Chris Moyles could be facing an uphill struggle as the self-styled saviour of BBC Radio One with the station recording its lowest weekly reach of 2003, according to the latest unofficial listening figures from GfK.The National Broadcast Survey, which electronically measures radio and television audiences, shows that Radio One had a weekly reach of 11.8… Continue reading GfK Claims Listening Hits All Time Low At Radio One
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
Carlton was seen in focus yesterday with shares rising by a healthy 4.71%. This led dealers to suggest short positions were being closed ahead of the last day of dealing on Friday. However, Granada was more subdued with stock slipping by 0.19% reflecting the fact that that shares went ex-dividend at Friday’s close.Both companies were… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners Boosted By Hope Of Cost Savings
ITV’s commercial airtime revenues will barely grow during 2004, as its share of TV advertising dips from 51% to 50%, according to new a forward-looking report from Billetts Media Consulting. Billetts says that ITV’s revenues will rise by a meagre 0.3% in 2004, whilst multi-channel advertising jumps by 11.0% year on year. As a result,… Continue reading ITV Revenues To Remain Flat In 2004, Says Billetts
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 Barclay brothers 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
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. Themis also… Continue reading US Online Gaming To Reach 15m By 2014
With consumers beginning to trust technology to help them make all kinds of purchasing decisions, Jean-Paul Edwards, head of media futures at Manning Gottlieb OMD, discusses the rise of non-human marketing…We live in an ever more technical world. Our relationship with technology is changing, we are trusting our machines to do more and more things… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Non-Human Marketing
The collapse of the dotcom bubble has failed to quash technology investments in ecommerce technology, according to a new survey by Forrester Research. The report says that IT investments in ecommerce are alive and well, with ecommerce budgets outpacing the rest of IT budgets at present. Around three-quarters of companies are maintaining or increasing their… Continue reading Ecommerce Technology Investment Continues Apace
Glamour models, former pop-stars and retired footballers proved something of a winning combination for ITV1 last night, with a peak of almost 11 million viewers tuning in for the first episode of the new series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.Audiences for the programme peaked at 10.9 million when Razor Ruddock and… Continue reading I’m A Celebrity Attracts 11 Million Viewers To ITV1
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
