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ITV1 was the only terrestrial channel to keep its viewing share static year on year in all homes for December, at 18.4%.BBC One retained its top position, with a 22.4% share for the month, despite a drop of 0.8 percentage points year on year.All other terrestrial channels lost share in all homes in the month,… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – December 2007

The government has told BSkyB that it must reduce its stake in ITV from 17.9% to under 7.5%.Business secretary John Hutton accepted the Competition Commission’s recommendation to reduce the stake (see Competition Commission Recommends Sky Sell Down ITV Stake)The ruling gives Sky until Monday 25 February to lodge an appeal against the decision.The satellite broadcaster… Continue reading Sky Told To Reduce ITV Stake To Below 7.5%

Five is launching an ad campaign to make audiences aware that Neighbours is switching from BBC One at the start of next month.The show moves to Five on Monday 11 February, and is preceded by a national and regional press ad campaign starting today.It will be heavily supported by T-sides on buses and glossy magazines… Continue reading Five Launches Neighbours Ad Campaign

The music and download company behind Bebo and Last.fm’s music services, 7digital, has secured funding of £4.25 million.The digital media delivery company, based in the UK, has received backing from investors Sutton Place Managers and Balderton Capital.It is understood that 7digital will spend the money on expanding beyond the UK, possibly into the US and… Continue reading 7digital Secures £4.25m Funding

UK Internet traffic to newspaper websites reached its highest level in over two years last week off the back of a number of big news stories, according to the latest figures from Hitwise.For the week ending 26 January 2008, 1.48% of all UK internet visits went to websites in Hitwise’s News and Media – Print… Continue reading UK Internet Traffic To Newspaper Websites Reaches High

The government has ruled that BSkyB must reduce its stake in ITV from 17.9% to below 7.5%. Business secretary John Hutton followed the Competition Commission’s recommendation to reduce the stake, which now leaves Sky until Monday 25 February to lodge an appeal against the decision (see Sky Given More Time To Appeal Against ITV Share… Continue reading Sky Told To Reduce ITV Stake To Below 7.5%

Average monthly unique audience figures for US newspaper websites grew by more than 3.6 million in 2007, a year on year increase of more than 6% over 2006 numbers, according to new research from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Monthly unique visitors to US newspaper websites averaged 62.8 million in last year’s fourth quarter,… Continue reading US Online Newspaper Viewership Reaches Record In 2007

The total number of mobile TV subscribers will reach 462 million over the next five years, according to a new report from ABI Research. ABI Research said that this will be driven in large part by the expansion of 3G networks and flat rate plans for mobile video. The build-out of mobile video delivery networks… Continue reading Mobile TV Subscribers To Number 462m By 2012

It was a strong night for ITV1 last night, with ice dancing, loveable vets and the irrepressible Stephen Fry leading the onslaught.More than 7.5 million adults on average tuned in to the main Dancing On Ice programme, giving ITV1 a 36% viewing share between 6pm and 7.30pm, whilst the results show took more than seven… Continue reading ITV1 Outshines BBC One In Sunday Night Ratings Battle

More than 85% of the world’s online population has used the internet to make a purchase – increasing the market for online shopping by 40% in the past two years – according to the latest Nielsen Global Online Survey.Among internet users, the highest percentage shopping online is found in South Korea, where 99% of those… Continue reading Global Market For Online Shopping Increases 40%