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Freeview will lead the analogue switch-off in Britain, with 60% of all new digital homes taking the service in 2006 and 2007, the latest report by ZenithOptimedia predicts. The report states that Freeview will become the largest digital platform in the UK, overtaking Sky Digital. 70% of television homes were digital at the end of… Continue reading Freeview To Overtake Sky In Analogue Switch-Off

April was a positive month for most terrestrial broadcasters with only GMTV seeing a fall in revenue year on year of 1.2%.ITV1 will be relieved to see figures up on last year, aided by Easter falling later than usual. However, when positioned against last month’s huge 16% fall, little ground has been made up. Looking… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – April 2006

The number of global IPTV subscribers will grow from 4.3 million in 2005 to 36.8 million in 2009, according to the latest forecasts from Research and Markets Ltd. This latest forecast, an update to the IPTV Global Forecast 2005 to 2009 dated September 2005, predicts a compound annual growth rate of 72% and states that… Continue reading Europe Leading IPTV Boom

National newspapers will continue to falter in the face of the internet, which is this year predicted to become the third biggest advertising medium by spend, according to research carried out by GroupM, a WPP holding company. The report draws on data collected from WPP agencies MindShare, Mediaedge:cia, MediaCom and Maxus. The research shows a… Continue reading Internet Advertising To Overtake National Press

Vodafone has reported an overwhelming take-up for their mobile TV service, launched last year with BskyB. Sky Mobile TV, which is streamed straight to mobiles so doesn’t need to be downloaded, has signed up over 100,000 subscribers, and now experiences more than 70,000 streams per day. Speaking to delegates at MEM2006, the annual Mobile Entertainment… Continue reading TV To Go

April saw viewing share fall across the terrestrial channels in all TV homes year on year, with ITV’s viewing share dropping below 20%.In digital homes, BBC One, BBC Two and Channel 4 all saw slight increases in viewing share, whilst multichannel’s share of viewing continued to rise.All ViewingFollowing the trend of previous months, ITV’s share… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – April 2006

Peripatetic information-junkies with WAP-enabled phones are now able to access Teletext’s digital TV service via their mobiles. Headlines, sport, weather, competitions and more will be available across all mobile networks, with personalised homepages allowing ease of access to favourite sites.Opportunities for advertisers will include banner advertising, sponsorship and tenancy, in a bid to reverse the… Continue reading Teletext On The Move

Sony USA is currently producing 750,000 Blu-ray DVDs every month, with production expected to rise to over five million discs per month by October of this year. The increase will be made possible by the adding of more production lines to the three already in existence, which have a capacity of 25,000 single-layer 25GB Blu-ray… Continue reading Sony Blu-ray Production Grows

The UK has been named the most digital country in Western Europe, in research by Informa Telecoms & Media. The Converging Media (CM) Index, published quarterly by Informa, gives the UK an index of 30.5 at ther end of 2005, compared to second place Finland’s 23.1. Steve Mullins, editor of Informa Telecoms & Media’s research… Continue reading UK Named Most Digital Country In Western Europe

Nokia announced today that it is to continue sponsoring ITV’s hit talent show The X Factor, with a celebrity version, The X Factor: Battle of the Stars, soon to hit our screens.Nokia is also sponsoring the third series of The X Factor later this year, and the renewed deal includes a full broadcast package on… Continue reading Nokia Renews Sponsorship Deal With X Factor