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Worldwide, the market for digital radio receivers will grow from 5 million units in 2005, to almost 25 million unit shipments in 2010, according to a new forecast from In-Stat. In-Stat added that in 2006, 73% of respondents to an In-Stat US consumer survey were aware of HD Radio on some level, whilst in Europe,… Continue reading Market For Digital Radio Receivers To Grow

Around half of the television viewing audience tuned in to BBC One on Saturday 23 December to see cricketer Mark Ramprakash and professional dancer Karen Hardy win Strictly Come Dancing.Almost 10 million adults on average watched Ramprakash and rugby player Matt Dawson battle it out on the ballroom dance floor for first and second place.… Continue reading Festive Season Brings Cheer To BBC One

Laser Broadcasting is launching an online radio station in order to reinforce its position in the marketplace.Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the new service will target the 35-64 age group.Laser says that there will be a mix of music and news and in a programme line-up that will also act as… Continue reading Laser Broadcasting To Launch Online Radio Station

Vodafone is launching its nationwide broadband service next Monday which will give Vodafone consumer contract customers 8MB broadband access for £25 a month.BT will provide the infrastructure to enable the mobile phone company to roll out its Vodafone At Home service.Vodafone is the latest mobile company to offer a broadband service, with 02 also set… Continue reading Vodafone To Launch Premium Broadband Service

Jon Hewson, chief executive of CN Radio has left the group after three years, saying that he was unable to take the company any further. Hewson joined CN Radio from the Guardian Media Group and has not ruled out a return to GMG. The group’s managing director, Julie Fair, has been promoted to the chief… Continue reading Hewson Leaves CN Radio

More US households now own DVD players (81.2% of all households) than VCRs (79.2% of households), according to a new report from Nielsen Media Research. The 3rd Quarter Home Technology Report also shows ownership of most media technology trending up from previous years, which could continue to climb as Christmas approaches. As of third quarter… Continue reading DVD Households Overtake VCR In US

New research from the Outdoor Advertising Association reveals that outdoor advertising has broken through the 10% revenue share barrier for the first time during Q3 2006.Outdoor experienced its slowest growth since 2002 during April to June, although figures just released for for the third quarter of the year show a recovery, with an increase from… Continue reading Outdoor Breaks 10% Revenue Share Barrier

The NewsLine team would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We will be taking a break over the festive season, but will return on 2 January with the latest media news, comment and analysis.Early in the New Year we will bring you round-ups for 2006 from… Continue reading Merry Christmas!

The BBC will be granted a below inflation licence fee increase, rising by 3% annually until 2008 and by 2% for the following three years, according to reports.The deal, which is understood to have been made between Tessa Jowell and Chancellor Gordon Brown, has not yet received approval from Prime Minister Tony Blair, but could… Continue reading BBC Granted Below Inflation Licence Fee Rise

Why do some new technologies succeed and flourish and others flatter to deceive and then disappoint? James Myring, associate director at Continental Research, looks at two of the new convergence technologies, mobile and internet TV, and explores what makes a successful new technology…Mobile TV appears to be struggling. Data from the Continental Research Convergence Report… Continue reading IPTV Vs Mobile TV