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The Daily Record is change its afternoon edition, Record PM, which launched last September, into a free newspaper later this month.The Daily Record will also extend distribution of Record PM to Aberdeen and Dundee, as well as the established areas of Glasgow and Edinburgh.The total target number of copies distributed in all four cities is… Continue reading Daily Record To Launch Free Paper

The UK (-1.88%); Germany (-1.03%); and Japan (-0.69%) each experienced a drop in the number of active home internet users in November over the previous month, according to data from Nielsen//NetRatings. Gains in the 10 countries tracked come to 6.1 million active home users, a 1.88 percent increase from October. The largest increases occurred in… Continue reading Global Home Internet User Numbers

November saw viewing shares fall year on year across most terrestrial channels, with ITV1 seeing a dip of almost 2 percentage points.In digital homes, Channel 4 saw the greatest change in viewing share, with an increase of 0.6 percentage points.All ViewingITV1 saw its viewing share fall year on year in November by 1.9 percentage points,… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – November 2006

Christmas Day and New Years Day 2007 saw record numbers of text messages sent in the UK, according to new figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).On Christmas Day over 205 million texts were sent, an average of 8 million per hour. New Years Day text messaging figures reached a record breaking 214 million, almost… Continue reading Record Text Message Figures For The Festive Season

2006 saw the online industry continue to grow as it sought to establish itself further as a mainstream player.The online advertising market grew year on year reflecting the widespread appeal of the internet.Expenditure for the first half of the year neared £1 billion as the sector looked to close in on Direct Mail, TV and… Continue reading End Of Year Round-Up: Online

The number of broadband lines in the UK reached 13.1 million by the end of 2006 by adding more than 3.1 million new lines in the year, according to new research from Point Topic. However, Point Topic says that this is a disappointment for many operators as it is 20% down on the number added… Continue reading UK Broadband Lines Reach 13.1 Million

Christmas Day and New Years Day 2007 saw record numbers of text messages sent in the UK, according to new figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA). On Christmas Day over 205 million texts were sent, an average of 8 million per hour. New Years Day text messaging figures reached a record breaking 214 million,… Continue reading Record Text Message Figures For The Festive Season

More than 6.2 million adults tuned in to Channel 4 last night as the latest bunch of celebrities clambered up the Big Brother staircase and into the lions den.Channel 4 took a 27% viewing share in the timeslot for the start of series five of Celebrity Big Brother, which is set to run for three… Continue reading Bizarre Mix Of Celebs Draws 6.2 Million To C4’s BB

Capital Radio has announced a new Saturday schedule for January 2007 with the appointment of two new presenters.Dave Berry and Matt Brown are joining the Saturday line-up from January 6 for four weeks worth of specials.Berry said: “It is great that I have been given this opportunity, as I am fully aware of how dark… Continue reading Two New Presenters For Capital Radio

BT has revealed that it will this week break through the ten million broadband connections barrier, exceeding its initial target of five million connections by the end of 2006.That target was set in April 2002 when there were fewer than 150,000 DSL connections. Broadband availability at that time was 66% whereas it is now more… Continue reading BT To Break 10 Million Broadband Connections Barrier