BSkyB is to terminate its analogue service from midnight tomorrow, completing the transition to a digital service ahead of the original deadline of 31 December 2002.The broadcaster has been reducing the number of channels available through the analogue direct to home (DTH) service, despite some consumer concerns, (see More Channels Leave Sky Analogue) since the… Continue reading Sky Ends Analogue
BSkyB, dominant in the sports channel market, last year agreed to part with £1.1bn to retain broadcasting rights to Premier League football games for another three years, a scenario which demonstrates how money has become a primary factor in successful sports broadcasting, much to the BBC’s chagrin.Sky Sports 1 launched in 1993, joining Eurosport among… Continue reading Feature: Sports Channels
Parents still rely on TV’s “watershed” of 9pm as a major means of controlling their children’s viewing, according to new research commissioned by the BBC, ITC and BSC. Published today, the qualitative research document Viewers and Family Viewing Policy aimed to investigate the relevance of the watershed and family viewing policy in the changing media… Continue reading Parents Still Rely On Watershed
Channel 5 has signed a deal with mobile marketing company ZagMe to broadcast interactive TV ads that allow text message responses.The deal will allow advertisers on Channel 5 to encourage a direct response from consumers, who will be offered discounts on products if they reply to text message numbers featured in the adverts.The databases of… Continue reading Channel 5 Signs Text Deal
BSkyB saw shares rise yesterday, despite an advertising forecast downgrade by ABN AMRO earlier in the week. Stock was up 2.83% to finish at £6.17, an increase of 17p on the previous day.After releasing a reassuring trading statement yesterday, the Daily Mail saw shares climb 11.17% to close at 5.59, 56.2p better off than the… Continue reading Sharewatch
According to the second phase of the Yahoo!/AC Nielsen Internet Confidence Index, consumer confidence in ecommerce has risen by five points since the survey began in June 2001. The survey results also included a projected rise in online ad spending to $16 billion for Q4 2001. Much of this revenue will be generated by “light”… Continue reading Consumer Confidence In eCommerce Is Growing, Says AC Nielsen
Reuters is launching Reuters television (RTV) on its website.RTV will appear in streamed video form on Reuters.co.uk this week and will provide users with a daily schedule of financial programmes, including live coverage of “market moving” events, footage of economic indicators and interviews with market figures.Reuters’ UK personal finance editor, Bernard Hickey, said: “The addition… Continue reading Reuters Launches Live TV Stream
Myers Reports predicts that mobile commerce revenues in the US will reach $4.8 billion dollars by 2004, whilst mobile advertising will be valued at $2.6 billion by 2005. However, these are estimates are more conservative than a number of other forecasts, as shown. US M-commerce 2004 forecasts ($ billion) Ovum 19.2 Merrill Lynch… Continue reading US Mobile Commerce And Advertising Forecasts
Emap is cutting more jobs in its Digital division and is reintegrating the business into its off-line operations.A spokesperson for Emap today refused to comment on reports that up to 60 jobs were to go across Emap’s portfolio of websites but confirmed that redundancies would occur.“Emap’s digital operations will be reintegrated into various off-line networks,… Continue reading More Jobs To Go At Emap Digital
UK media giant Emap today released a trading statement which revealed that underlying profits for the group grew by 3% in H1 2001 largely due to increases in circulation revenue in the UK and France, but warned that advertising revenues are still falling. Underlying consumer advertising revenue was up by 5% in the UK and… Continue reading Emap Sees Circulation Revenues Rise In Tough Marketplace
