The up-take of digital TV has increased by 10% over the last year to 40% of all UK households, according to figures published today by the DCMS. However, speaking at the Radio Academy’s annual Radio Festival this morning, Broadcast Minister Kim Howells said that the promotion of digital TV has been “very unsatisfactory”.According to Howells,… Continue reading Digital TV Has Been Under-Promoted Says Broadcast Minister
Chairman of the BBC, Gavyn Davies, has said that he would rather sack those responsible for breaking taste and decency codes than use licence fee payers money to pay regulatory fines.Speaking at the Radio Academy’s annual Radio Festival in Cambridge this morning, Davies said that the BBC should not be subject to sanctions for infringing… Continue reading Davies Says Sack Staff Don’t Pay Regulatory Fines
As anticipated, there was little encouragement for the beleagured advertising market in the new forecasts issued by Zenith Optimedia this week.The media agency sees no prospect of a revival this year, claiming that worldwide expenditure will fall by 0.5% and by 1.7% in real terms. This is in addition to the decline in 2001 when… Continue reading Ad Recovery Still Not Imminent, Says Zenith Optimedia
Digital terrestrial TV licence bidders need to pay careful attention to consumer expectations and learn from the past, according to new research.As many as 36% of respondents to a survey by Taylor Nelson Sofres for Pace Micro Technology said that they thought it was the broadcasters’ responsibility to encourage the switch to digital, while only… Continue reading DTT Bidders Must Listen To Consumers, Says Research
The chief executive of US-owned Clear Channel Worldwide, the world’s biggest radio group, has admitted that he would like to take over one of the UK major commercial radio groups.Speaking at the Radio Festival’s Guardian Media Group lecture last night, Lowry Mays said: “If regulation allowed, nothing would give me greater pleasure than to bring… Continue reading US Radio Group Could Move On UK Commercial Stations
Andy Richmond, head of research at MediaCom, has left the company to take up a role at MediaLab, the specialist research, development and consultancy division of Mediaedge:cia.Richmond will be MediaLab director for the international group based in London and will join the MediaLab global board. His responsibilities will include supporting the London worldwide client services… Continue reading Richmond Takes Director’s Role At MediaLab
Shares in Pace Micro Technology, the set-top box manufacturer, have fallen by over 40% following news that it has agreed a revised contract with BSkyB that will severly cut into profits. Under the new arrangement, Pace will now supply its video recorders at a discounted rate until next April in return for a share of… Continue reading Pace Counts Cost Of New Sky Deal
The repurcussions of the WorldCom and Xerox accounting revelations had a negative effect on the majority of media shares across the course of last week. Among the few to escape a downturn week on week were Reed and Granada, which managed increases of 3.49% and 2.76% respectively.At the other end of the scale, Cordiant’s predictions… Continue reading Sharewatch
More than half of a record number of complaints recieved by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) during 2001 were against national daily and Sunday newspapers, while only 4% were against magazines, according to the organisation’s Annual Review.The PCC document indicates that 3,033 complaints were received over the course of the year. The majority were from… Continue reading Record Number of PCC Complaints In 2001
The IPA has released its Trends in Television report covering the first quarter of 2002. The figures in the report reflect the “turbulent” audience data produced by the new BARB panel introduced at the start of the year (see TV Viewing Levels Have Stabilised, Says BARB), which has resulted in a fall in total recorded… Continue reading IPA Trends In Television Reflects BARB Changes
