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Last night’s thrilling UEFA Champions League battle between Chelsea and Liverpool peaked with almost 11 million viewers for ITV1 during the nail biting penalty shoot-out, giving the broadcaster a 50% viewing share at around 10pm.Dutch striker Dirk Kuyt sought revenge on the Blues, nailing the winning penalty after the dubious decision to disallow his earlier… Continue reading Nail Biting Semi-Final Lures Millions To ITV1

Over 59 million people in the US (37.6% of all active US internet users) visited newspaper websites during the first quarter of 2007, according to research from Nielsen//NetRatings for the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). This number, says Neilsen//NetRatings, represents a 5.3% increase over the same period a year ago. The visitors generated almost three… Continue reading US Visitors To Newspaper Websites Increase

Joost, the long-awaited internet television service, has officially commercially launched, following last week’s announcement of its advertising partners.Campaigns from the 32 companies will begin airing on the platform this month, while as a part of this launch, all existing Joost beta testers now have an unlimited number of invitations that they can send to their… Continue reading Joost Ready For Lift Off

Sky+ households have reached 2.1 million following growth of 199,000 in the third quarter, meaning that it has reached its target of 25% of subscribers using the service three years ahead of schedule.The company had new customer additions of 340,000 in the third quarter, up 25% year-on-year and net customer growth of 51,000, up 28%… Continue reading Sky+ Subscriptions Increase

Channel 4 Radio and Last.fm have formed a strategic alliance to create what they claim is radio’s first truly global music chart show, The Worldwide Chart.The weekly show, available at www.channel4radio.com, will showcase the top tracks from Last.fm’s global music chart, highlighting what Last.fm’s 20 million users are listening to across Europe, Asia and the… Continue reading Channel 4 Radio And Last.fm Form Alliance

Channel 4’s annual report shows that its turnover increased by 5% last year, reaching a record £937 million, due to growth in digital revenues.The broadcaster’s new media division saw its turnover more than double to £51 million last year, up from £24.5 million in 2005.However, it blamed a drop in advertising revenues and higher spending… Continue reading Channel 4 Turnover Reaches Record Levels

H Bauer’s In The Know magazine has closed with immediate effect after less than a year on the newsstand.The women’s weekly title, which entered an already volatile market, launched last August, with the publisher having invested £10 million in the magazine (see In The Know To Launch Next Week).The magazine was created as a “topical… Continue reading In The Know Folds After Less Than A Year

Emap’s Magic 105.4 is to launch a £1 million TV advertising campaign beginning this Wednesday, to be shown on Channel 4, ITV and Five throughout May and June.The 30-second execution features a woman driver stuck in road works in the rain. She tunes in to Magic 105.4 and as she listens to Magic playing ‘Everything’… Continue reading Magic 105.4 To Launch TV Ad Campaign

BSkyB is expected to announce its lowest subscription figures for a decade this month after just 250,000 new customers signed up to its broadband services.According to Uswitch.com, industry insiders have hinted Sky’s churn rate – the rate at which its customers are leaving the provider – to be as high as 15%, compared with 11.9%… Continue reading BSkyB Expected To Announce Lowest Subscription Figures For A Decade

According to a new JupiterResearch report, On-Demand Video Advertising: Embracing Consumer Control of Video Content more than 60% of Europeans don’t watch on-demand video, and even on-demand loyalists spend most of their media time with traditional TV. JupiterResearch said that although on-demand video consumption is still a niche behaviour in Europe, advertisers must develop innovative… Continue reading 60% Of Europeans Don’t Watch On-Demand Video