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The worldwide mobile phone market is edging ever nearer to one billion units shipped for the year, with a total of 254.9 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2006, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Worldwide shipments of mobile phones were up 7.9% from the previous quarter and up an impressive… Continue reading Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Sees Record Shipments

The number of broadband subscribers in the 30 countries tracked by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reached 181 million in June, a 33% increase over the previous year. The research shows that broadband reaches an average 15.5 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, compared to 11.7 subscribers per 100 in 2005. DSL (63%) leads… Continue reading Broadband Subscribers Increase 33%

Worldwide digital terrestrial TV (DTT) is expected to more than triple over the next five years, with growth driven primarily in Western Europe, according to IMS Research. IMS Research also says that research carried out on the DTT market suggest that pay-DTT services have a greater chance of survival where free DTT services are already… Continue reading Global DTT Expected to Treble

Global TV advertising clutter rose 16% from 2001 to 2005, according to new research from Initiative. Initiative says that ad clutter rose massively between 2001 and 2003 (11%), calmed in 2004 (1.8%) and rose again in 2005 (2.1%). Overall, this means that globally, television viewers now watch 65 more commercials a week (or nine more… Continue reading TV Advertising Clutter Grows 16% In Five Years

Reports are breaking that the new season of hit television drama series Lost have been poached from Channel 4 by Sky One in the UK, for an estimated £20 million.Channel 4 originally signed the series on a two-year deal in 2004 and has been in contract renewal negotiations with Buena Vista International Television for several… Continue reading Sky One Poaches Lost From Channel 4

Who Do You Think You Are?, which followed actor Jeremy Irons as he delved in to his genealogical past, proved popular for BBC One last night, gaining an average adult audience of 5.5 million.The programme took a 26.5% viewing share, making it by far the most watched show in the 9pm timeslot. Its nearest rival… Continue reading Family History Proves A Hit For BBC One

MediaTel Group’s sixth Media Question Time, held on Wednesday 1 November, promises to be a lively and informative evening, with top industry experts lined up for the debate.The event, held at RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1, will be chaired by BBC media correspondent, Torin Douglas, a regular at MediaTel Group’s topical media seminars.This year’s… Continue reading MediaTel Group Hosts Sixth Media Question Time

BT’s forthcoming IPTV service, BT Vision, has signed three more video on-demand agreements to provide further content to the next-generation service.MTV, Paramount Comedy and Nickelodeon will provide content, giving BT Vision users on-demand access to titles such as Punk’d , Pimp My Ride, and Dirty Sanchez from MTV; SpongeBob Squarepants and Rugrats, and Comedy Central’s… Continue reading BT Vision Signs Further Content Partners

It’s a widely accepted view that ITV has had a tough summer in 2006, but with the nights getting shorter comes the channel’s fight back.With Channel 4’s ratings juggernaut Big Brother firmly out of the way, ITV has started to wheel out its audience bankers. Old favourites such as X-Factor and Ant & Dec’s Saturday… Continue reading Saturday Night Viewing: BBC One Vs ITV1

By the end of the year, Google is expected to command a 25% market share of online adspend, according to eMarketer. eMarketer says that Google will see its ad revenue soar to more than $4 billion by the end of the year, a number that matches the record ad spending of the entire industry during… Continue reading Google Could Command 25% Market Share Of Online Adspend