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Online market research firm eMarketer projects that 154 million people in the US will download or stream video content on the internet at least once a month in 2008. This year, 80% of internet users are expected to watch video, accounting for 52.5% of the total population. David Hallerman, eMarketer senior analyst, and author of… Continue reading Online Video A Big Hit In US

Last night saw the final of Masterchef on BBC Two, with the show grabbing a peak of 5.5 million adults, or a 23.8% share of the audience.On at 8pm, an average of 4.9 million adults stayed with the programme for its hour duration, with James Nathan finally triumphing.It beat both Waterloo Road on BBC One… Continue reading 5.5m Watch Masterchef Final On BBC Two

January saw across the board declines for all the terrestrial channels, with Channel 4 and Five jointly recording the biggest year on year dips.Both stations fell by 6.6% compared to January 2007, to stand at £ 48.59 million and £ 19.34 million respectively. ITV1 had the next biggest year on year fall, down by 2%… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2008

Channel 4 has said that its video-on-demand service, 4oD, has served more than 100 million programme streams and downloads since its launch in December 2006.The broadcaster said that its most popular programmes have been Hollyoaks, Skins, Shameless, Big Brother and Peep Show.It has seen rapid growth since January 1, with six million full-length PC programme… Continue reading 100m Programme Downloads For 4oD

Customer magazine publisher Archant Life has acquired four new titles to add to its portfolio.The new additions include Compass Magazines, a portfolio of three magazines comprising two monthly letterbox titles and an annual tourist guide, with offices in Bournemouth and Southampton, from Peter Cranham and Colin and Maria Lansley.Archant has also acquired a fourth monthly… Continue reading Archant Life Acquires Four New Titles

The latest regional ABC figures, for July to December 2007, show that all of the top ten paid for regional titles recorded declines in their circulations.Within the free regional newspaper groups category, there was a big increase for Northcliffe Newspapers Group, up by around 21.5%, or 502,000 copies year on year.Paid Regional Newspaper GroupsNone of… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: July-December 2007

Video search engine Blinkx has announced a partnership with Publicis subsidiary Denuo, which will look at ways of improving online video advertising, and content partnerships with BBC iPlayer, CBS and the Weather Channel.The partnership with Denuo will see collaboration on projects aimed at understanding how online video advertising can become more effective and better targeted… Continue reading Blinkx Announces Key Partnerships

ITV has hired former BBC One controller Peter Fincham to take over from Simon Shaps as director of television.ITV has also announced that Michael Grade has agreed to stay in post as executive chairman until the end of 2010, one year longer than his original three-year term.Shaps, who has headed ITV’s channels division since 2005,… Continue reading Fincham To Replace Shaps At ITV

Virgin Media has announced that it added 24,000 net cable subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2007, while churn dropped to 1.4% from 1.7% in the previous quarter.The cable company also saw its broadband subscriber net additions grow by 15.6% to 111,200, up from 96,100.Its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, increased by 2.6%… Continue reading Virgin Media Enjoys Subscriber Boost

Radio-specific ownership rules create unnecessary barriers to industry consolidation, commercial radio representatives told peers at the House of Lords yesterday.The appearance was part of the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications’ ongoing inquiry into Media Ownership and the News.RadioCentre chief executive Andrew Harrison was joined on the panel by Mark Story, managing director of… Continue reading Commercial Radio Calls For End To Outdated Ownership Rules