Kids’ films topped December’s box office chart, with animated super hero adventure, The Incredibles, raking in takings of over £16.3 million, securing the top spot despite being released in mid-November.Elsewhere Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events also proved popular, with box office takings surpassing the £8 million mark to grab second place in the… Continue reading Strong Kids’ Films Top December Box Office

The BBC has extended its trial of the latest podcasting technology, enabling listeners to download Five Live’s Fighting Talk programme, hosted by Christian O’Connell, for later listening on a portable mp3 player.The move allows listeners to download the verbal sparring show automatically to their computer for use at a later date. The decision to include… Continue reading BBC Extends Podcasting Trial With Five Live Content

IPC Media has announced the creation of Wallpaper* magazine’s first local language edition, to be published in Russian under a 10-year licence agreement with Axel Springer, Russia, the Moscow-based affiliate of Axel Springer.The creation of the new edition will be handled by IPC’s international department, part of the publisher’s licencing and syndication division, IPC+.Commenting on… Continue reading IPC Expands Wallpaper* With Russian Edition

Online auction company, eBay has signed up its ten millionth registered user in the UK, doubling its number of users in less than a year, and further confirming the success of online shopping in the UK. ebay’s fifth birthday in October 2004, saw the site attract 7.6 million users, indicating that eBay generates 600,000 users… Continue reading eBay UK Hits Ten Million Customers

British women are spending increasing amounts of time betting online, with a new report by research company, YouGov, revealing that between 30-40% of internet gamblers in the UK are female. The report also states that, since 2003, the number of Britons betting online has risen a staggering 566%, with almost 80% of Europe’s online players… Continue reading UK Females Set To Lead Online Gambling

Satellite giants, BSkyB, are tipped to announce a strong performance in quarter two, with profits almost doubling, taking the group’s expected total for the last quarter to between £362 million and £366 million. BSkyB has told investors to expect an increase of more than 100,000 in second quarter subscriber numbers. City analysts, however, predict a… Continue reading BSkyB’s Profits Expected To Double For Q2

TV looks set to perform strongly in the first quarter of 2005, with increases in advertising revenues seen across all major broadcasters. Commenting on the predictions, Reece McLachlan of Media Com told MediaTelINSIGHT: “This is an encouraging return to form, TV continues to remain the largest medium contact with consumers. This demonstrates the unique power… Continue reading TV Adspend Predicted To Rocket In Q1 2005

Sales of online films look set to make almost $1 billion by 2010, with the impact of piracy predicted to be less severe than expected, according to a new report published by Informa Telecoms & Media, due to be released on Monday. The report reveals that the cost to the industry from digital piracy was… Continue reading Online Films Set To Make $1 Billion By 2010

Mobile phone operator mm02 has announced that it is launching the only own-branded 3G handset in the UK market, planned for release on 1st February. The news of O2’s entrance into the third generation mobile phone market will help to enforce previous estimations by industry intelligence group, Wireless World Forum, that subscribers of 3G mobile… Continue reading 3G Market Set To Expand

Outdoor advertising specialist, Maiden Group plc, has issued a pre-close trading statement, for the year to 31 December 2004, revealing a strong financial performance for the company during 2004, despite under performing in their outdoor billboard division. The quality of the Group’s retail division (mall and supermarkets) improved last year, and despite a 25% reduction… Continue reading Maiden Up Despite Poor Performance In Billboard Advertising