Daily Newspaper MarketThe latest NRS figures show that Britain’s national newspapers suffered a year on year decline in readership in the six-month period to December 2006, with Daily titles falling by 4.2% overall.In the Daily market, the Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Daily Record were the only papers to record increases in readership for the period,… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: December 2006
The UK’s leading online media intelligence company, MediaTel Group, has announced the latest in its series of popular industry seminars, with the latest session focusing on the future of digital.The morning session, which combines a panel debate and an audience Q&A session, sees highly respected figures in the media air their views on the digital… Continue reading MediaTel Group Adds To Seminar Portfolio With Digital Session
ITV Play and This Morning will both have their interactive quizzes restored having been cleared by ITV’s internal review.ITV suspended all interactive programming last week following allegations that there had been irregularities regarding its premium rate phone lines (see ITV Suspends Premium Rate Phone-Ins).Although the ITV Play channel is still off-air, some of its programming… Continue reading ITV Review Clears Interactive Quizzes
Each week, NewsLine brings you a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.The main media City news this week was all financial, with RTL, the owner of Five, announcing that it recorded growth in earnings of 12.3% in 2006 (Full Story).United Business Media saw revenues grow by 17% to £739.1… Continue reading Media In The City
Virgin Media will launch its own Freeview box, which could be a “stop gap” measure to provide digital TV ahead of its IPTV service to be launched next year, according to reports in the trade press.The company is thought to be considering several options, including a Freeview box combined with PVR, similar to its V-Plus… Continue reading Virgin Media Close To Launching Own Freeview Box
The output of the UK economy in the three months ending in February was 0.5% higher than in the previous three months, according to a new report from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). This follows a revised figure from the three months ending in January, with the NIESR saying that the… Continue reading UK Economic Output Grows
Consumers in the Asia-Pacific region will increasingly opt for higher-end set-top boxes that support personal video recorder (PVR) and high-definition features, according to a new study from ABI Research. This trend will be driven to a large degree by China, which will see the region’s largest increase in subscriber numbers. Serene Fong, broadband research analyst,… Continue reading Asia-Pacific Set For Growth In High-End Set Top Boxes
Daily Newspaper MarketIt was a relatively dismal picture for the nation’s daily newspapers once again for February, with the market recording a 3.6% year on year slump.The latest ABC data has revealed that the only daily title to record an increase in its circulation was the Financial Times, which saw a marginal rise in its… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: February 2007
At the end of this month the fifth terrestrial channel will have been broadcasting for 10 years. During that time the landscape of British television has changed drastically.Sky Digital now dominates the pay-tv market, ITV Digital launched and collapsed, Ofcom replaced ITC and reality television is overtaking TV schedules around the world.During its early years,… Continue reading Five 10th Birthday – From Sunset Beach To Grey’s Anatomy
thelondonpaper has once again nudged ahead of its fellow freesheet, the London Lite, with the title recording a circulation increase of more than 13% month on month.The News International paper now boasts an ABC of a little under 495,000, compared to last month’s figure of just over 436,000. The title’s rival has actually seen a… Continue reading thelondonpaper Widens Gap On Freesheet Rival
