Recent launches dominated the gaming market in the first half of 2000, with 6 titles reporting for the first time. Nintendo magazines suffered badly at the expense of the more popular Sony Playstation and Sega Dreamcast, according to the latest ABC figures for the six-month period to the end of June.Nintendo Pro lost almost two… Continue reading New Launches Steady Volatile Gaming Market
This October digital television will be two years old in the UK following the launch of BSkyB’s Sky Digital service in 1998. The last time Newsline looked at digital TV viewing (see Feature: Terrestrial Stations Lose Out As Digital Gains Ground) Sky had signed up just over two and a half million subscribers to its… Continue reading Feature: Pay-TV Channels Account For Almost Half Of All Viewing In Digital Homes
A Manchester company is planning to launch what it believes will be the first global live TV channel to set up on the internet in competition with terrestrial TV. Madcowtv.com will begin broadcasting in Autumn, aiming to attract “internet friendly professionals in the 20-35 age group.”Scheduling is to include a mix of news, sport, celebrity… Continue reading World’s First 24 Hour Global Internet TV Plans Launch
Rumours of a demise in the men’s lifestyle sector have been exaggerated judging from the latest circulation figures released by ABC. Speculation was rife that sales had peaked following the spectacular upsurge in the mid-nineties. However, it would appear that millennium man is not quite ready to give up his glossies.FHM continues to account for… Continue reading Men’s Lifestyle Market Makes A Comeback
The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation’s (ABC) show a little improvement for consumer music magazines. Year on year the sector fell only 0.5%, an improvement from the 9.8% drop in the previous report. However, the main publishing companies yet again showed drops in circulation with Emap’s Sky the greatest casualty, falling 46.3%… Continue reading Dance Titles Keep Music Sector’s Head Above Water
The film magazine sector rose significantly for the six-month period to June 2000, up 207% year on year, according to the latest ABC figures. Emap’s Empire has recorded the best performance of any title, with a 15% year on year rise in total average net sales.The next best performance came from Uncut which increased by… Continue reading Emap’s Empire Rises But IN2FILM Conquers All
Women’s monthly magazines took a tumble during the six-month period ending June 2000, with over 50% of titles showing a decrease in circulation, according to the latest ABC figures. Prima, which lost its position as market leader in the previous ABC report, took another 17% fall and is now at fourth place in the sector.… Continue reading Women’s Monthly Titles Take Another Tumble
Shares in Cordiant Communications remained unchanged despite posting a record set of interim results yesterday (see Cordiant Reports Profits Up 66%). The group also confirmed speculation this week that it had been approached by US-based group True North over a possible takeover bid, but said no formal discussions on the subject were taking place.Elsewhere, all… Continue reading Sharewatch
Women’s weeklies took a dive in the ABC report for the period Jan – June 2000. The market appears to have slumped with the majority of titles seeing a drop in sales in a year on year comparison.Nothing much has changed with the leader board. Bauer’s Take A Break is down on last year’s figure… Continue reading Take A Break Retains Huge Lead In Women’s Weekly Market
The overall trend within the teenage magazine market was one of decline, with a 1.4% fall in sales across the sector, according to the latest ABC figures. DC Thompson’s Shout was the worst hit, with a 17.1% drop, closely followed by Emap’s J17 which tumbled 16.1%.However, there was good news for Smash Hits, Girl Talk… Continue reading Emap’s Hold On Teenage Market Slips
