ITV has announced a fall in pre-tax profits of 28% year on year, to £91 million, for the six months ending June 30.The commercial broadcaster’s revenues were up slightly, by 3%, to £1.03 billion.It added that net advertising revenues dipped an estimated 1% in the first eight months but are likely to fall 20% in… Continue reading ITV Announces Fall In Pre-Tax Profits

Thinkbox has commissioned an in-depth research study into the rapidly expanding phenomenon of online TV.The research aims to reveal exactly how consumers are using online TV services and how attitudes towards online TV compare with those towards linear, broadcast TV. The research is designed to provide fresh insight into how the online TV environment is… Continue reading Thinkbox To Examine Online TV

Royal Mail is launching a new direct mail campaign designed to heighten awareness of its range of DM campaign solutions.The mail pack, which will also have a dual function as a ‘leave behind’ for Royal Mail’s sales team, is designed as a ‘DM seedbox’.The variety of products and services are covered in a set of… Continue reading Royal Mail Promotes Media Portfolio Through New Campaign

Freesat, the joint free satellite service from ITV and the BBC, has appointed ITV director of group development and strategy Carolyn Fairbairn as its new chairman.She will take over when the current Freesat chairman, Tim Davie, steps down from his role at the organisation in September, following his appointment as BBC director of audio and… Continue reading Carolyn Fairbairn Appointed New Freesat Chairman

BT has revealed that it added 103,000 new broadband customers in the three months ending June 30, taking its total to 4.5 million.The telecoms company also added 68,000 customers to its BT Vision service during the quarter.BT said it had 282,000 BT Vision customers by the end of June, with more than 80% of the… Continue reading BT Broadband Subscriber Numbers Increase

Nicki Lynas has been appointed as the Internet Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) new head of research.Lynas, former senior manager in the Entertainment & Media practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, will take up the role on September 9.Reporting to Guy Philipson, Lynas is charged with driving the organisation’s research and planning programme, as well as overseeing the IAB/PwC adpsend… Continue reading IAB Appoints New Head Of Research

BSkyB added 92,000 net new customers in the three months to the end of June, taking its total base to 8.98 million, with group revenue for the year growing 9% year on year to £4.9 billion.The fourth quarter saw the company add 200,000 net broadband subscribers, taking its total subscriber figure to 1.62 million.It also… Continue reading BSkyB Adds 92,000 New Customers

The chief executive of Guardian Media Group has said that regional newspaper businesses will have to be “financially recalibrated” because they will have substantially smaller margins in the future.Speaking to the Financial Times, Carolyn McCall said that although she now had different expectations of GMG owned titles such as the Manchester Evening News, she was… Continue reading GMG Boss Predicts Substantially Smaller Margins For Local Press

Channel 4 was the UK’s fastest growing website in June, according to comScore’s June rankings of the largest and fastest-growing internet properties and site categories.Based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service, comScore’s rankings reveal modest increases in the entertainment news, retail fragrances/cosmetics, retail jewelry/luxury goods/accessories, and careers services and development site… Continue reading Top UK Web Rankings for June 2008

ITV2 is to undergo a revamp with a new look logo and interstitials, according to a report.The August 20 revamp will coincide with the start of the channel’s new autumn schedule, said Media Week.A spokesman told the magazine that ITV2’s viewers most closely associated the lime green colour of the channel’s idents with the channel.Other… Continue reading ITV2 To Get New Look