UK internet users turned away from chat rooms, e-commerce sites and entertainment portals during September in favour of news and official government sites, according to web monitoring company, Hitwise.The latest figures for September reveal the inevitable shift in usage habits of UK users after the terrorist attacks in the US led to an increase in… Continue reading UK Internet Usage Habits Shift
The first run episode of Coronation Street, shown on ITV2 on Wednesday evening due to football being shown on ITV1, gained the highest audience yet achieved for the channel.During the 7:30-8pm slot, the channel was the 6th most popular channel in all homes, attracting 673,000 viewers and peaking during the second half of the programme… Continue reading ITV2 Achieves 6.6% Audience Share
A new report from Jupiter MMXI has highlighted the growth seen in internet usage since it began its research at the end of 1999. The number of monthly at home users in the UK has grown from 7.8 million in October 1999 to 13.5 million in January 2001. The number of minutes spent online each month… Continue reading Jupiter Charts Internet Growth
Viacom Outdoor has launched its first advertising packages for the XTP moving advertising system on the London Underground. Advertisers are being offered incentives to be the first to take up opportunities during the live trial during March next year.The XTP system will launch in full during the summer of next year. The system projects digital… Continue reading Viacom Launches XTP Packages
Sky Sports is launching an interactive “play along” football competition offering Sky Digital subscribers cash prizes.The competition launches on 21 October to coincide with the live Premiership match between Leeds and Chelsea and allows viewers to make pre-match predictions via their remote handset. Each correct prediction scores points, which are submitted via the digibox at… Continue reading Sky Sports Launch Football Competition
Granada Enterprises’ managing director, Phil France, is to leave the company after more than a quarter of a century at the company. Rumours that his departure has been hastened by the arrival of Zenith Media’s Graham Duff to take over from current chief executive of Granada Enterprises Mick Desmond have been denied by France. Paul… Continue reading Appointments Brief
According to Accenture, e-commerce is thriving in Europe despite the lingering threat of recession. “The Unexpected eEurope” published this week, found that 60% of senior European executives surveyed said that they planned to increase eCommerce spending by an average of 15% over the next year. A further 49% said that they expected to be exploiting… Continue reading U-Commerce, The Next Big Thing?
The ITC’s chairman, Sir Robin Biggam, has called on the Government to introduce interim legislation which would allow the creation of a single ITV, warning that the planned OFCOM legislation in 2003 would come too late to counteract the current economic difficulties faced by the commercial TV sector.“We are going through tough times and Government… Continue reading ITC Chief Calls For Interim Legislation
The 2002 and 2006 World Cup Finals will be shown on terrestrial TV after the BBC and ITV announced that they have secured the rights to broadcast the tournaments from Kirch.It is thought that, after lengthy negotiations, the BBC and ITV paid less than the £170 million initially demanded by the German media company. However,… Continue reading BBC and ITV Secure World Cup Rights
The BBC and ITV have secured the rights to broadcast the 2002 World Cup from German media company Kirch. It is thought that the TV companies paid less than the £170m being demanded by Kirch for the rights. More will follow on NewsLine shortly…
