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Jeff Henry, director of ITV Consumer, told yesterday’s Association of Online Publishers (AOP) conference in London that he was very confident of meeting the revenue target of £150m by 2010 – and of making ITV.com a top ten UK site by that date.The target includes income from Friends Reunited, which he admitted needed a new… Continue reading ITV Confident on Digital Targets

August was a difficult month for most of the terrestrial broadcasters, with only GMTV posting a year on year increase in revenue.The breakfast franchise recorded a 2.8% rise compared to August 2006, to stand at £3.69 million. This should prove to be a fillip for the beleaguered station, which is still battling back from the… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 2007

ITV1 continued to close the gap on BBC One’s viewing share in all homes, by once again boosting its share in August.The channel’s share rose by more than one percentage point for the month, whilst BBC One’s share fell, leaving a gap of just over 2% between the two rivals.All other terrestrial channels felt a… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – August 2007

Daily Newspaper MarketThe first six months of 2007 showed Britain’s national daily newspapers to have recorded a year on year decline in readership of just over 0.5% overall, presumably buoyed by significant news stories – from the summer floods to the foot and mouth outbreak and the Madeleine McCann case.It was a mixed picture for… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: June 2007

Daily Newspaper MarketAugust’s daily national newspaper ABCs show an overall year on year circulation downturn of 2.2%, with only the Financial Times bucking the trend by adding 2.5% to its circulation.In the Quality sector, the Times saw the greatest actual loss of sales at over 36,000 year on year for the month, whilst the Daily… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: August 2007

thelondonpaper remained ahead of the London Lite in August, although it suffered a month on month decline of just over 54,500 copies.Its total circulation now stands at around 495,900 copies, whilst the London Lite has a circulation of almost 406,300 after an increase of over 5,700 copies month on month.The evening paid-for title Evening Standard… Continue reading thelondonpaper Sees Circulation Decline In August

The latest regional ABC figures, for January – June 2007, show that all of the top ten paid regional newspaper titles suffered declining circulations for the period.The largest real term decline in the top ten was felt by the Manchester Evening News & The Pink, down more than 30,200 copies year on year.Within the paid… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: Jan-Jun 2007

July was a good month for commercial revenues for terrestrial channels, which saw an overall increase of 9.6% year on year. Only GMTV recorded a dip in its monthly revenue, as the fallout from the phone-in controversy bit (see GMTV MD To Leave Following Phone-In Scandal).Channel 4 had the best monthly increase amongst the terrestrial… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – July 2007

For the second month in a row, ITV1 was the only terrestrial channel to see a year on year rise in its viewing share in all homes.All other terrestrial channels felt a slide in their share for the month in all homes, with BBC One seeing the greatest fall of almost three percentage points.All ViewingITV1… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – July 2007

The number of internet users now stands at nearly 30.2 million, according to figures released by BMRB for the second quarter of 2007.As internet usage broke the 30 million mark for the first time, growth of 9.2% could be observed over the same period last year.The total number of people going online is now over… Continue reading Online Usage Round-Up Q2 2007: Internet Usage Breaks 30 Million Mark