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The World Cup finally arrived in June, but it brought with it revenue falls for both terrestrial and satellite broadcasters.ITV1 fell by nearly 6% year on year, even considering it showed two of the most watched games of the tournament, where England played Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden, gaining nearly 18 million adult viewers (see… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – June 2006

Mobile users across Australasia will be able to download clips from BBC programmes such as The Office, Little Britain and Doctor Who, after the conclusion of a deal between BBC Worldwide and Vodafone in New Zealand and Australia.Classic clips, stills, and ring tones from these series and others, including The League of Gentlemen, Goodness Gracious… Continue reading BBC Mobile Video For Australasia

BSkyB’s annual revenues rose from £3.84 billion to £4.15 billion, as it added 77,000 new subscribers during the last quarter and 389,000 for the year, according to the broadcaster’s results for the year ending 30 June.The rise in subscriber numbers over the past financial year takes BSkyB to 8.18 million subscribers. The company’s expansion into… Continue reading BSkyB’s Revenue And Subscriber Numbers Up

Digital set-top box shipments could exceed 200 million units worldwide by 2011, according to new forecasts from the business intelligence service IMS Research.According to the report, The Worldwide Market for Digital Set-Top Boxes & iDTVs – 2006 Edition, IMS suggests that the market for digital decoders is headed towards strong growth as satellite, cable and… Continue reading Digital Set-Top Box Shipments Rising

Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that he could impose a ban on junk food advertising if a voluntary code does not work.Blair was speaking to the BBC ahead of a speech on the NHS and told reporters that the government would intervene if it felt that the food industry could not regulate its own… Continue reading Government Could Impose Junk Food Ad Ban

BBC One’s revealing investigation into one of Britain’s most famous unsolved murders was watched by 3.8 million adults last night, which managed to gain the greatest television audience share for the channel in last night’s 9pm timeslot.The Boys Who Killed Stephen Lawrence, which saw reporter Mark Daly uncover new evidence about corruption surrounding the 1993… Continue reading Revealing BBC One Documentary Draws 3.8 Million

The BBC is launching vodcasts (video podcasts) of the Ten O’Clock News and Newsnight for viewers to watch on the move as part of a 12-month trial.Viewers are now able to download Ten Weekly, the best of the week’s Ten O’Clock News packages, as well as subscribe to top Newsnight reports and investigations.In the first… Continue reading BBC Launches Vodcasts For News On The Move

An independent ratings system for in-game advertising has been devised by US-based firms Interpret LLC and IGA Worldwide, Inc, which they claim is the first in the world.Gameasure gets its data from thousands of gamers of both sexes aged 13 and over. Gamers play for a minimum of one hour per week and range from… Continue reading US Rating System For In-Game Ads

The UK will be a key market for broadcast mobile television, with revenues to reach US $989 million by 2011, according to a new report from Juniper Research.Japan is predicted to lead the market with revenues reaching $2.9 billion, followed closely by the States at $1.8 billion. Total worldwide revenues are forecast to reach $11.7… Continue reading UK To Be Key Market For Mobile TV

The internet has been proven as an important and relevant travel search tool in comparison to other sources, according to new research released by Yahoo! Search Marketing, Media Contacts and comScore Media Metrix.The findings showed that web searches generated 9.8 million travel purchases from 7.5 million UK consumers between December 2005 and February 2006.In a… Continue reading Web Proved As Important Search Tool For Travel Purchases