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Metro International has announced its financial results for the third quarter and the nine months ended September 30 2006. For Q3 2006, net sales increased by 18% to $87.1 million (2005: $74.0 million). At constant exchange rates, net sales improved by 11%. Metro International recorded a group operating loss of $8.9 million (2005: loss of… Continue reading Metro International Announces Q3 And Nine Month Results

Omnicom has announced that its net income for the third quarter of 2006 increased 9.5% to $177.1 million from $161.7 million in the third quarter of 2005. Worldwide revenue increased 10.0% to $2,774.3 million from $2,522.9 million in the third quarter of 2005. Domestic revenue for the third quarter of 2006 increased 7.8% to $1,540.5… Continue reading Omnicom Releases Third Quarter Financial Results

ITV are supposedly lining up a ‘dream team’ of Stephen Carter, former head of Ofcom, as chief executive, and Channel 4’s Kevin Lygo as director of programmes. According to reports in the trade press, the duo are the frontrunners to take over the posts, with shareholders wanting to bring in a new programming chief at… Continue reading ITV Could Get Carter

Spooks came out on top in last night’s ratings battle, with the programme drawing in an average of just under five million adult viewers to BBC One between 9pm and 10pm.ITV1’s new series Vincent, starring Ray Winstone, managed over 4.7 million, taking a 22.5% audience share between 9pm and 10.30pm, the same viewing share as… Continue reading Spooks Battles Vincent

David Evans, director of Continental Research, discusses how the impending digital switchover will effect UK households, and the potential problems that lie ahead for the terrestrial television channels…Forget White City, Gray’s Inn Road, Horseferry Road, Long Acre or Osterley, the most exciting place in British broadcasting is the media hotbed of Cumbria and the Scottish… Continue reading Switching Off

A new online system is set to go beyond time-shift and on-demand television facilities, with the launch of TIOTI, described by one of its founding partners as a giant personalised digital video recorder online.The system is “like TiVo for the internet,” according to Paul Cleghorn, who developed the service as a reaction to waiting for… Continue reading Next Generation Of Online TV To Launch

As of 2006, 63% of the US population aged 3 and over uses the internet at least once a month, according to new research from eMarketer. US internet users aged 50 and over total 46.8 million, or 26% of the total US internet user population. Adults aged 50 and older make up an estimated 29.4%… Continue reading US Internet Users Over 50 Reach 46.8 Million

The final ever Prime Suspect, starring Helen Mirren as the alcoholic DSI Jane Tennison, lured an average of 7.6 million adults to ITV1 last night, taking a 36.5% viewing share between 9pm and 11pm.Prior to the long-running police drama, the final episode in the series of Heartbeat spin-off The Royal also proved a hit for… Continue reading 7.6 Million Adults Tune In To Prime Suspect Farewell

Internet users from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK are more likely to use their mobile phones to go online than internet users in the US, according to the inaugural findings from comScore Networks’ Mobile Tracking Study. The study, which is designed to analyse how consumers across six countries go online on their mobile… Continue reading Europeans More Likely Than Americans To Go Online Via Mobiles

ITV shareholders are urging the company to appoint a new chief executive by Christmas, according to a report in the Guardian. The shareholders are apparently unhappy at the slow progress of the search for a replacement for Charles Allen. The report says that headhunters Zygos have widened their search for a new CEO to include… Continue reading ITV Shareholders Want New CEO By Christmas