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It’s back and apparently bigger and better than ever; ITV1’s X Factor certainly drew in the punters, with Saturday night’s opening episode drawing in an impressive 7.9 million adults, up from six million for the start of last year’s competition.The programme, which featured the usual mix of hopefuls and hopeless wannabes striving to become the… Continue reading X Factor Back With A Bang

The number of internet users now stands at nearly 30.2 million, according to figures released by BMRB for the second quarter of 2007.As internet usage broke the 30 million mark for the first time, growth of 9.2% could be observed over the same period last year.The total number of people going online is now over… Continue reading Online Usage Round-Up Q2 2007: Internet Usage Breaks 30 Million Mark

Last week saw WPP report a 5.3% increase in like-for-like revenues for the six months to the end of June, boosted by acquisitions in China and India and faster growth in the US.The company posted a pre-tax profit of £338 million, a 6.9% rise on the same period last year. Its reported revenue rose 2%… Continue reading Media In The City: WPP Reports 5.3% Revenue Increase

The Office of Fair Trading has said it would agree to consider a review of the imposed Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) on ITV.According to reports, the broadcaster, which has challenged the restrictions following the Carlton/Granada merger, has finally persuaded the OFT to think about looking at the case.The OFT said it would make a decision… Continue reading OFT Agrees To Consider Review Of CRR

The King was a big draw for ITV1 last night, with Young Elvis In Colour grabbing a peak of 3.6 million adults (an 18.9% share of the audience) in its 9pm timeslot.The insightful documentary, shown 30 years after the death of one of pop culture’s biggest icons, featured rare colour archive and home movies of… Continue reading Elvis Gets A Big Audience For ITV1

The biggest real term increase in the gaming and computer sector was enjoyed by Official Nintendo Magazine, which grew by almost 12,500 copies year on year, a percentage increase of nearly 35%, taking its total to more than 47,900.There was also a healthy rise for Future Publishing’s Xbox publications. Xbox World 360 went up by… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007:Official Nintendo Magazine Records Largest Increase in Gaming Sector

Q Magazine remained king of the music titles, despite an almost 18% year on year drop in circulation, according to yesterday’s ABC consumer magazine concurrent release for the first six months of 2007.The Emap title shed almost 29,000 copies in real terms year on year to take its total to just under 130,200, well above… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007: Q Magazine Tops Music Sector Despite 18% Year On Year Circulation Drop

High profile ‘threequels’ have seen UK cinema admissions up almost 28.5% year on year in June to 11.2 million, according to the latest figures from the Cinema Advertising Association.Films such as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Shrek the Third, Ocean’s Thirteen and Spider-Man 3 have spurred the upturn.The third instalment in the Pirates… Continue reading ‘Threequels’ Boost Cinema Admissions To 11.2 Million For June

Bebo.com became the most visited social networking site from within the UK in July, attracting 10.6 million unique visitors, an increase of 63% over the start of the year, according to the latest figures from comScore.It was closely followed by social networking behemoth MySpace.com, which enjoyed a 25% increase in traffic over the same time… Continue reading Bebo Becomes Most Visited Social Networking Site In July

WPP has reported a 5.3% increase in like-for-like revenues for the six months to the end of June, helped by acquisitions in China and India and faster growth in the US. WPP posted a pre-tax profit of £338 million, a 6.9% on the same period last year. Its reported revenue rose 2% to £2.9 billion.… Continue reading WPP Revenues Increase 5.3%