BSkyB has announced record operating profit, up by 15% year on year and reaching £660 million for the year to date.The broadcaster enjoyed net DHT subscriber growth of 40,000 during the quarter reaching 8.1 million, with an 86% rise in Sky+ households and a 76% increase in multiroom households.Revenue was up by 9% year on… Continue reading BSkyB Enjoys 15% Jump In Operating Profit

Outdoor advertising group, JCDecaux, has enjoyed a strong start to 2006, reporting an increase of 16.5% in revenues for the first three months of the year.Revenues reached €442.2 million in the first quarter of 2006, compared to €379.7 million in the same period last year.JCDecaux’s street furniture division increased revenues by 7.4% to €227.5 million… Continue reading JCDecaux Sees Strong Start To 2006

Search engine giant, Google, has reported revenues of $2.25 billion for the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 79% compared to the same period in 2005.Operating profit for Q1 2006 reached $743 million, accounting for 33% of revenues, up from $570 million in Q1 2005. Net income for the first quarter hit $592 million,… Continue reading Google Enjoys 79% Rise In Revenues

Advertisers are not getting the volume of viewers they pay for, with a new study from Nielsen Media Research finding that top network shows in the US are losing a large part of their audience during commercial breaks.Using its new minute-by-minute ratings analysis Nielsen found that audiences for the hit show, CSI, dropped by 15%… Continue reading TV Shows Lose Viewers In Commercial Breaks

Total UK online advertising expenditure in the UK rose by 65.6% in 2005, reaching £1.4 billion and enjoying a market share of 7.8%.According to new figures released by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), online media is driving the growth of the entire advertising market. Adspend across all other media combined fell by almost £200 million… Continue reading UK Online Adspend Up By 65.6% In 2005

Emap has announced that it is trading in line with full-expectations, outperforming the market in its consumer magazine and radio divisions, with its business to business division expected to deliver strong underlying growth.The publishing body expects full-year revenues to rise by 8%, helped by a 5% increase in underlying revenues from UK consumer magazine advertising.In… Continue reading Emap Outperforms Consumer Magazine and Radio Market

Newspaper publisher, Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), has seen a dip of 1% in circulation revenues for its national newspapers for the five months to February 2006, with advertising revenues for the same period also suffering a depression, down by 9% year on year.Associated’s display advertising revenue fell by 10% for the same period,… Continue reading DMGT Newspapers Suffer Across The Board

Bjarne Thelin, chief executive officer of BARB, has revealed responses to its Future into View Consultation, saying the TV ratings body is committed to providing a clear and decisive method of measuring ratings in an increasingly fragmenting TV arena.Following the consultation in June (see BARB Launches Future Into View Consultation), BARB is looking into three… Continue reading BARB Reveals First Findings Of Future Into View Survey

The MediaTel INSIGHT Online Media Seminar, held yesterday in association with MediaGuardian earmarked the internet’s increasing presence in the media mix and it’s surge in popularity.Globally internet penetration has increased by 182% since 2000, with a current penetration rate of 15.7%. Looking at the different markets, uptake rates vary, with penetration in the US placed… Continue reading Internet Penetration Makes Its Mark

The PC is no longer the sole way of accessing the internet, with an increasing amount of platforms allowing consumers to get online.Speaking yesterday at the MediaTel INSIGHT Online Media Seminar, held in conjunction with the MediaGuardian, panellists discussed the various ways in which consumers can reach the internet.Torin Douglas, media correspondent at BBC Radio,… Continue reading Internet Extending Reach Across Devices