Rivalry between the Barclay brothers and Associated Newspapers has intensified with news that the Mail On Sunday has ended its distribution deal with the media moguls’ troubled financial title, The Business.Associated Newspapers is understood to be preparing a £500 million-plus bid to take control of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph in an attempt to derail… Continue reading Associated Ends Distribution Deal With The Business
ITV is relaunching its news programming next month following the creation of a new ITV News Group bringing together the network’s national, international and regional news services for the first time.The initiative includes a brand new on-air look for ITV’s regional and network news programmes, as well as its News At Ten Thirty, which will… Continue reading ITV To Relaunch News Programming For Upmarket Viewers
The number of internet page impressions made by WAP devices topped one billion in the UK for the first time in December 2003, according to the latest data from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).The December figure represents an increase of 50 million over November’s total and provides the highest monthly total for WAP page impressions… Continue reading UK WAP Page Impressions Top 1 Billion In December
The battle to take control of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph took another turn yesterday after Hollinger International moved to scupper Conrad Black’s £260 million deal to sell the titles to the Barclay brothers. The reclusive Barclays claim to have reached an irrevocable agreement with Black to assume control of a range of titles including… Continue reading Hollinger Moves To Scupper Black’s Telegraph Sale
The arrival of new stations and data services will ensure significant growth in the digital radio market over the next few years, according to a new report from In-Stat/MDR.There have already been major developments in digital satellite radio in the United States while digital terrestrial platforms have led the way in the UK. Last week,… Continue reading Digital Radio Taps Into The Zeitgeist As Uptake Increases
By 2014, there will be 15 million online gamers in the US, with the market being valued at around $9 billion, according to the Themis Report On Online Gaming 2004, distributed by DFC Intelligence. The report forecasts that US gamers will pay an average subscription fee of $23.50 per month by this time.Subscribers to MediaTel… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: US Online Gaming To Reach 15m By 2014
The number of internet users worldwide rose by 7% in 2003, according to an annual report from Ipsos-Insight. The survey of adult internet users shows that growth was driven mainly by rising adoption in urban China, Germany, Japan, and South Korea, which have been amongst the fastest growing markets in recent years. Urban Russia, France… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Global Internet Population Rises 7%
One of the strongest performances in last week’s media market came from SMG, which rose 6.33% week on week after selling its 27.8% stake in Scottish Radio Holdings to Emap for £90.5 million. The deal will allow SMG to reduce its mounting debt burden and is expect kick off the long awaited consolidation of the… Continue reading Sharewatch: SMG Boosted By Scottish Radio Sell-Off
The increasing uptake of personal video recorders, such as Sky Plus and TiVo, will transform the media planning and buying process by 2006, according to new research uncovered by NewsLine.A study into the effect of PVRs carried out by PHD suggests that the ability to skip through commercial breaks will fundamentally challenge the currency of… Continue reading PVRs Could Transform Media Planning Process
Channel 4 saw profits triple last year as its wide-ranging effort to reduce costs began to bear fruit despite the ongoing downturn in the television advertising market.The terrestrial broadcaster is understood to have improved its performance after holding advertising revenues flat during 2003 and cutting non-programme costs to focus on its core business.The channel is… Continue reading Outlook Improves For Channel 4 As Profits Triple
