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February was a tough month for most of the terrestrial channels, with only GMTV recording a year on year increase in revenue. The breakfast station received £4.7 million in revenue monies, up 5.9% on February 2007.Across the whole ITV1 network revenue was down by 3% to stand at £98.81 million.Channel 4’s revenues fell 5.3% year… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – February 2008

Bauer Radio has said that it will relaunch a Q magazine branded radio station this year, as part of a huge investment in its brands.Q Radio, which is currently available via Freeview, will be rolled out nationally across satellite, cable and online from 2 June.The launch follows predecessor Emap Radio’s launch of Heat Radio last… Continue reading Bauer Confirms Relaunch Of Q Radio

Advertisers will spend £3.4 billion online in 2008, a rise of 27% from the year before, according to new online ad spending figures released by eMarketer.Internet advertising spending will continue to show double-digit growth through 2010, said eMarketer, passing £4.3 billion in 2010 and exceeding £5 billion in 2012.Internet advertising should hold its own in… Continue reading Online Adspend To Rise 27% In 2008

Retro 80s drama Ashes To Ashes will return for a second series on BBC One.The show, which ended its first series last night, has been recommissioned by the BBC following strong ratings and good feedback from fans.Details of the new series are being kept under wraps at the moment, but Simon Crawford-Collins, executive producer and… Continue reading Second Series For Ashes To Ashes

Advertising expenditure in Europe is expected to grow by 3.9% in 2008, despite real economic growth slowing to just 1.8%, according to a new forecast published by the World Advertising Research Center in association with the Advertising Association.UK adspend is expected to rise by 3.5% this year, while adspend in the US is set to… Continue reading European Adspend Forecast To Grow 4% In 2008

Advertisers will spend £3.4 billion online in 2008, a rise of 27% from the year before, according to new online ad spending figures released by eMarketer. Internet advertising spending will continue to show double-digit growth through 2010, said eMarketer, passing £4.3 billion in 2010 and exceeding £5 billion in 2012. Internet advertising should hold its… Continue reading Online Adspend To Rise 27% In 2008

Advertising expenditure in Europe is expected to grow by 3.9% in 2008, despite real economic growth slowing to just 1.8%, according to a new forecast published by the World Advertising Research Center in association with the Advertising Association. UK adspend is expected to rise by 3.5% this year, while adspend in the US is set… Continue reading European Adspend Forecast To Grow 4% In 2008

Independent News & Media has reported an 8.4% rise in UK operating profits for 2007. The group, which owns the Independent, Independent on Sunday and Belfast Telegraph, saw its operating profit increase to €15.5 million (£12.1 million). Revenue in the UK increased 18.3% to €268.1 million (£210 million), with advertising growth of 5.5%. The Independent… Continue reading Profits Up At Independent News & Media

A new forecast from Magna Global predicts that US DVR subscriber households will number 42.7 million (36.3% of TV households) by 2012. This is up from Magna Global’s original estimate of 24.6 million (22.1% of TV households) as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2007. By 2012, Magna expects that video-on-demand will reach… Continue reading US DVR Subscriber Households To Reach 42.7m

Ofcom’s latest digital television update, for the fourth quarter of 2007, reveals that there were 524,500 net UK household conversions to digital television (DTT), following 361,700 additions in the previous quarter.Freeview experienced its strongest quarter so far, with four million units sold, while the digital cable and satellite platforms together added over 280,000 digital households,… Continue reading 524,000 UK Households Went Digital In Q4 2007