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Havas has reported its first growth in annual revenue in five years, with full year revenue at €1.47 million, compared to €1.46 million for the previous year, an increase of 0.8%. Excluding exchange rate and scope of consolidation changes, organic growth for 2006 was 0.6%. The UK reported its strongest quarterly growth for five years,… Continue reading Havas Reports First Annual Revenue Growth In Five Years

The majority of US households that receive their television signals over the air are still unaware of the digital TV switchover even though an estimated 22 million over-the-air homes need to make some kind of digital decision by February 17, 2009, according to a new survey from the Association Of Public Television Stations (APTS). The… Continue reading US Households Unaware Of Digital Switchover

Tiscali has revealed its plans for the roll out of its IPTV service, saying that it will be available in more than 10 million homes by the end of this year.Tiscali TV launches on 1 March 2007 when over 40,000 Homechoice subscribers will become Tiscali TV customers and will be able to receive broadband plus… Continue reading Tiscali Reveals IPTV Plans

A new report from JupiterResearch has found that 53% of online US teens watch video on the internet occasionally and 22% of them view video weekly or more frequently. Joe Laszlo, senior analyst and research director with JupiterResearch, said: “”Younger consumers tend to be extremely savvy about online media so it’s not surprising that teens… Continue reading 53% Of US Teens Watch Online Video

ITV1 won the battle for peaktime Saturday night viewing, with Dancing On Ice proving to be the biggest ratings winner of the night.Saturday’s programme, which saw former Gladiators and TV-AM weathergirl Ulrika Jonsson voted off, attracted an average adult audience of 7.9 million.This was comfortably ahead of BBC1’s offerings of When Will I Be Famous… Continue reading ITV Has Ice Time With Saturday Viewing

Channel 4’s controversial series of themed programmes, W*nk Week, has been postponed, as the broadcaster seeks to avoid any more bad publicity in the wake of the Celebrity Big Brother furore.The channel was to show three late night programmes, themed around the subject of masturbation, but the broadcaster has now taken all of the programmes… Continue reading Channel 4 Themed Week Postponed

Yesterday’s Q4 RAJAR results were quickly seized on by commentators in the press, all keen to give their opinions on what the latest figures mean to the main industry players.One of the big themes picked up on was the performance of GCap Media, with the Financial Times reporting that although Capital Radio suffered year on… Continue reading RAJAR Q4 2006: National Press Perspective

David Hepworth has been announced as the latest addition to the panel of the MediaTel Group ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar.He joins fellow panelists Paul Keenan, chief executive of Emap Consumer Media, Stevie Spring, chief executive of Future plc, and media journalist, Ray Snoddy, for what promises to be an unmissable event.As well as being… Continue reading David Hepworth Joins MediaTel Group Seminar Panel

Wednesday’s deadline for applicants wanting to apply for the vacant BBC chairman role has seen Lord Puttnam rule himself out of the running.In an article in this week’s Spectator magazine, Lord Puttnam said that following some personal agonising over whether to apply for the role, he had decided not to, despite being approached by the… Continue reading Lord Puttnam Out Of BBC Chairman Race

H Bauer’s women’s weekly magazine, In The Know, is selling an average of just 107,000 copies per week, despite launching with a print run of 900,000.However, Bauer said that it has a sustainable business model and that new developments are in the pipeline.In an audited publisher’s statement, Bauer said that the audited figure covered September… Continue reading In The Know Selling Just 107,000 Copies A Week