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Children and teenagers in the US have increased their daily media exposure by more than an hour over the past five years, from 7.29 hours per day to 8.33 hours per day, fuelled by video game consumption, according to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation.The report, “Generation M: Media in the Lives of… Continue reading Rise Of Daily Media Exposure In US Teens

Digital television penetration in the Asia Pacific region is forecast to reach 606 million TV households by 2010, an increase of 130 million since 1995, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media. “Asia Pacific Television – Ninth Edition” predicts that out of the total for 2010, 46% of consumers will subscribe to… Continue reading Strong Digital TV Penetration Forecast For Asia Pacific

ITV1 has suffered a drop in audience share over the first two months of 2005, loosing 10% of viewers year on year. New audience figures reveal that ITV’s average audience share of 16-35 year olds in January and February 2005 was 17.4%, compared to 22.7% in 2004, a slip of 5.3%. Overall viewing figures for… Continue reading Slow Start To Year For ITV1

The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising’s (IPA) latest Trends in Television Report shows a dramatic uptake in digital technology over the last quarter of 2004, revealing that over half of all UK homes have adopted the new media. Overall television viewing figures slipped slightly towards the end of last year, with average daily hours of… Continue reading IPA Reports Over Half Of UK Homes Have Digital TV

Channel 4 performed admirably throughout January, marking an excellent start to the year for the broadcaster with a 16.5% increase in revenues year on year, pushing its total to more than £55 million. Channel 4 recently announced that the beginning of the year had brought its best January in five years, with the broadcaster’s audience… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2005

US radio station trends are reported to be improving around 3% in the first quarter of this year, with March looking stronger than January and February, according to analysts Merrill Lynch. The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) announced that January radio advertising revenue increased by 3% year on year, with local spot advertising up by 2%… Continue reading Strong Outlook For US Radio Industry

class=”article”>Internet piracy has long been associated with music, but Ben Coppin, COO of leading Internet monitoring company, Envisional, explains that internet piracy of TV programmes is beginning to shape the future of the television industry in much the same way as early music sharing networks did for record companies….The online distribution of music, films and… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Watching The Programme Pirates

UK TV revenue is predicted to grow by 4% year on year in 2005, according to forecasts released by media consultancy agency, Billetts. Billetts predicts television’s strong revenue growth in 2005 to be fuelled by Channel 4 and interactive revenue sales. Commercial audiences are expected to rise by 3%, led by rising multi-channel penetration. This… Continue reading Billetts Predicts TV Revenue To Lead 2005

Internet protocol television (IPTV) looks set to be the future of TV, causing problems for advertisers with current scheduled TV advertisement breaks ceasing to exist in the new format. TV advertisers are already under threat from the new generation of TV set-top boxes, which allow viewers to fast forward through advertisement breaks. Research from media… Continue reading The Future Of Television – IPTV

Commercial broadcaster, Channel 4, has announced its strongest January performance for five years, revealing a 10.3% audience share for the first month of 2005, beating rival BBC2. Channel 4 performed strongly in 2004, seeing audience share increase by 2%, year on year and January 2005 marks an 11% increase on January 2004. The last time… Continue reading Channel 4 Reports Record Performance In Five Years