The digital cinema market could be worth more than $100 million a year to projector manufacturers by 2005 says a new report by Dodona Research. The report Digital Cinema Factbook says that in response to the emergence of industry standards and innovations it expects digital cinema screens to rise to over 5,000 worldwide by the… Continue reading Digital Cinema To Reach £100 Million A Year
ARCHIVE ▸ The Media Leader Staff
Cable and satellite channel Living TV has announced the completion of an extensive rebranding exercise, due to be unveiled publicly next month.The rebranding exercise is designed to reinforce Livingtv’s ambition to become the “6th channel on UK television” and underline its recent spate of successful programming.The new branding follows a bumper year for the channel… Continue reading New Look Livingtv Completes Rebranding Exercise
Capital Radio’s indie music station, Xfm, will this month partner with New York’s K-ROCK station to give listeners a taste of America’s hottest new music months before it hit UK stores.The project will see Xfm’s latest show, Import : Export, broadcast on both American and UK airwaves as Xfm DJ Ian Camfield and K-ROCK’s Danni… Continue reading Xfm Gives Listeners A Taste Of The Big Apple
Sky One scored high ratings last night with its screening of an exclusive interview with David Beckham’s alleged mistress and former PA, Rebecca Loos, although it was kept from the top spot by ITV which managed a narrow victory with crime drama, Murder City.Rebecca Loos: My Story managed a viewing share of 14.3% across all… Continue reading Sky One Scores With Beckham Mistress Interview
ITV has announced a deal with sharp tongued Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell to tie him to the broadcaster for two years.The deal will see the pop-svengali working exclusively with ITV on new projects, as well as staring in several new shows to be announced in the next few weeks.Cowell shot to fame as “TV’s… Continue reading ITV Signs Simon Cowell For Two Years
US magazine advertising revenues registered a 6.7% year on year rise during March, as the Financial, Insurance & Real Estate category showed a return to strong growth. According to the latest data from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB), revenues in March reached $1.8 billion, whilst page volumes declined by 1.9% to 20,947. In the year… Continue reading US Magazine Ad Revenues Rise 7% In March
By 2007, 110 million European homes – 67% – are expected to have a DVD player or recorder, according to a new report from Screen Digest. It took the video recorder almost 20 years to achieve this. In the five years since DVD players were launched in Europe, sales have been out performing all expectations.… Continue reading DVD To Grow Twice As Quickly As VHS
The Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB) has revealed that digital radio sales have increased by a staggering 229% year on year for the last twelve months. By the end of February 2004, the dramatic growth of digital audio broadcast (DAB) in the UK had pushed penetration to 509,000 units. Record sales of DAB products were… Continue reading Digital Radio Sales Hits Record Number In Last Year
Figures released by The Advertising Association shows that the national press recovery continued in February with ad revenue being up 3.2% year-on-year. The key drivers were Telecoms, Motors and Government advertising. Expenditure on popular dailies display rose by 10.8%, this was the single biggest category increase, excluding on-line recruitment. Popular Sunday’s also saw improvements in… Continue reading February’s National Press Expenditure Results
Newspaper giant Daily Mail and General Trust has made its second foray into broadcasting with the acquisition of an FM radio licence in Australia.The deal, announced today, is worth £43 million and the company expects to begin broadcasting before the end of the year. The new station will use the infrastructure of DMGT’s existing Australian… Continue reading DMGT Extends Radio Brand With Australian licence
