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Each week, NewsLine brings you a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.There were several big financial releases, with Virgin Media announcing that its revenue increased to £1,081.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2006, up from £1,024.9 million in Q3.Of course, Virgin Media has been in the news for… Continue reading Media In The City

Virgin Media has said that it will give its customers until the end of the month to cancel their agreements after the transmission of Sky’s basic channels was stopped for Virgin cable customers last week.However, Sir Richard Branson’s company insists that not offering the channels, which includes flagship Sky One, does not constitute a breach… Continue reading Virgin Promises To Cancel Subs For Unhappy Customers

TNS has announced that it achieved underlying revenue growth of 2.5% for the full year 2006, with the majority of its businesses performing well. Underlying revenue growth for Europe as a whole was 3.2%, with TNS saying that this represents an acceptable performance given slower market growth in developed markets in Western Europe. The UK… Continue reading TNS Records 2006 Revenue Growth

Revenue generated by the premium video services market in the US, an area comprising pay-TV, mobile video, DVD, broadband video and theatre/box office receipts, is expected to rise to $277 billion by 2010, up from less than $200 billion in 2006, according to a new forecast from iSuppli. Much of that growth will be driven… Continue reading US Pay TV Market To See Revenue Increase

February saw several forecasts which predicted the emergence of internet protocol television (IPTV) as a mainstream force, with uSwitch.com stating that the platform is set to take off in 2007. USwitch.com said that IPTV is changing the way consumers watch television, with the average UK broadband user already spending 30 minutes a week downloading films… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – February 2007

The BBC has joined forces with YouTube to create branded BBC channels on the website, operating under separate BBC and BBC Worldwide agreements.The partnership will see clips of new BBC shows and specially commissioned promotional content linked to popular series such as Doctor Who and Life On Mars, aired on YouTube.At launch, the YouTube community… Continue reading BBC Does Deal With YouTube

Future’s Fast Car magazine is having its biggest ever giveaway as it celebrates its 250th issue.The giveaway includes an exclusive Demon Tweeks 2007 catalogue that has 240-pages of essentials for Fast Car fans to transform their fast-road motors.Fast Car readers will also get a free Donnington Park show guide and an exclusive money off voucher… Continue reading Fast Car Giveaway For Issue 250

ITV1’s woes continue into the new year as January saw the channel lose 5% of its revenue year on year, dropping to £110.9 million. Five also felt a drop in revenue year on year, of 2.8%, to end the month with £20.7 million.By comparison, Channel 4 showed a slight uplift of 0.8%. Celebrity Big Brother… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2007

Online newspaper websites are rapidly increasing in popularity as their print counterparts continue to suffer falling circulation figures, according to audited data from ABC and ABCe.It appears that no amount of free DVDs and wall charts can halt the declines, which has been felt across the sectors. Newspaper websites on the other hand, never seem… Continue reading Newspapers’ Print Circulations Decline As Web Traffic Blossoms

Online newspaper websites are rapidly increasing in popularity as their print counterparts continue to suffer falling circulation figures, according to audited data from ABC and ABCe.It appears that no amount of free DVDs and wall charts can halt the declines, which has been felt across the sectors. Newspaper websites on the other hand, never seem… Continue reading Newspapers’ Print Circulations Decline As Web Traffic Blossoms