Rival television audience measurement companies, AGB Group and Nielsen Media Research, have joined forces to form a global joint venture that could dominate the market. The new company, which will operate under the brand name AGB Nielsen Media Research, will be half owned by Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP and half owned by Nielsen Media Research,… Continue reading AGB And Nielsen Join To Form Global Ratings System

Worldwide free newspaper, Metro International, has remained the world’s most-read newspaper as sales increased by 50% in the first half of 2004 to reach 14.5 million readers a day. The jump in sales spurred profits at Metro to reach $145 million from January to June 2004, with the group reporting its second quarterly net profit… Continue reading Metro International Remains World’s Most Read Newspaper

Almost 8 million people tuned in to Channel 4 last night to watch Big Brother contestant Stuart Wilson leave the house in a surprise eviction just two days before the series finalé.Unofficial overnight figures from BARB show that a peak of 7.7 million reality-TV fans watched the youngest housemate get evicted after receiving the least… Continue reading Surprise Big Brother Eviction Draws 7.7 Million To Channel 4

Disney’s ABC Television Network in the United States is making its first foray into UK broadcasting with launch of a new daytime channel called ABC1 on the Freeview platform.The new general entertainment channel will initially broadcast twelve hours a day from 6am and will screen programmes sourced entirely from Disney’s ABC Network in the US… Continue reading ABC Entertainment Channel To Launch Without Commercials

Rival television audience measurement companies, AGB Group and Nielsen Media Research, have joined forces to form a global joint venture that could dominate the market.The new company, which will operate under the brand name AGB Nielsen Media Research, will be half owned by Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP and half owned by Nielsen Media Research, which… Continue reading AGB And Nielsen Join To Form Global Ratings System

The advertising watchdog has today banned a campaign promoting Audi cars following complaints that it encouraged speeding and irresponsible driving.The leaflet for the new Audi A3 highlighted a section of the A5 from Weston-Under-Lizard to Horsebrook and encouraged people to drive the car along it. The centre page of the mailing read: “Ten kilometres of… Continue reading Watchdog Clamps Down On Audi For Encouraging Speeding

Wanadoo, the UK’s largest internet service provider, has secured a long-running distribution deal with computer manufacturer and retailer Time Group.The three-year deal will see Wanadoo, which recently rebranded from Freeserve, become Time Group’s exclusive internet provider, meaning that computers bought from the company’s 140 UK retail outlets and direct channels will come pre-loaded with its… Continue reading Wanadoo Partners With Time Group For Distribution Deal

Hotel guests are now embracing broadband, says new a new study from a high-technology market research firm and it has forecast that the number of properties in the United States offering the high-speed internet connection is set to rise to 26,828 by 2008. According to In-Stat/MDR, the hotel broadband market has come along way since… Continue reading Hotel Broadband Market Begins To Heat Up Again

Cinema advertising in the US is set to more than double in size by 2008 to reach a $1 billion market, as new research from Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) reveals this is the fastest growing advertising sector, beating both the internet and television. According to the Communications Industry Forecast & Report by the media merchant… Continue reading US Cinema Advertising To Reach $1bn By 2008

BSkyB has today unveiled that profits for the year ending 30 June 2004 climbed by a staggering 65% to £600 million, despite the group once again failing to meet its self-set goal of adding 100,000 new subscribers a quarter. The satellite provider also posted a healthy revenue gain, up 15% to £3.7 billion. However, it… Continue reading Sky Profits Rocket Despite Slowing Subscriber Rates