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The BBC’s delayed Supervolcano docu-drama drew more than 7 million viewers last night, according to overnight ratings, as the Corporation’s £2.8 million disaster epic finally screened after being rescheduled following the Asian tsunami disaster.The drama, billed as a “true story that hasn’t happened yet” was originally intended as the jewel in the crown of the… Continue reading Supervolcano Scores In Ratings But Fails To Top ITV

IPC tx has appointed Amy Culligan as publisher of What’s on TV as the title continues to compete on reduced cover prices with rivals in what some believe could escalate into a full-blown listings price war.The appointment will see Culligan join IPC tx from IPC SouthBank, where she was publisher of the Home Interest Group,… Continue reading IPC Homes Publisher Joins TX As Listings Battle Hots Up

Children and teenagers in the US have increased their daily media exposure by more than an hour over the past five years, from 7.29 hours per day to 8.33 hours per day, fuelled by video game consumption, according to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation.The report, “Generation M: Media in the Lives of… Continue reading Rise Of Daily Media Exposure In US Teens

Consumer online adspend in the US grew to $1.8 billion in 2004, a 14% increase on 2003, driven largely by growth in the entertainment/lifestyles industry, according to a report from the Online Publishers Association (OPA). The OPA’s “2004 Paid Online Content US Market Spending Report”, conducted in partnership with comScore Networks, found that online advertising… Continue reading Consumer Online Adspend Tops $1.8 Billion In 2004

Digital television penetration in the Asia Pacific region is forecast to reach 606 million TV households by 2010, an increase of 130 million since 1995, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media. “Asia Pacific Television – Ninth Edition” predicts that out of the total for 2010, 46% of consumers will subscribe to… Continue reading Strong Digital TV Penetration Forecast For Asia Pacific

BBC director general, Mark Thompson, has announced job cuts of over 1,700 at the Corporation in order to free up £139 million a year by 2008 to reinvest in the broadcaster’s programmes.The move, made as part of the BBC’s drive to meet viewer expectations, will lead to job losses across the Corporation’s professional services departments,… Continue reading BBC Cuts 1,700 Jobs To Reinvest In Programmes

Government media watchdog, Ofcom has announced that it has received five bids for the Norwich FM Independent Radio Licence.The new licence is expected to have a potential audience of 240,000 listeners, but will be smaller than the existing licence held by Broadland FM.Battling for the licence will be Crown FM, a distinctive speech and music… Continue reading Ofcom Reveals Five Bids For Norwich FM Licence

The nation’s mobile phone users continued to break records for mobile internet use in January, with the number of WAP page impressions rising by 18% year on year to a mammoth 1.42 billion, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association.The continued year on year increase builds on last year’s record WAP usage,… Continue reading WAP Popularity Continues To Grow Into 2005

The BBC has announced the second revamp to its interactive TV service, BBCi, in as many years, replacing the chunky white block lettering of its logo “i” with a circular red symbol designed to echo the red button functionality of its content.The rebranding, which will be seen across all of the BBC’s digital channels this… Continue reading BBCi Unveils New Look To Foster Interactive Usage

The latest analysis of the world broadband market reveals that the number of global digital subscriber lines (DSL) grew by almost 60% year on year in 2004 to 96.9 million, marking an absolute increase of over 35 million lines on 2003. The results come from broadband analysis company Point Topic, confirming previous forecasts that DSL… Continue reading Global Broadband Lines Close In On 100 Million In 2004