Raymond Snoddy says ITV and RTL’s latest statements give testimony to the enduring power of free to air commercial television and show that the media world is working in the way it should in difficult times…
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IMD, the media logistics specialist, has published an independent research paper outlining the shortcomings of current VoD advertising workflows and setting out its vision for helping the market as it grows. This follows a unique, in-depth review undertaken amongst major media owners, including Channel 5 and Sky.
ITV’s chief executive Adam Crozier has forecast a 17% increase in advertising revenues for June due to the number of campaigns around the Queen’s Jubilee and the Euro 2012s.
ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent reached the semi-finals this weekend, with shows on Saturday, Sunday and Monday evening.
The number of users streaming mobile TV on their smartphones will increase to 240 million by 2014, according to Juniper Research.
The Premier League has launched an invitation to bid for TV rights to three seasons from 2013 to 2014. The League is offering live rights to 154 matches (split into seven packages) and a free-to-air highlights package including catch-up rights.
Coronation Street once again proved to be the nation’s favourite soap, capturing the biggest audience of Thursday night.
While The Apprentice on BBC One secured the night’s largest audience.
MTV is going to create subscription video-on-demand portals for some of its key shows, including Spongebob Squarepants, as its MTV OD portal moves into a full launch.
According to reports in the Guardian, nearly two million homes face disruption to their Freeview digital TV signal because of interference from the next generation of mobile services (4G) which could come online by the end of this year.