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The overall UK television viewing audience continues to show year-on-year growth, according to the latest IPA Trends in Television Report.Average hours of television viewing for the third quarter of 2008 was 3.54 hours, compared to 3.38 in 2007. This is the highest level recorded for this quarter since the start of the current BARB panel… Continue reading UK Television audience continues to grow

Sue Randall, business development manager, Orbital Response and Fulfilment, examines consumers’ online shopping habits in the run up to Christmas…If you listen to digital media analysts, every year promises the ‘biggest e-commerce Christmas’ since online retail began in earnest. The 2008 festive season is likely to prove no exception, with consumers predicted to save time… Continue reading Fulfilling the Christmas rush

Yahoo!’s chief executive Jerry Yang has given in to mounting pressure and will be stepping down from his role once the company find a successor.The search giant’s chairman Roy Bostock released a statement late last night, saying Yahoo! was “deeply grateful” to Yang but would be searching for a new CEO who could “take the… Continue reading Yahoo! boss Jerry Yang steps down

Newsquest Media Group is the latest regional media owner to release data on the new ABCe six-month certificate.The data will cover the Newsquest network of local branded media sites, including the herald.co.uk, dailyecho.co.uk, theargus.co.uk and thepress.co.uk.Newsquest will join Northcliffe Media Network, GMG Regional Media and Johnston Press in publishing six-monthly audits.Johnston Press signed up to… Continue reading Newsquest is latest to publish six-monthly ABCe data

Most of the terrestrial channels saw declines in viewing share in October, although Five recorded a slight year on year rise, of 0.1 percentage points.The largest year on year fall in share came for ITV1, at 1.4 percentage points.All ViewingFive was up slightly year on year in October, by 0.1 percentage points to 5.1%. UEFA… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – October 2008

Nielsen Online has announced it will be using the JICIMS/NRS Establishment Survey for online measurement instead of its own previously used GNETT survey.From November onwards, Nielsen’s online audience figures will be consistent with the UK online universe estimates provided by JICIMS (Joint Industry Committee for Internet Measurement Systems) on behalf of the industry.Nielsen has made… Continue reading Nielsen Online to use JICIMS Establishment Survey

Independent News & Media plans to cut up to 90 jobs from its London-based titles in a move to save the company around £10 million.INM also confimed that is currently “investigating the possibility” of outsourcing some areas of its London operation, which includes the Independent and its sister title, the Independent on Sunday.This comes just… Continue reading Independent to cut 90 jobs

BBC One’s Sunday classic Antiques Roadshow triumphed last night with over 11 million peak viewers, more than Strictly Come Dancing and ITV’s first instalment of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!.BBC One’s early evening programme, which saw its highest ever valuation in the series, pulled in over 10 million average viewers and a… Continue reading Antiques Roadshow triumphs with over 11 million viewers

News Corp owner Rupert Murdoch has dismissed as “misguided cynics” those who say that the internet will kill off newspapers.In a lecture for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Murdoch said: “Too many journalists seem to take a perverse pleasure in ruminating on their pending demise.“Unlike the doom and gloomers, I believe that newspapers will reach new… Continue reading Murdoch dismisses newspaper “doom and gloomers”

Baroness Peta Buscombe, chief executive of the Advertising Association (AA), is stepping down to become the next chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).Buscombe will succeed Sir Christopher Meyer when he leaves in April at the end of his second three-year term.Mark Lund, chairman of the AA, said: “Peta will leave with our best wishes… Continue reading Peta Buscombe to leave Advertising Association