Analysis of TV revenue estimates for February reveals continuing bad news for the UK’s terrestrial TV channels. Overall, terrestrial channels saw a 11.9% year on year decline in revenue during the month. The UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, ITV1, experienced the most significant fall, with revenue dropping 14.7% during February. Channel 4 also fared poorly with… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – February 2002
NTL has taken the first step towards the provision of a digital TV signal that can be received by moving vehicles, with the completion of a successful trial of the technology, which utilises the existing frequency spectrum. NTL’s trials of a rugged form of the established DVB-T transmission took place in the Oxford area. A… Continue reading NTL Trials Digital TV On The Move
According to figures ‘leaked’ to the Sunday Times the current slump in commercial TV revenue is about to end. A report in yesterday’s newspaper included forecasts for TV revenue showing a predicted 11.6% increase for May and a 7% increase for June. Following a decrease of around 13% in January and February the forecasts seem… Continue reading Leaked Figures Forecast End Of TV Slump
Strategy Analytics predicts a slow beginning for the deployment of the new interactive TV standard, Multimedia Home Platform (MHP). However, the company believes that MHP will eventually become commonplace around the world, reaching 42% of digital TV homes around the world by 2008. MHP is a proposed standard for developing interactive applications within digital television… Continue reading Slow Start For Interactive TV Standard, Says Strategy Analytics
Television adspend in 2001 was £3.5 billion, a decrease of 11% decrease on the total spend for 2000. This represents a loss of £425 million in advertising revenue for the television industry, and takes the 2001 total below the level it was in 1999. The AA forecasts that TV revenue in 2002 will be £3.4… Continue reading TV Will Rebound In 2003, Says AA
Half of US homes will be regular video on-demand (VOD) users by 2008, spending $26 billion on VOD services over the next seven years, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. The group says that ‘after years of unfulfilled promised, the age of content on demand is finally approaching.’ The report estimates that more than… Continue reading Age Of Content On Demand Approaches Says Strategy Analytics
According to a report released today by Informa Media, on-demand TV is ‘about to take off’ with revenues set to rise by over 500% by 2007. Global ‘On Demand’ TV Forecasts By Region Households (000) 2000 2001 2002 2007 Asia Pacific 4,015 7,670 15,170 93,010 Europe 16,793 23,279 28,969 73,467… Continue reading On-Demand TV Set To Take Off, says Informa Media
BARB viewing data for the first month of 2002 showed that again ITV1 saw a year on year drop in all homes, from a share of just below 30% to a share of just over 26%. However, its terrestrial rival, BBC1 did not see much movement year on year, increasing its share by 0.15 percentage… Continue reading Digital TV Round-Up – January 2002
ITV advertising revenues at Granada fell by 12% during the six months to March 2002, with March forecast to be down by 6% and April by 13%, according the company’s AGM statement released this morning. A return to growth, of 9%, is predicted for May, but Granada warns that whilst this is positive, it may… Continue reading ITV Revenues Down 12% In H1, Visibility Still Limited
Peter Bazalgette has called for the Government’s analogue switch-off target of 2006-2010 to be abandoned, claiming that it is “unrealistic and distorts policy making”. The chairman of Endemol UK and non-executive director of Channel 4, writing in today’s Guardian, added that “an early switch-off as a government objective encourages digital platform-owners to hope for interventions… Continue reading Bazalgette Calls For End To Switch-Off Target
