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Cable giant Telewest has extended the reach of its fledgling high definition TV service to over 4.5 million homes, building on its launch to 400 customers in London at the end of last year.Announced in parallel with the launch of the company’s new personal video recorder (PVR), dubbed TVDrive, the extended HD services will bring… Continue reading Telewest Tackles Sky With Increased HD Service

BBC One saw its audience see-saw last night, with new crime drama Mayo returning disappointing results, while David Attenborough’s latest jaw dropping nature documentary hooked viewers from the beginning.Starring impressionist Alistair McGowan, Mayo promised a darkly comic detective tale, but drew a disappointing 4.3 million adults on Sunday night, suffering at the hands of ITV1’s… Continue reading Viewers Say No To Mayo But Dig Planet Earth

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily newspaper market continued to see readership decline in the last month of 2005, with a total downturn of 1.7% year on year indicating continued difficulty for the sector.There were some success stories amongst the depression, however, with the Independent adding a staggering 29.8% to its total year on year, proving the… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: December 2005

Ulster Television has released its preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2005, revealing a 19% rise in earnings thanks to its acquisition of the TalkSport radio station.A pre-tax profit of £20.8 million was reported by the company for 2005 as a whole, up from £17.5 million in 2004. The increase follows UTV’s purchase… Continue reading UTV Sees Earnings Increase After TalkSport Purchase

Daily Newspaper MarketReadership decline continued to blight the national daily newspaper market in January, with the sector as a whole suffering a 2.5% downturn year on year.The decline affects every sector, and is in evidence across the board in the mid market, where both the Daily Express and Daily Mail have seen readers move elsewhere.There… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: January 2006

Global advertising firm, Havas, has reported revenue of €1,461 million for 2005, enjoying organic growth of 2.5% year on year. The group enjoyed income from operations of €152 million, giving a margin of 10.4%, compared with 10.5% for the same time in 2004. Net income increased by 8% year on year, reaching €59 million, up… Continue reading Havas Reports 2005 Revenue Of €1,461

Ulster Television has released its preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2005, revealing a 19% rise in earnings thanks to its acquisition of TalkSport radio. The company reported pre-tax profit of £20.8 million for 2005 as a whole, up from £17.5 million in 2004. The increase follows UTV’s purchase of TalkSport last June… Continue reading UTV Enjoys 19% Earning Increase For 2005

Local search engine advertising is predicted to reach nearly $4 billion by 2010, up from just $420 million in 2005, according to a new report from Borrell Associates. This year, the report estimates that local advertisers will push almost $1 billion into the advertising channel, almost doubling spend from 2005’s figure. Borrell reveals that local… Continue reading Local Search Adspend To Reach $4 Billion By 2010

Emerging markets are seeing increased potential in the television marketplace, with a new study from Informa Media claiming that there will be more than 93 million homes worldwide in the ’emerging TV’ category by the end of 2010. Informa predicts that Africa and the Middle East will account for 43.7 million of this total, followed… Continue reading Increasing Potential In Emerging TV Markets

Channel 4 has signed a landmark agreement with Twentieth Century Fox to acquire the rights to content for its family of channels, marking the largest deal of its kind for Fox in the UK, and securing content for FilmFour’s relaunch as a free-to-air channel.The new agreement will see Channel 4 air blockbuster titles such as… Continue reading Channel 4 Signs Largest Ever Fox Content Deal