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According to a new report, New Media Markets’ UK Digital Television, published by Informa Media Group, digital TV penetration will reach only 64% by 2010. This is some way off the Government’s target for analogue switch off. Informa forecasts that Sky Digital will account for over half of all digital TV households by 2010, cable… Continue reading Government Switch-Off Target Cannot Be Met, Says Informa Media Group

Trading conditions in the US technology publishing market remain challenging with no sign of any improvement, United Business Media (UBM) said this afternoon. In its AGM statement, the company said that its overall financial performance and outlook remain similar to the position outlined at the beginning of March (see UBM Shares Fall As Profits Are… Continue reading Tough Conditions In US Hi-Tech Continue, Says UBM

Indebted Telewest Begins ReorganisationTelewest Communications, the heavily indebted UK cable company, this morning said that net loss for Q1 2002 fell by 21% to £166 million on the back of EBITDA up 34% to £91 million. It is also planning a radical restructure in order to bring about cost savings.Total turnover for the quarter ended… Continue reading Indebted Telewest Begins Reorganisation

Following the demise of ITV Digital, Merrill Lynch has downgraded its revenue forecasts for BSkyB. Full year revenue at BSkyB is now expected to come in at around £2,785 million, a decline of 0.4% on previous forecasts. Merrill says that conservative forecasts assume that BSkyB will pick up only 200,000 of ITV Digital’s 1.2 million… Continue reading Merrill Lynch Downgrades BSkyB Forecasts

Emap Performance has signed a commercial content deal with Campus Media that will see some of its key radio brands broadcast across the SBN student network.From 1 September, Friday Night Kiss, The Smash Hits Chart Show and the Kerrang Show will be available to students across 49 UK student radio services. Friday Night Kiss will… Continue reading Content Deal Brings Emap Radio Brands To Students

The fledgling Out-Of-Home Media Association (OOHMA) has announced the appointment of former POSTAR managing director Richard Holliday as its chairman. The new trade association is planning to publish its full charter at the end of this month.The idea for the OOHMA was conceived in March by ambient media companies Alvern Forecourt Media, Shopfront Media, the… Continue reading Out-Of-Home Media Association Appoints Chairman

Figures released by the NRS for national newspaper circulation in the period October 2001 to March 2002 shows that the market as a whole saw a small year on year increase in readership of 0.2% or just over 125,000 readers.The best performance in terms of readership growth was seen at the Guardian, which saw an… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – March 2002

Advertising agencies and media revenues are forecast to experience a slow, U-shaped recovery to the ad market, rather than a fast V-shaped one, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. The broker says that it continues to expect revenues to be down for most media during the first half of the year, with only ‘muted’ gains… Continue reading Ad Agencies Stock Weak As ‘Muted’ Recovery Is Predicted

UK Home Net Access Hits 39%, But Growth Levels OffInternet access in the UK reached 39% of households in Q4 2001, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) released this morning. This is equivalent to 9.8 million households, or 25.6 million adults, says the ONS.The data show that the gap… Continue reading UK Home Net Access Hits 39%, But Growth Levels Off

Online classified ads will grow faster than any other form of online advertising this year in the US, Jupiter Media Metrix reported yesterday. Spending is projected to increase from $1.2 billion in 2002 to $2.3 billion by 2007 according to a new Jupiter report, Online Advertising Through 2007: Is the Worst Over?. The strong performance… Continue reading US Online Ad Spend Will Reach $16 Billion By 2007, Says Jupiter