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The Sunday Times became Britain’s first ever £2 newspaper last weekend, with the Telegraph also raising its cover price.As well as the Sunday Times, the Times has also raised its cover price, in order that News International can make back some of its investment in new title thelondonpaper.Meanwhile, the Telegraph Group has raised its prices… Continue reading Newspapers Raise Prices As Circulations Continue To Fall

NTL:Telewest could be rebranded as Virgin on Valentine’s day next year, according to reports in the trade press.This follows the £962 million merger between NTL:Telewest and Virgin Mobile which saw the company become the nation’s first quadruple play broadcaster to offer TV, broadband, fixed line and mobile telephony (see NTL Confirms £962m Virgin Mobile Takeover).NewsLine… Continue reading Virgin Rebrand For NTL:Telewest Could Occur Valentine’s Day

UTV, the multi media group which broadcasts radio and television and provides internet and telephony services, has announced that its operating profit rose by 30% in the first six months to June 30. UTV’s turnover was up 60% from £35.6 million in 2005 to £57.1 million in H1 2006. Advertising revenues from radio were up… Continue reading UTV Group Operating Profit Up 30%

Local online advertising in the US is predicted to grow by 31.6% over 2006, reaching $7.7 billion in 2007, according to new research from Borrell Associates. US Local paid search, which Borrell says is already approaching $1 billion this year, is forecast to grow by 86% in 2007, to $1.8 billion. In addition, local e-mail… Continue reading US Local Online Advertising To Grow 31% Over 2006

US broadband households are a prime market for connected home entertainment, with over 16 million having a strong interest in these applications, according to a new report from Parks Associates. The report says that 39% of broadband households with a data network and 37% of broadband households without a home network consider multimedia networking applications… Continue reading US Broadband Households Prime Market For Connected Home Entertainment

TV adspend is continuing to grow in the Americas, although not as quickly as in the 1990s, according to a new report from ZenithOptimedia. ZenithOptimedia says that television advertising is now growing at 5% a year in the region, compared to 6.3% a year in the 1990s, with competition from cable and satellite companies keeping… Continue reading TV Adspend In Americas Growing At 5% A Year

The Charlotte Church Show on Friday night brought in a peak of 1.6 million adult viewers (a 9% audience share), but this was no match for Jonathan Ross on BBC1.Charlotte Church’s show, which was on for an hour from 10pm, attracted an average audience of 1.5 million adults, whilst Friday Night With Jonathan Ross had… Continue reading Jonathan Ross Wins Battle Of The Chatshows

Total US advertising expenditures in the first six months of 2006 increased 4.1% to $73 billion year on year, according to new data released by TNS Media Intelligence. Spanish language media benefited from a boost in the form of this summer’s World Cup, rising 20.5% to $2.4 billion, whilst internet display advertising, rose 18.95 to… Continue reading Total US Advertising Expenditures Increased 4.1% In H1

BSkyB is to run the first European trial of Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology, which will see 10 channels, including Sky Sports News and Sky News, delivered to mobile devices.The trial, supported by Arqiva, the broadcast solutions company, will use a vacant UHF TV channel to broadcast the transmission signal to customised mobile devices.The trial is intended… Continue reading BSkyB To Trial Mobile TV Technology

The ABC National Newspaper circulation figures for August are released today, and it remains to be seen whether the decline in sales will continue.The NewsLine team will be providing expert analysis of all the top stories to emerge from the newly released figures, and will be tackling the top talking points of the day.NewsLine will… Continue reading August National Newspaper ABCs Released Today