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More evidence has emerged of changing viewing habits among younger viewers, with one in six of all viewers of Channel 4 show Skins watching the programme online.The third series’ debut episode was watched by 1.35 million on E4 when it aired on January 22, with 283,000 watching it online – meaning that 17.3 per cent… Continue reading Skins shows popularity of online TV among younger viewers

All of the titles in the TV Listing Magazines sector have seen year on year circulation declines in the latest ABC release for July to December 2008.However, three of the titles enjoyed period on period rises, including BBC Worldwide’s Radio Times (1.4%), H Bauer’s Total TV Guide (1%) and IPCs TV Times (1.9%).TV Choice remains… Continue reading ABC Results July-Dec 2008:All TV listing titles see circulation declines again this period

Condé Nast’s handbag sized Glamour magazine remains top of the women’s monthly sector in the latest ABC release, for July to December 2008, despite seeing a slight dip of 0.4% year on year, taking it to just below 550,000 copies.However, the new John Lewis in-store free magazine, Source, by John Brown Group, isn’t far behind,… Continue reading ABC Results July-Dec 2008:Glamour stays on top of the women’s monthly sector

It was a hard six months for the teen magazine sector, although some titles managed to weather the storm better than others.Hachette Filipacchi’s Sugar was top of the sector with a total circulation of over 153,500 copies.However, it was down year on year by around 2.5% and period on period by around 3% according to… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2008:Tough times for teen magazines

Communications Minister Lord Carter has confirmed that a potential tie-up between Channel 4 and Five “is not off the table”.Speaking to the House of Lords Communications Committee today, Carter revealed that a number of commercial companies have approached the Government with ideas about creating a new public service broadcaster to rival the BBC.Last month, Carter… Continue reading Lord Carter: C4/Five tie-up is still possible

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation pushed Five up in the TV ratings war last night – 3 million viewers put the broadcaster ahead of rivals ITV1, Channel 4 and BBC Two during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak slot.More than 3.1 million peak viewers tuned in to see the first of three episodes, which ran back-to-back… Continue reading CSI pushes Five up in the ratings

Ahead of the much-anticipated ABC Consumer Magazines data release tomorrow, NewsLine wonders what the future holds for consumer magazines.In the last few months alone, we’ve seen Dennis launch one magazine but close another (see Dennis launches new poker magazine), Exchange & Mart migrate to a digital-only format amid falling circulation figures (see Exchange & Mart… Continue reading The future of consumer magazines

News International is in talks with News Corp about creating a behavioural targeting network across its properties, on sites such as MySpace and Sky.The network would allow News International titles, such as The Sun and The Times, to share data on reader behaviour and enable brands to target across both publisher’s sites.Martin Corke, head of… Continue reading News International and News Corp in behavioural targeting talks

NME is giving out free copies of its weekly magazine in digital format for three months as part of a promotion drive in the lead-up to the festival season.The long-running music magazine has teamed up with John Menzies Digital to deliver free copies of the digital copy to thousands of readers who already interact with… Continue reading NME offers free copies of digital mag

InSkin Media, the video and rich media advertising platform, has appointed Hugo Drayton as CEO, just two months after he stepped down from the controversial behavioural targeting company Phorm.Drayton, who left Phorm after two years as CEO, previously worked as managing director of Advertising.com and the Telegraph Media Group.“InSkin is an irresistible opportunity for me.… Continue reading InSkin hires ex-Phorm executive as CEO