The latest figures from ABC reveal that month on month, overall circulation of national newspapers fell during May by 0.7%. The worst loss in percentage terms was at Sport First. Among the larger selling titles, the Mail on Sunday had a difficult month, dropping 5.1%.Meanwhile, the Mail titles’ mid market rival the Daily Express had… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – May 2002
UK publishing companies will need a helping hand from the Government if they are to be competitive on the world stage, says a new study commissioned for the Department Of Trade and Industry (DTI). Publishing in the Knowledge Economy has been produced by Pira International for the DTI and UK Publishing Media (UKPM). The report… Continue reading Charity Must Start At Home For UK Publishers
The Government’s plans to turn off the analogue TV signal look “increasingly futile” according to a survey carried out by Mediaedge:cia which shows that almost 1 in 3 people claim they will never switch to digital TV (DTV).According to the latest Sensor research from WPP’s media buyer, almost 29% of respondents say they would never… Continue reading Research Says Analogue Switch Off Could Be Thwarted
European firms will invest upwards of E2.5 million to implement strategic web services in 2003, with 84% of companies increasing their web services budgets, according to new research from Forrester Research. During 2003, execs surveyed by Forrester said that they plan to use web services throughout their enterprise, not just for a single process. Customer… Continue reading European Firms To Increase Investment Of Web Services
Online retail spending in the United States increased by 47% between 2000 and 2001, according to a report from Abacus, a division of DoubleClick. Abacus based its research on a database of the transactions made by 90 million US households. It found that the percentage of catalogue consumers buying online increased by 2% to reach… Continue reading Catalogue Consumers Bolster US Online Spending
Telewest has today launched its new 1 mega-bite Blueyonder internet service for residential users.The cable company claims that the new high-speed service, which has been on trial in Scotland, is 20 times faster than traditional dial-up internet access and can outperform other residential ADSL services provided through copper wires.The 1Mb Blueyonder product, which is available… Continue reading Telewest Unveils New Blueyonder Internet Service
ISBA has taken up an observer seat on the board of RAJAR to ensure that the currency for radio audience measurement remains strongly advertiser focussed.RAJAR is currently conducting research into the use of electronic meters to measure radio audiences and is set to review its key research contract in the coming year (see RAJAR Details… Continue reading ISBA Takes Observer Seat On RAJAR Board
Advertising revenues rose by 2% in the first five months of the year at regional newspaper publisher, Johnston Press, the group said in a trading statement this morning.The figures show the resilience of local advertising revenues during a period of economic uncertainty, says Johnston; national revenue has been hit much harder than local during the… Continue reading Local Ad Revenues Aid Johnston Press Figures
New research by Sky Digital has brought good news for the Wireless Group’s talkSPORT station, by suggesting that its audience via digital TV is larger than suggested by RAJAR.The Digital Audience Research Service surveyed 15,000 Sky Digital viewers and found that of the 54 radio stations available via the digital TV service, speech radio stations… Continue reading Sky Survey Shows Bigger Digital Audience For talkSPORT
The BBC’s coverage of England’s victory over Denmark on Saturday attracted nearly four times as many viewers as that provided by ITV.Both BBC1 and ITV1 showed the game, which kicked off at 12.30pm and saw England beat Denmark 3:0 to go through to the next stage of the World Cup finals. However, a peak audience… Continue reading BBC Scores Against ITV In World Cup Coverage
