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According to new research from the Yankee Group, local content such as news, weather, cinema and events information will play a key role in helping multichannel video operators retain digital subscribers. The report TV Portals: Opening the Door to Interactive Television also found that TV portals will help to bring together multiple iTV applications as… Continue reading TV Portals Will Reduce Digital Churn, Says Yankee Group

BSkyB saw shares improve 4.5% yesterday with help from the latest broadcasting data, which showed that multi-channel viewing has grown dramatically over the past five years (see UK Viewing Trends Show Gains For Pay TV). Stock closed at £7.89, an increase of 34p on the previous day.The Shadow Media Secretary, Tim Yeo, said yesterday that… Continue reading Sharewatch

Highbury House Communications has acquired three consumer magazines for £325,000.The consumer and contract publisher has acquired Fast Bikes magazine from Sport Report Limited as well Inspirations For Your Home and Garden and Garden Inspirations from GE Magazines.Fast Bikes, which is a monthly magazine aimed at “performance minded motorcyclists,” was launched in 1991 and generated revenues… Continue reading Highbury House Acquires Consumer Titles

Sainsbury’s and Mark & Spencer topped Propeller’s latest Ads That Make News Survey after drafting some of Britain’s best known celebrities to front their advertising campaigns.According to the survey, Sainsbury’s was the top brand in terms of press coverage of its advertising in the fourth quarter of 2001 thanks to Essex boy Jamie Oliver and… Continue reading Big Name Supermarkets Come Out Top In Ad Survey

Multi-channel viewing has grown dramatically over the past five years achieving 20% of viewing share in 2001, according to data from BARB, twice the share it had in 1996. Over the same period of time, ITV’s share has decreased from 35% to 27% and BBC’s from 44% to 38%. UK Share Of Viewing Trends, 1996… Continue reading UK Viewing Trends Show Gains For Pay TV

The first figures from the new BARB system will not be available until 15 January, leaving the increasingly numbers-fixated TV industry without ratings data for the opening weeks of 2002. Overnight ratings for the first couple of days of the year were due for release yesterday, but were suspended before BARB admitted that further diagnostic… Continue reading BARB Data Suspended Until 15 January

Pearson is increasing the cover price of the Financial Times from 90p to £1 after announcing that profits at the FT Group for 2001 are expected to be down 40% on 2000.Circulation of the Financial Times has been healthy over the last two years in comparison to the national newspaper market as a whole (see… Continue reading Pearson Increases FT Cover Price

The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has launched the third wave of its campaign to promote the effectiveness of commercial radio and hopes to turn the advertising downturn to its advantage.Eight new executions are being broadcast across the commercial radio network, with the key message that radio can be four times more effective than TV as… Continue reading RAB Plugs Radio Ad Effectiveness

Pearson, which announced in December that 2001 profits at the FT Group could fall by as much as 40% on 2000 (see Pearson Warns On Profits), saw shares rise 2.84% yesterday to finish at £8.13, an increase of 22˝p on Monday’s closing price.BSkyB, which was recently awarded the contract to produce the successor to Channel… Continue reading Sharewatch

The BBC’s Top Of The Pops went interactive for the first time on Christmas Day drawing an audience of 4.7 million and achieving a 46% share of viewing.The festive special, which was shown at 2pm on Christmas day, featured a series of interactive services allowing TOTP‘s digital viewers to sing along with their favourite hits,… Continue reading Interactive Top Of The Pops Is A Hit