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Last year saw an increased focus on digital broadcasts by the radio industry, as the rising penetration of DAB radio equipment provided increased incentive for station operators.According to figures from RAJAR, DAB listening has now overtaken combined listening via digital television (DTV) and through the internet, with total listening hours for digital radio increasing by… Continue reading End Of Year Round-Up: Radio

The last year has seen the online industry take its position at the centre of all traditional media, tying itself firmly into the nation’s TV, radio and print operations.The last 12 months have seen TV broadcasters dipping their toes into online delivery, while online radio listening has rocketed. Press owners also took to online with… Continue reading End Of Year Round-Up: Online

Digital was the watchword of 2005’s TV industry, as media regulator Ofcom revealed almost 66% of the nation’s homes now receive TV in digital format (see Ofcom Estimates Show 65.9% Of Britain With Digital TV).The surge in growth was fuelled in part by the launch of several high profile digital channels, as ITV3, ITV4 and… Continue reading End Of Year Round-Up: Television

Britain’s newspaper market continued to see overall circulations decline throughout 2005, although a new wave of compact titles succeeded in bucking the trend, while new launches in the free-sheet market saw healthy starts.By far the largest change within 2005’s national newspaper market was the Guardian‘s switch to Berliner format, undertaken in September (see Guardian Hits… Continue reading End Of Year Round-Up: Press

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s quality sector was the only area of the national daily newspaper market to see an increase in readership during the six months to September, with rises for the newly compact Guardian, as well as small-form rivals the Independent and Times.Readership declines prevailed elsewhere, however, with the Financial Times suffering particularly heavy downturn,… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: September 2005

Daily Newspaper MarketThe majority of Britain’s daily national newspapers saw declines in readership during the six months to October, with only the compact quality titles managing to increase their audiences.The Independent notched up the largest increase, adding 21.2% to its total year on year, which now stands at 708,000. Elsewhere, the Times added 11%, while… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: October 2005

The latest figures from internet research specialist Nielsen//NetRatings show online career and employment sites in bloom, as a quarter of all European internet users report using the internet to look at job websites between July-September.In the same period, 43% of Europe’s online population were seen visiting the websites of universities. Overall, 68 million internet users… Continue reading Online Round-Up: Job Seekers Make Career Move Online

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily newspaper market saw a tumultuous month in November, with several quality titles managing to increase sales year on year, while both the mid market sector and the popular market suffered downturns across the board.The Guardian managed the largest increase in circulation year on year, adding 6.3% to total 401,029. However, the… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: November 2005

October saw a poor month for commercial broadcasters, with their share of viewing slipping on last year’s levels. ITV1 had the largest downturn of 1.6% points.At the same time, BBC1 increased its share in both all homes and digital homes, putting pressure on the commercial broadcasters in the run up to Christmas.All ViewingOut of the… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – October 2005

ITV had a steady performance this October and saw its revenue increase 1% on last year’s values, pushing the total to £176.3 million for the month. ITV launched their male-orientated digital channel ITV4 at the end of the month, with the opening night showcasing Champions League football, a re-make of Kojak and the classic film… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 2005