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Global advertising growth is steady and in line with the global economy at 5.3% for 2006, and set to be 5% for 2007, according to GroupM’s latest media and marketing forecast report. Television has taken half of all global media investment growth, whilst the contribution of the Internet to global media growth will rise to… Continue reading GroupM Forecasts Steady Global Ad Growth

NTL’s major shareholders are becoming frustrated with the cable giant’s attempts to acquire ITV and would prefer it if the company focused on integrating Telewest and Virgin Mobile. According to a report in the Guardian, some of NTL’s largest shareholders want the company to forget about bidding for ITV and to concentrate on matters closer… Continue reading Shareholders Want NTL To Forget About ITV Merger

Freeview is threatening Sky’s dominance in parts of the UK, according to a new spatial model of the TV landscape by Point Topic. According to the model, Sky’s market shares can be as high as 40% and as low as 27% depending on the options available in a given region. Tim Johnson, chief executive of… Continue reading Freeview Threatening Sky’s Dominance

In November, research from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, revealed that nearly half of all individuals in the European Union used the internet at least once a week in 2006. Eurostat said that 52% of households had access to the internet during the first quarter of 2006, compared to 48% during the… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – November 2006

Social networking behemoth YouTube has made a definitive step towards going mobile, after the company singed a deal with US telco Verizon.The deal will see some of the most highly rated YouTube videos available on Verizon handsets, where subscribers to the Verizon Wireless’ V Cast package, who pay around £7.50 a month or £1.50 a… Continue reading YouTube Takes A Step Towards Going Mobile

Frustration is brewing amongst NTL shareholders, who feel that the cable group should focus on integrating Telewest and Virgin Mobile rather than a bid to buy ITV, according to a report on mediaguardian.co.uk.The ITV board unanimously rejected a merger bid by NTL recently, claiming there was “little, if any, strategic logic for ITV to combine… Continue reading NTL Shareholders Want Company To Shed ITV Takeover Plans

From today, Ofcom is advertising the licence for the second Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) national radio multiplex.The multiplex licence allows the broadcast of radio services as well as other services, including mobile television channels.Ofcom says this represents the first step in its DAB licensing programme intended to lead to a significant expansion in both local… Continue reading Second DAB Multiplex Licence Up For Grabs

Broadband users are watching around 33% less conventional television, according to communications watchdog Ofcom’s International Communications Market Report.Among 18-24-year-old broadband users, the UK is second only to China in its online video usage, with 77% of UK users in this age range watching music videos online, and 60% watching TV programmes via their broadband connection.The… Continue reading Broadband Sees Traditional TV Viewing Decrease

ITV is preparing for the launch of ITV Local, the broadcaster’s local broadband service, after the appointment of a launch managing director and the acquisition of online business directory Scoot.ITV has appointed Mohammed Raja, who has worked at search and directories companies including Thomson Directories, 192.com, Ask Jeeves and UpMyStreet.com, as managing director, to spearhead… Continue reading ITV Gears Up To Launch Local Broadband Service

Northern Irish multimedia group UTV has apparently re-entered discussions with SMG about a possible merger, according to reports in the trade press. SMG, which owns cinema advertising business Pearl & Dean and Virgin Radio, confirmed in August that it had received a merger bid from UTV which would have given SMG shareholders 50% of the… Continue reading UTV Reopens Merger Talks With SMG