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Carat has issued revised forecasts for global advertising expenditure in 2008 and 2009. The worldwide prediction for 2008 has been revised downwards by just over a percentage point from 6.0% to 4.9%. 2009 is also very slightly reduced, from 4.9% growth to 4.8%. Year on Year % Growth At Current Prices    2007a 2008e 2009e… Continue reading Carat Revises Down Global Ad Forecast

Online archive shows will make up a fifth of all TV viewing within five years time, according to Ashley Highfield, speaking at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF).Highfield, Project Kangaroo’s chief operating officer, claimed that archive content would make up half of all video-on-demand services in five years time.Highfield, who previously fronted the development… Continue reading MGEITF 2008: Highfield Predicts Bright Future For Online TV

Virgin Media and sports network Perform have developed an online video player for ITV Sport, The Guardian, News International, Trinity Mirror and Virgin Media itself.The new e-Player will be dedicated to sports content, with highlights from the FA Premier League as well as other sporting events.Virgin Media and Perform have designed the video player to… Continue reading Virgin Media Develops Sports Video Player

GCap’s national sales director, Simon Daglish, is set to leave the company following the planned merger of the Global Radio and GCap Media’s sales teams.Ashley Tabor, founder of Global Radio, announced to his staff that Daglish would be departing and the teams would come together in a central London location by the autumn.He said: “My… Continue reading Daglish Set To Leave As Global And GCap Sales Teams Merge

Armando Iannucci, the comedy writer and producer behind Alan Partridge and The Thick Of It has said that the BBC should be making more money out of its content by setting up a paid-for subscription service similar to HBO in the US.Speaking at the Alternative MacTaggart lecture at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF),… Continue reading MGEITF 2008: Iannucci Wants The BBC To “Clobber Critics” And Create Its Own HBO Service

RTL Group, owner of Five and The X Factor producer Fremantle, has reported a 2.5% drop in operating profits for the first half of the year. The pan-European producer and broadcaster reported a 2.5% year-on-year drop in earnings before interest, tax and amortisation, to €502 million (£398 million). Revenue for the six months to the… Continue reading RTL Reports Fall In Operating Profits

It is all about showbusiness and entertainment according to Peter Fincham, who gave a passionate speech at the recent MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF).Fincham, now director of television at ITV after he left BBC One following the infamous ‘Crowngate’ affair last year (see Fincham Quits Following Queen Doco ShockerFincham Quits Following Queen Doco ShockerFincham… Continue reading MGEITF 2008: TV’s Future Is In Entertainment, Says Peter Fincham

UTV, owner of the ITV Northern Ireland franchise, reported a year on year rise in pre-tax profit of 12%, to £10.4 million in the first half of 2008. The Belfast-based group also reported a revenue rise of 8% in the first half of 2008, with a 4% decline in TV ad income offset by solid… Continue reading UTV Sees Rise In Pre-Tax Profits

Despite the popularity of the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the US, this did not quite translate to huge amounts of video advertising, according to new figures from eMarketer. Based on video stream figures released by NBC, eMarketer estimates video ad spending on the NBCOlympics.com site will reach $5.75 million. That sum represents only 1.1% of… Continue reading New Figures Look At Olympic Online Video Adspend In The US

New figures from the Office of National Statistics show that 16.46 million UK households currently have internet access, representing 65% of households and an increase of 1.23 million households since 2007. Of all UK households, 56% have broadband internet access, an increase from 51% in 2007, while of the UK households with internet access, 86%… Continue reading 16.5m UK Households Have Internet Access