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ITV has signed its largest ever syndication deal with Virgin Media today, giving Virgin’s viewers 8 days worth of catch-up shows and archive programming across ITV1, 2, 3 and 4.The four year deal, which gives ITV a fixed revenue share, will allow Virgin customers to access popular ITV shows on-demand, such as Coronation Street and… Continue reading ITV and Virgin Media sign on-demand deal

Last year was pretty gloomy for newspapers, with circulations continuing to fall and the financial downturn beginning to bite, while a question concerning many was the migration to digital.One of the biggest stories of the year, at least as far as regional publishers were concerned, came in November as the BBC Trust rejected the Corporation’s… Continue reading 2008 round-up: Newspapers

Daily Sport publisher Sport Media Group has posted a pre-tax loss of £18.2 million for the year to the end of July, after stripping £20.7 million off the value of its assets, due to the current market conditions. SPMG was forced to write down the value of Sport Newspapers, which it bought for £50 million… Continue reading Sport Media Group records £18.2m pre-tax loss

British consumers pay more attention to print ads rather than online ads, according to Deloitte’s new Media Democracy survey into the media consumption habits of Brits aged between 16 and 74. The study found that 59% of consumers pay the greatest attention to print ads in magazines, while 56% pay more attention to ads in… Continue reading Consumers pay more attention to print ads than online ads

US internet users viewed 12.7 billion online videos during November, representing a year on year increase of 34%, according to a new report from comScore. Google sites again ranked as the top US video property, with nearly 5.1 billion videos viewed (representing a 40% share of all videos viewed) in November, with YouTube.com accounting for… Continue reading American online video viewing rises

There was a lot going on in the TV industry in 2008, with major players moving jobs, Channel 4’s funding gap and the rapid growth of digital TV just some of the big themes to emerge.At the end of January, the Office of Fair Trading began its review of the Contracts Rights Renewal (CRR) mechanism,… Continue reading 2008 round-up: Television

One of the largest advertising agencies in the world, JWT, has released its list of 90 things to watch out for in 2009, including newspapers’ migration to digital, personalised mobile phones and online TV networks.JWT’s ’90 Things to Watch in 2009′, which comes from the agency’s data and research analysis in New York, as well… Continue reading JWT’s “90 Things to Watch in 2009”

Cross-media audience measurement is a better indicator of newspaper reach than just print circulation, according to a gathering of media measurement organisations from around the world.At a meeting in New York of the Media Measurement Integration Task Force participants acknowledged that advertisers and agencies continue to rely on print circulation as a measure of a… Continue reading Newspaper task force examines cross-media audience measurement

Samsung has signed a landmark deal with Yahoo! which will see the companies launch a series of flat screen HD TVs this spring allowing users to access the internet while watching TV.Thanks to the Yahoo Widget Engine, UK users will be able to surf the internet and access services such as Flickr, YouTube and eBay… Continue reading Samsung and Yahoo! to launch internet enabled TVs

News International is set to up the cover price of the Saturday edition of The Times and The Sunday Times by 10p in Scotland, matching the title’s cover prices south of the border.The two papers will be priced at £1.50 and £2 respectively from this weekend, though the weekday issue will remain unchanged at 90p,… Continue reading Times increases cover price in Scotland