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Local news and information publisher Northcliffe Media has announced record audience figures across its network of local ‘this is’ websites.In a statement, Northcliffe said that its network of 233 websites had over 4.3m visitors in January alone – an increase of 39% compared to the same month last year. It added that these visitors made… Continue reading Northcliffe Media announces record audience figures

Project Kangaroo – the joint VoD venture from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 – would have given consumers and advertisers what they want, according to some of the panellists at last week’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Television’ seminar.ITV’s director of group marketing, David Pemsel, said that after two years of planning, ITV is “very… Continue reading Kangaroo may rise again

ITV’s Contract Rights Renewal (CRR) needs to change, according to some of the panellists at last week’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Television’ seminar.Speaking before the second panel at last week’s event, Andrew Smith, head of TV at Billetts, said that on the whole “CRR has worked but it has its flaws and needs to change”.“2009… Continue reading “CRR needs to change”

The number of US women over age 55 using Facebook has grown 175.3% since September 2008, making mature females one of the fastest growing demographic groups on the social network, according to independent blog Inside Facebook. The number of men over age 55 also grew dramatically during the same four-month period (up 137.8%), but women… Continue reading Women over 55 flock to Facebook

The future of Channel 4 is a “tricky issue” according to panellists at last week’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Television’ seminar.The panellists agreed that Channel 4 is “good for broadcasting” as it remains different to both the BBC and ITV – “I definitely want to see Channel 4 continue to exist,” Chris Hayward, head of… Continue reading “It’s only Television”

The IPA has expressed disappointment at the Competition Commission’s ruling to block Project Kangaroo, the joint VoD venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4.The Commission’s final report, which was published yesterday, concluded that Kangaroo would be “too much of a threat to competition” in the current developing video-on-demand market (see Competition Commission “stops” Kangaroo).“After… Continue reading IPA “disappointed” by Kangaroo ruling

Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market was down overall by 3.8% year on year in January.There were relatively large year on year declines for the Independent, Daily Record and Daily Mirror, while the Daily Star managed to buck the overall trend. National Newspaper ABC Figures – January 2009 Daily Titles Jan-08 Jan-09 Actual Change… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: January 2009

Sky has won a fifth package of Premier League rights to go with the four packages the broadcaster won earlier this week (see NewsLine).Sky will now have 115 exclusively live Premier League matches in each of the 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.The satellite broadcaster will pay a total of £1,623 million for the five packages… Continue reading Sky wins fifth Premier League rights package

Buoyed by the increasing financial uncertainty in world markets, January saw free business title City AM‘s distribution figure grow 3.7% year on year to 87,655.The Evening Standard‘s circulation dipped slightly year on year, by around 0.5% to just under 293,000 copies, although it was up month on month.Evening freesheet thelondonpaper remained relatively static year on… Continue reading City AM enjoys year on year growth

Television is in a good place at the moment, despite increased competition and more choice, according to some of the panellists at today’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Television’ seminar.Speaking before the first panellist debate, AGB Nielsen’s head of commercial operations Alex North, said that despite there being more channels and more choice in the current… Continue reading The ‘Future of Television’ is bright