Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue for January 2000 (including GMTV) came in at £223.0 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, the ITV Network took £156.3 million, up 12.8% on January 1999; Channel 4’s revenue was up 9.8% to £47.4 million and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue grew annually by 24.3% to £15.3 million.… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2000
Programmes Who says there isn’t decent light entertainment on television anymore? BBC1’s coverage of Man United hilarious participation in FIFA World Club Championships certainly seemed to disprove that. United’s drawn first match was watched by an audience of 10.17 million, while their 3-1 defeat two days later attracted 9.2 million people.Channel 4’s decision to give… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – January 2000
After much delay and anticipation from the TV industry, the first week of digital television viewing figures, for the week ending 7 November, have been produced by BARB. Only available to BARB subscribers, the figures currently cover just Sky Digital homes. Unsurprisingly, given the host of new channels which digital satellite offers, share of viewing… Continue reading Film Services Prove Popular In Digital Homes
Last week saw the launch of Turner Classic Movies (TCM), the second film channel from the Turner Broadcasting stable. With a target audience of 16-34 year olds, the old and classic movies channel brings the number of film-dedicated services available in the UK up to seven. TCM is the second new film channel to launch… Continue reading Feature: UK Film Channel Market
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is to undertake a full-scale audit of the regulatory requirements imposed on commercial broadcasters. Working in tandem with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, the review aims to simplify, streamline and modernise the current regulatory procedure.The massive undertaking, which was promised after recent consultations with the Government, will look… Continue reading ITC To Undergo Full-Scale Regulation Review
During last week’s IBC UK Digital TV conference (see Newsline), Dermot Nolan, a director from the media consultancy TBS, was determined to highlight the pitfalls of digital television (DTV), and to eliminate any industry illusions surrounding the new television medium.According to projections produced by TBS, digital television has so far underperformed and the UK is… Continue reading ‘Don’t Believe The Hype Of Digital TV’ Says Media Consultancy
Now the digital revolution has begun, the task facing its proponents is in persuading the consumer of the merits of multi-channel, digital television (DTV). This was the theme of the morning session on the first day of the IBC UK Digital TV Conference in London. Chaired by Mathew Horsman, the charismatic American media analyst, speakers… Continue reading IBC UK Digital TV Conference – Persuading The Customer
Ten years ago to the day, Rupert Murdoch’s Sky TV launched its service in the UK on the Astra satellite with a four channel network. Today, Sky has grown to become one of the biggest players in the global media playground, being the first to provide consumers with the opportunity of multichannel TV. Today, from… Continue reading 10 Years Of Sky
The much-heralded and long-awaited television revolution begins tomorrow with the launch of Sky Digital’s 80-channel satellite TV service. Following hot on the heels of Sky’s digital satellite service comes digital terrestrial TV (DTT) in the form of ONdigital – a company owned by ITV franchise holders, Carlton and Granada. Cable & Wireless Communications joins the… Continue reading Television’s Digital Future
ISBA has said that it is “disappointed” with the ITC’s decision not to extend the amount of advertising minutage on commercial TV (see ITC Rejects Extra Minutage Proposal). The advertiser organisation believes that its submission, which ran to over sixty pages, actually called for “little more than the regulatory formalisation of what is already widespread… Continue reading Industry Reacts To ITC Minutage Decision
