claiming that losing sales restrictions would pose a threat to smaller retailers.According to the NS, the loss of passive sales restrictions would result in a dismantling of the system in its… Continue reading Newspaper Society Pushes OFT On Magazine Distribution

The BBC has revealed plans to launch enhanced radio content on its Digital Terrestrial (DTT) service, allowing listeners tuning into its national digital radio service to browse genre and programme-related content.Listeners will be able to view and browse interactive content while they listen to BBC digital radio networks, integrating the news, sport and weather headlines… Continue reading BBC Unveils New Radio Content On DTT