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BSkyB is set to miss its target of 10 million subscribers by 2010, according to an analyst’s report published today.The Collins Stewart report says that subscriber growth will stall, leaving BSkyB with 9.4 million subscribers by the end of 2010.It said: “We believe BSkyB faces greater threats to its business model than ever before. Recession,… Continue reading BSkyB Could Miss 10m Subscribers Target

WPP has extended its $1.9 billion offer for market research firm TNS until 29 October.Shareholders accounting for almost 92% of TNS stock accepted the offer as of 3pm yesterday, however WPP is now giving more TNS shareholders the opportunity to accept the deal, reported Brand Republic.WPP has also announced that it will move to delist… Continue reading WPP Extends TNS Takeover Offer

Dominic Eames has joined Virgin Media as its first portal editorial director, in a role created to help drive Virgin Media’s portal content strategy and lead publishing activities.Eames joins Virgin Media after eight years with Channel 4 New Media. As editor, Online, Eames was responsible for content across Channel4.com and successfully took programming, including Big… Continue reading Virgin Media Makes New Appointment

Bauer Media has appointed Tony Kypreos, former vice-president of T-Mobile International, as its new head of digital.In his new role Kypreos will be responsible for development and delivery of digital content and services across Bauer Media.He will also be charged with building Bauer Media’s brand portfolio and extending the company’s reach to take advantage of… Continue reading Bauer Media Appoints Digital Boss

Manchester United’s 3-0 win over Celtic had a peak audience of 6.6 million viewers last night on ITV1 – a 28.7% share of the audience.The coverage of the Champions League match was live from 7.30pm to 10pm and had an average audience of 5.3 million viewers.Comedy-drama Sunshine, on BBC One for an hour at 9pm,… Continue reading 6.6m Watch United Dominate Celtic

At last night’s MRG evening meeting, Lucy Bristowe and Stephen Murfet presented the latest findings from the SkyView research.The SkyView panel is made up of 33,000 Sky households, and of these, 10,300 are Sky+ homes, 3,400 are HD and 8,200 are PVOD (Push Video-on-Demand) enabled homes, using Sky Anytime.The research has shown that the longer… Continue reading SkyView Research Discussed At MRG Evening Meeting

Stuart Knapman, partner at Essential Research, last night presented some recently completed research on Video-on-Demand at the latest MRG meeting.According to the research, VoD is primarily driven by catch-up and convenience, although there are currently barriers to uptake.One of the barriers is watching content on the “wrong screen”, as people do not want to be… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting Looks At New VoD Research

Ofcom has outlined plans which could see Londoners receive HD TV on the Freeview platform as early as 2010.The regulator has launched a consultation to look at temporarily reassigning Freeview spectrum, allowing some high density population areas to receive services such as HD TV earlier than planned.London was going to receive Freeview HD services in… Continue reading London Could Get Freeview HD By 2010

Five had a relatively good September, seeing its viewing share rise very slightly year on year, by 0.1 percentage points.The largest fall, of 1.8 percentage points year on year, came for BBC One.All ViewingFive’s viewing share was up slightly, by 0.1 percentage points to 5.1% in September, while Channel 4’s share was down by 0.1… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – September 2008

Yahoo! has announced global profits of $54 million for the third quarter of the year, down from $151 million for Q3 2007.Pre-tax profits outside the US fell 7% to $119m while US pre-tax profits were down 14% year on year to $291m.The internet company also said it will cut costs by $400 million from its… Continue reading Yahoo! Sees Global Profits Tumble