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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

Reality behemoth Big Brother should be safe with Channel 4 for at least another two years, as the broadcaster is said to have signed a new deal with programme producer Endemol.Although the ITV director of television, Simon Shaps, is believed to have talked to Endemol about the contract, it is understood the network did not… Continue reading Big Bro Safe With C4 For Two Years

DAB is a massive part of the future of the radio industry, so no doubt many were worried when recent reports said that the sound quality is not as good as was first claimed. It was therefore inevitable that the subject would be up for discussion at yesterday’s MediaTel Group future of radio seminar, where… Continue reading Top Players Look To DAB As Radio’s Saviour

October saw a continuation of the downward trend for television revenue, with combined revenues falling by nearly 17% across terrestrial channels.GMTV was the worst hit, as the broadcaster saw its revenues fall by nearly 24% year on year, down from £6.8 million to nearly £5.2 million for the month.ITV1 also had a poor month, with… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 2006

Increased broadband penetration across Europe has positively impacted the numbers of hours Europeans spend online, according to the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA). The EIAA study shows that 45% of internet users in Europe now go online every day of the week, which the EIAA says demonstrates the increasing importance of the internet in our… Continue reading Europeans Spending More Time Online

At yesterday’s MediaTel Group future of radio seminar, the second national digital multiplex was predictably one of the hot topics up for discussion, with panellist Nathalie Schwarz, director of radio at Channel 4, saying a successful bid by the broadcaster for the multiplex would have a positive effect on the radio industry.Schwarz said of the… Continue reading Channel 4 Outlines Vision For Second Multiplex

More than 3.2 million flat panel HDTVs will be sold to US consumers in the fourth quarter of 2006, which is more than twice the number sold in the fourth quarter of 2005, according to a new forecast from Pacific Media Associates. Pacific Media says that the HDTV price wars and the resulting low prices… Continue reading US HDTV Sales To Double Year On Year

Interactive and user-generated media formats have now become a standard part of today’s media consumption, according to research conducted by Emap Advertising’s new research panel, The Inside.Over half the 10,000 or so UK 15+ consumers on the panel (see Emap Advertising Launches New Consumer Insight Panel) read blogs (54%) and just under half (43%) now… Continue reading Inside Info Reveals UGC Is Now Standard In Media Consumption

DAB is a massive part of the future of the radio industry, so no doubt many were worried when recent reports said that the sound quality is not as good as was first claimed. It was therefore inevitable that the subject would be up for discussion at yesterday’s MediaTel Group future of radio seminar, where… Continue reading Top Players Look To DAB As Radio’s Saviour

The recently launched division of News International, News Magazines, has taken the contract for BSkyB’s Sky Magazine, taking it from John Brown.The company will take over Sky Magazine next summer, with the news indicating the first customer magazine win for the division, which was created last year to take News International into the consumer magazine… Continue reading News International Company Scoops Sky Mag Contract