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In the past 30 days, 26% of online Americans have streamed a full-length TV show and 14% have streamed a full-length movie, according to data from Ipsos MediaCT. The research found that 30% of 18-24 year-old Americans have streamed a full-length movie in the past 30 days and 51% have streamed a full-length TV show.… Continue reading Online TV increasing in popularity in US

Britons are still spending on mobile phones, the internet and television services despite the recession, according to Ofcom’s annual ‘Communications Market’ report.The media regulator found that consumers view spending on communications and technology as a higher priority than most things, apart from food.Out of the 862 participants, over 40% said they would rather cut back… Continue reading Ofcom: Britons rate communications as priority despite downturn

The latest report from GfK’s Laura Dollin looks at how the recession is affecting consumers’ media habits…When will the recession end? This is the million-dollar question everyone wants the answer to. Whilst we can’t predict when the credit crunch will be over, it is possible to discover how the recession is affecting consumers, and what this… Continue reading GfK: When will the recession end?

ITV has published its half-yearly results and announced the sale of Friends Reunited to Brightsolid for £25 million.The commercial broadcaster reported a pre-tax loss of £105 million for the first six month of the year with advertising revenues falling 15% and overall revenue dropping 11% year on year to £909 million.However, in what has been… Continue reading ITV announces Friends Reunited sale and half-yearly results

Virgin Media added just 20,400 TV customers in the second quarter, giving the service a total of 3.7 million subscribers, while its broadband customer base was up by 5,100 to 3.7 million.BSkyB published its annual results last week, which showed that it is gaining subscribers at its fastest rate for five years, adding 462,000 customers… Continue reading Virgin Media adds 20,400 TV customers in Q2

ITV1’s Car Crime UK secured the highest ratings during the all-important peak-hour last night with 3.8 million viewers, a million more than its BBC One rival crime show.The third of six episodes, ‘Drugs, Drunks and Dogs’, pulled in 3.6 million average viewers and a 16.7% share between 9pm and 10pm, compared to The Truth About… Continue reading Overnights: ITV1’s prime time crime show beats BBC One

Analyst UBS says that ITV should consider changing to a subscription model to boost revenues.According to a report in today’s Independent, Daniel Kerven, analyst at UBS, said there was little upside even after a recovery and “given ongoing structural pressures, we have suggested that it should consider migrating to a subscription model”.A survey carried out… Continue reading UBS: “ITV should switch to subscription model”

Commercial broadcast television viewing had a record first six months of 2009, according to new figures from BARB.The average viewer in the UK is now watching 16.7 hours of commercial television every week, which is up by almost 10 minutes on the record set during the same period last year.The figures, which were published in… Continue reading Commercial TV viewing hits a new high

Jimmy McGovern’s The Street continued to secure the Monday evening top spot with more than 4.3 million peak viewers.The BBC One drama series with Joseph Mawle pulled in over 4.3 million average viewers and a 20% audience share during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-slot.At the same time, ITV1’s rival drama Monday Monday, starring Fay… Continue reading Overnights: The Street claims the top spot

BT Vision has agreed a deal with ESPN to air the American broadcaster’s new channel.The new channel will air 46 live Barclays Premier League matches in the 2009/10 season and 23 matches a season from 2010-2013 after it won the rights following the collapse of Setanta (see ESPN wins rights to 46 Premier League matches).ESPN… Continue reading BT Vision to show new ESPN sports channel