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Rupert Murdoch said he plans to charge users to read The Times‘ and The Sun‘s online content following the success of the Wall Street Journal‘s pay model.Murdoch said he would test the pay model on his stronger titles, in a similar way he charges people for the WSJ’s online business news, and if it proves… Continue reading Murdoch set to charge for online content

All Commercial radio enjoyed a year on year rise in weekly reach in the three months to the end March, according to the latest RAJAR figures.Its share of listening was down 0.6 percentage points period on period, although it was up year on year.Share of ListeningAll Commercial saw its share of listening rise 0.5 percentage… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: BBC & Commercial

Guardian Media Group chief executive Carolyn McCall believes that the Guardian could charge for some specialist content on its website.Speaking at this week’s FIPP World Magazine Congress in London, McCall said that sections such as MediaGuardian.co.uk could eventually see users paying for the content.“More people are looking seriously at how they can make money charging… Continue reading Guardian could charge for online content

Magic 105.4 remains above all the other London stations for the ninth consecutive quarter in terms of weekly reach, despite falling behind Heart 106.2 FM in both share of listening and average hours per listener, according to RAJAR figures for Q1 2009.Magic’s average weekly reach in London is back above the 2 million listeners’ mark… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: London Stations

This analysis is comparing the weekly reach of the breakfast shows of the London stations and not the time slots. Heart 106.2 FM’s and Magic 105.4’s breakfast shows currently run from 6am-9am, while 95.8 Capital Radio’s runs from 6am-10am.Johnny Vaughan’s 95.8 Capital Radio breakfast show remains on top in the Capital with a weekly reach… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: Breakfast

Channel Five’s owner RTL has announced its interim results statement for the first three months of the year, which claims that Five “underperformed” in the UK TV ad market.The pan-European TV broadcaster said Five’s ad spend was down by more than 17% year on year in Q1 2009 and that TV advertising “declined by double-digit… Continue reading RTL unveils Five’s Q1 performance

Virgin Media is planning a major push to encourage the half of its customers who have yet to try its VoD services to do so.The cable TV broadcaster also hopes to capitalise on its pay-TV rival Sky’s success with high definition services by launching more HD channels over the summer and increasing the amount of… Continue reading Virgin Media is set for video-on-demand push

TV put in another robust performance in the first three months of 2009, with average daily hours viewed standing at 3.96 hours for all individuals, according to the latest IPA Trends in Television report published today. This compares to 3.74 hours in Q4 2008 and 3.97 hours year on year, said the IPA. It also… Continue reading IPA Trends in Television report

Revenue in the US television industry will fall below the $20 billion mark starting this year, according to a report from BIA Advisory Services. After six years with US TV revenue hovering between $20-22 billion, BIA expects 2009 to end at an even $17 billion in revenues, a 21.2% drop from 2007’s $21.5 billion. BIA’s… Continue reading US TV ad revenue to fall below $20bn mark this year

Channel 4 increased its share of advertising and share of peak-time viewing in 2008, despite cutting its programme budget.The broadcaster reported a record share of UK TV advertising at 24.1% and a record share of peak viewing of 12.7% – up 1% – in its annual results for last year.Channel 4’s record results come after… Continue reading Channel 4 announces record share of advertising