Speaking at the MediaTel Group’s third “Internet Comes to TV” breakfast event this morning at the Haymarket Hotel in association with Rovi, Nigel Walley, Managing Director of Decipher, said that the free TV market is becoming very crowded with Freeview, Freesat, Smart TVs and the imminent launch of YouView.
More Uk articles
Nearly forty million people accessed the internet in the UK throughout the month of October. According to data released by online measurement company UKOM the unique audience for the month totalled at 39.9 million, growing only by 140,000 since September.
The first ever UK product placement communication effectiveness research has just been released. Taking a sample of recent placements in UK dramas this unique process shows that advertisers frequently achieve as much value from the overseas export versions of the programme as they have received from the original UK transmission.
Ciaran’s latest drama on the cobbles brought in the highest amount of viewers last night with the second episode of Coronation Street peaking at 8.9 million.
The BBC had a successful weekend with the ratings as Saturday night’s Strictly Come Dancing saw BBC One peak with over 12.2 million viewers, holding 45.5% of the audience share, beating ITV1’s X-Factor’s peak of 10 million viewers.
In a brand new video feature for MediaTel’s Newsline, the star of our Youth, Media & Technology event Amy Daramola gives her views on all things television.
Major communication innovation is historically driven by the distribution mechanism; the first transatlantic cable was laid nearly a hundred years ago and has enabled the great leaps in communications for the last century that we’re only just capitalising on.
Ever wanted to know how young people consume television… do they really enjoy watching it on their mobile phones or are they too busy gaming to sit down in front of the big screen with their families?
I am not big on research…well unless it’s the sort of robust sampling research used by some of my favourite mags on what’s hot and what’s not in the style stakes.
Apple’s new Newsstand service “is just starting to have an impact” on the magazine industry, according to the panel at MediaTel Group’s Future of Consumer Magazines event this morning.
