The ITV Network saw viewing figures fall to an all time low in July, with ITV1 recording an audience share of just 22.5% for the month.This figure represents a 1.5% decline on the previous month’s audience share, which was a healthier 24%, but is down 4.6% on the figure for July 2001, which was 27.1%.On… Continue reading ITV Sees Audience Share Slide In July
World market information group, Taylor Nelson Sofres, has acquired Svenska Gallup, a market information business in Sweden. Svenska Gallup provides customised market information across all industry sectors, as well as opinion and social research and employee related studies. Svenska Gallup turnover for the year ended 30 June 2002 was SEK28.5 million (£1.9 million) and net… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Sofres Expands Into Sweden
Rivals Digital Media, the company that houses popular football sites Rivals.net and Football 365 is to re-launch its online SMS services.The new updated services will be launched on August 17th to coincide with the start of the Premiership.Steve Clarke, director of Business Development for Rivals said: “By revamping our online SMS offering and altering the… Continue reading Rivals Re-launches SMS Services
Carlton and Granada, which were hit last week by news that Bertelsmann had abandoned its plans to take a larger stake in the US television market, saw shares fall yesterday. The former was down 7.97% to close at £1.58ž, whilst the latter slipped 5.57% to finish at 80˝p, a loss of 4žp on the day… Continue reading Sharewatch
US adspend is forecast to show a slight comeback in the second half of the year, with moderate gains continuing through to 2006, according to a new industry report from Veronis Suhler Stevenson as reported by Mediapost. Growth of 2.9% is predicted for 2002, following the 6.2% decline of last year. Most of this is… Continue reading US Ad Forecasts From Veronis Suhler
With the media industry still trying to digest the Joint Scrutiny Committee’s report on the draft Communications Bill, ISBA’s director of public affairs, Ian Twinn, examines the Committee’s recommendations on the issue of self-regulation for broadcast advertising.Understandably, the media focus on the Puttnam Committee report, published last week on the Communications Bill, was on their… Continue reading NewsLine Column: A Step Towards Self-Regulation
Broadband internet is starting to capture the imagination of the British public and almost 2 million homes will have high-speed web access by this time next year, according to the Summer 2002 Internet Report from Continental Research. The study shows that of the 10 million UK households now connected to the internet, 12% already have… Continue reading UK Web Users Catching The Broadband Bug, Says Research
Consumer interest in broadband is increasing and around 700,000 homes plan to upgrade to a high-speed internet connection within the next twelve months, according to a report from Continental Research.The report shows that of the 10 million UK homes currently connected to the internet, 1.2 million, or 12%, have some form of high-speed internet connection… Continue reading Research Reveals Growing Consumer Interest In Broadband
The corporate sector has emerged as the early adopter of digital content, according to a new study by researchers at IDC. However, the market remains relatively immature with only 13% of corporations claiming to be using streaming media. About 6% plan to invest in the technology by the end of the year and a further… Continue reading Streaming Media Attracting European Companies, Says IDC
Emap Performance and GWR have formed a joint venture company called EG Digital to launch dance music station Kiss across GWR’s local digital radio multiplex network.The deal, which will bring Kiss to digital listeners in Bristol, Swindon and Wolverhampton, will increase the station’s potential UK audience by around 9 millionlisteners.Kiss currently broadcasts to digital audiences… Continue reading Emap’s Kiss To Launch Across GWR Digital Multiplex
