January brought relatively good news to the UK terrestrial TV market, which saw revenue increase by 0.4% year on year. Gains were experienced at all of the main commercial channels, with the exception of ITV, which saw revenue slip by 2.4% year on year to £115 million. Channel Five, which recently appointed Jane Lighting as… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2003
Digital television will reach 80 million European households by the end of 2007, equivalent to more than half of the overall TV market, according to a new study from Datamonitor. The report, entitled Digital and Interactive TV Markets: Service development and uptake to 2007, examined the progress made by cable, satellite and digital terrestrial platforms… Continue reading DTV In Half Of European Homes By 2007, Says Report
New digital terrestrial television operator, Freeview, has sold over half a million set top boxes in the four months since its launch, according to the BBC’s director of marketing and communications, Andy Duncan. Speaking at the FT New Media & Broadcasting conference earlier today, Duncan confirmed that Freeview has overtaken its now collapsed predecessor, ITV… Continue reading Freeview Customers Surpass ITV Digital’s Total
Cable’s dominant position in the US multichannel television market is under threat, as a growing number of subscribers are choosing to leave their operator and switch to a new access provider. This is the conclusion of recent analysis by technology researchers at The Yankee Group. in spite of the efforts being made to promote digital… Continue reading Cable Fights To Maintain Multichannel Pre-eminence
Improvements in the ITV schedule are beginning to deliver results and after a period of consolidation this year, the network will see advertising growth of 3.5% in 2004, according to a new forecast from ABN AMRO. ITV’s share of the television market slipped below 54% in 2002 (see ITV Revenues Drop As Audiences Improve) and… Continue reading ITV To Bounce Back In 2004, Says ABN AMRO
Digital video recorders could still achieve widespread adoption, despite the recent decision of key manufacturer Tivo to withdraw from the UK market. According to analysts at IMS Research, Tivo’s exit does not mean DVR failure in Europe. In its Worldwide Market for Digital Video Recorders report, IMS forecasts that 4.1 million DVR units will be… Continue reading Digital Video Recorders Will Thrive In Europe, Says IMS Research
Freeview, the new digital terrestrial service, is proving a much-needed shot in the arm for the multi-channel industry in the UK, says a new report out today. Continental Research found that awareness of Freeview, which launched last autumn, has grown significantly in the last six months. Back in July 2002, only 39% of UK adults… Continue reading Freeview Boosts Digital TV Sector
The BBC may have hit a ‘high watermark’ of commercialism over the last few years and could be set to return to a stronger public service policy, ahead of its charter renewal in 2006. According to a new report from analysts at Lehman Brothers, a failure by the BBC to move away from the alleged… Continue reading BBC’s Commercialism May Have Peaked, Says Lehman Brothers
The US advertising market is currently performing much better than Europe’s, where Germany – already weak – has started to deteriorate further. These are some of the findings of Merrill Lynch, which hosted an advertising dinner earlier this week. The broker says that the greater confidence of Q4 2002, which came from advertisers and consumer… Continue reading European Advertising Conditions Weakening, Finds Merrill Lynch
Following the successful launch of Freeview in the UK, Ireland is planning to set up its own digital multi-channel service. The Irish Minister for Communications, Dermot Ahern has proposed the introduction of an all-Ireland system that will deliver a significant number of domestic and foreign channels. Customers would merely pay an initial fee of around… Continue reading Low-Cost Irish Digital Service On The Cards
