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The BBC saw its weekly viewing share slip in all homes during December, with both BBC1 and BBC2 in decline compared with their terrestrial rivals. BBC1 lost 2.2% points to push its total viewing share to 23.5% in December, while BBC2 lost 2% points to give a total share of 9.4% in the same period.Commercial… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – December 2004

Kids’ films topped December’s box office chart, with animated super hero adventure, The Incredibles, raking in takings of over £16.3 million, securing the top spot despite being released in mid-November.Elsewhere Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events also proved popular, with box office takings surpassing the £8 million mark to grab second place in the… Continue reading Strong Kids’ Films Top December Box Office

The BBC has extended its trial of the latest podcasting technology, enabling listeners to download Five Live’s Fighting Talk programme, hosted by Christian O’Connell, for later listening on a portable mp3 player.The move allows listeners to download the verbal sparring show automatically to their computer for use at a later date. The decision to include… Continue reading BBC Extends Podcasting Trial With Five Live Content

IPC Media has announced the creation of Wallpaper* magazine’s first local language edition, to be published in Russian under a 10-year licence agreement with Axel Springer, Russia, the Moscow-based affiliate of Axel Springer.The creation of the new edition will be handled by IPC’s international department, part of the publisher’s licencing and syndication division, IPC+.Commenting on… Continue reading IPC Expands Wallpaper* With Russian Edition

UK magazine publisher, Highbury House Communications, has today released its pre-close trading statement, indicating that December trading in the Group’s UK Lifestyle division was patchy, with revenues for quarter four dropping by 7%, compared to 2003. Total group revenues for 2004 were revealed to be £115 million, of which Highbury’s UK newsstand consumer business contributed… Continue reading Highbury House Announces Disappointing 2004

In a pre-close trading statement issued today(see Highbury House Announces Disappointing 2004), magazine publisher, Highbury House Communications, has confirmed that it has entered an Offer Period, which could lead to a possible take-over bid for the company. This morning, publisher Future Networks confirmed recent industry speculation (see Highbury Share Price Rises On Possible Take Over… Continue reading Future To Bid For Highbury

Online auction company, eBay has signed up its ten millionth registered user in the UK, doubling its number of users in less than a year, and further confirming the success of online shopping in the UK. ebay’s fifth birthday in October 2004, saw the site attract 7.6 million users, indicating that eBay generates 600,000 users… Continue reading eBay UK Hits Ten Million Customers

British women are spending increasing amounts of time betting online, with a new report by research company, YouGov, revealing that between 30-40% of internet gamblers in the UK are female. The report also states that, since 2003, the number of Britons betting online has risen a staggering 566%, with almost 80% of Europe’s online players… Continue reading UK Females Set To Lead Online Gambling

Satellite giants, BSkyB, are tipped to announce a strong performance in quarter two, with profits almost doubling, taking the group’s expected total for the last quarter to between £362 million and £366 million. BSkyB has told investors to expect an increase of more than 100,000 in second quarter subscriber numbers. City analysts, however, predict a… Continue reading BSkyB’s Profits Expected To Double For Q2

TV looks set to perform strongly in the first quarter of 2005, with increases in advertising revenues seen across all major broadcasters. Commenting on the predictions, Reece McLachlan of Media Com told MediaTelINSIGHT: “This is an encouraging return to form, TV continues to remain the largest medium contact with consumers. This demonstrates the unique power… Continue reading TV Adspend Predicted To Rocket In Q1 2005