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Freeview could be set to overtake satellite by the end of the year, if it continues its current rate of growth.The service currently reaches 27.3% of all households, with satellite reaching 31.5%. Digital terrestrial recorded a year-on-year increase of 8.3% in market share, with digital satellite recording a 2% increase, according to the Trends in… Continue reading Freeview Could Overtake Satellite By End Of Year

Carat, has lowered its forecast for UK adspend growth from 4.5% to 3.2% for 2006 in its Global Market Update. The European forecast as a whole was down, which Carat said was because of both the fragile Italian economy and the UK market, where the expected boost from the World Cup has not materialised. Elsewhere… Continue reading UK Advertising Growth Hit By World Cup

Global search advertising sales are expected to grow by an estimated 40% this year to $13.6 billion. By comparison, global brand ad sales are expected to be up 25% for the year, an increase of $11.7 billion, according to analysts at Piper Jaffray. However, Reprise Media have said that marketers are failing to embrace the… Continue reading Search Advertising Sales To Reach $13.6 Billion In 2006

Families with two telephone lines are 70% more likely to have broadband than those with only one, according to new research from Point Topic. The analysis also shows that Sky+ subscribers have 62% broadband penetration, while those people relying on terrestrial TV have only 26%. In addition, DSL is revealed as the most widely used… Continue reading Families With Two Telephone Lines 70% More Likely To Have Broadband

The England v Trinidad and Tobago match on ITV1 last night drew in a massive 14.5 million adult viewers (a 75% audience share) and averaged 9.9 million adults throughout the match (66% of all adult viewers).England’s hard fought win was easily the night’s big winner, with an hour long Eastenders the only other programme coming… Continue reading England Match Wins It For ITV1

BARB is investing in new people metering equipment that will identify time-shift viewing from other systems of disc playback such as PVR/DVRs and DVD recorders.The new metering technology, which was extensively tested by the research board last year, will complement BARB’s recent introduction of reporting from Sky+ homes. The appliance is the ‘Unitam’ people meter… Continue reading BARB Gets New Meters For Changing Broadcast Consumption

GCap Media is to launch a late night quiz show with no advertisements which will be funded entirely by premium rate phone calls, according to reports in the press.In a first for a commercial radio venture, the show will be almost entirely uninterrupted, with no advertisements and just three songs played during its two hour… Continue reading GCap Media To Launch Ad-Free Quiz

Mark Chippendale will move to News International to head up advertising sales for the Sun and News of the World after less than a year at Yahoo!Chippendale will report to News group managing director Mike Anderson, the former managing director of The Evening Standard. Anderson is keen to push the NG brand across other media… Continue reading Chips Leaves Yahoo! For News International

A new audience measurement system that will enable the measurement of television viewing figures on the internet, mobile phones and even in bars, is being planned in the US by TV audience tracker Nielsen Media Research and sister company Netratings.The move could bring major changes to the television and advertising industries as people increasingly watch… Continue reading New System To Measure Out Of Home TV Viewing

Sky One will broadcast the first ever UK live music broadcast in high definition with a Robbie Williams concert in Leeds on 9 September.The broadcast will be shown simultaneously on Sky One in standard definition and Sky One HD for subscribers. Viewers of the concert in Roundhay Park will also be able to access interactive… Continue reading Sky One To Show First HD Live Music Broadcast