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A new study from Solutions Research Group has found that an average American consumer aged 12 and older with internet access now spends 6.1 hours daily with video based entertainment, up from 4.6 hours in 1996. Of this 6.1 hours, 63.9% (nearly four hours per day) currently comes from traditional television, including live, DVR and… Continue reading Average American Consumer Spends 6.1 Hours With Video Each Day

New research from the World Newspaper Congress on the media habits of young people in three countries found that television continues to be their most important source of news and information for the young, despite the rise of the internet. The research, looking at 15-29 year olds in the US, the Netherlands and Finland, showed… Continue reading Television Is Number One Source For News Among 15-29 Year-Olds

Channel 4’s Big Brother has removed Alex from the house after she threatened fellow housemates with intimidation from her ‘gangster friends’ outside.Ofcom has received more than 1500 complaints about this series of Big Brother and has issued this notice on its website – “Ofcom is aware of viewer concerns and the issues raised by complainants.… Continue reading Big Brother’s Alex Kicked Out For Gangster Threats

Oliver & Ohlbaum warned that increasing public service broadcasters’ ad minutes and removing restrictions on peak-time ads could lead to a fall in TV ad spend.Ofcom is currently consulting on changes to the amount and distribution of TV ads, according to a report in MediaWeek.Sean McGuire, managing director at Oliver & Ohlbaum, argued that TV… Continue reading Removing Restrictions On Ads Could Lead To £150m Fall In Adspend

More than a third of TV homes in the Asia Pacific region will receive digital signals in 2013, up from just 13% at the end of 2007, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media. The 12th edition of Informa’s Asia Pacific TV report shows that China overtook Japan as the biggest digital market… Continue reading Digital TV To Grow In Asia Pacific Region

The number of IPTV subscribers nearly quadrupled in 2007 across the Americas region, according to iSuppli Corp. Subscribers in North and South America increased from 501,000 in 2006 to 1.8 million in 2007, up 257.1%. The majority of subscribers are in the US – leading US IPTV providers Verizon and AT&T collectively reached 1.2 million… Continue reading IPTV Subscribers Grow 257% in Americas Year on Year

BskyB will be given licence fee money to supply low-cost set top boxes for older and disabled people in the first digital switchover region.The Digital Switchover Help Scheme has confirmed it will be handing the cash to Sky after it secured the SHS contract, seeing off competition from Freesat, according to a report by the… Continue reading Sky Wins Deal To Aid Digital Switchover

Five has appointed WPP-owned advertising agency Grey London to handle its creative account.Grey will work with Five’s creative teams to refresh all of the Five brands, as part of an ongoing project which has already seen the repositioning of Five’s newly-named digital channel Fiver.Grey replaces Five’s current retained agency, Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest, who have… Continue reading Five Appoints New Ad Agency

The mighty Coronation Street managed to beat the pretty average football match on BBC One last night, with a peak of 7.6 million adults tuning in for their latest dose of life oop north.An average of 7.5 million adults (a 36.6% share of viewers) stuck with the show throughout its hour long running time, with… Continue reading Football Loses Out To Coronation Street

Income from the BBC commercial subsidiary BBC Resources fell from £126 million to £122 million last year, according to a report.The commercial subsidiary failed to reach overall targets for the year and suffered a fall in trading profit from £5 million to £2.3 million for the 12 months to March 31 2008, said a report… Continue reading BBC Resources Sees Revenue Fall