Channel 4’s announcement yesterday that it will launch E4, and its timeshifted counterpart E4+1, via the burgeoning Freeview platform could mark a turning point in the take-up of digital TV throughout Britain, as the first must-have digital channel to join the platform provides the potential for massive take-up.Along with the launch of More4, scheduled for… Continue reading NewsLine Feature: Freeview Shoots For The Sky
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Five continued to perform well during March, notching up the largest revenue increase of any terrestrial broadcaster, adding 31.1% year on year to stop just shy of £26.3 million as the broadcaster moved to face off against ITV in a full-scale daytime TV showdown.March saw Five move its high-profile chat show, Trisha Goddard, to a… Continue reading Television Market Round-Up – March 2005
Emap’s Maxpower, Zoo, Kerrang and Kiss have announced a month-long cross media promotion to launch the movie release of XXX2: The Next Level, with the “racy power of page 3” used to promote the movie in a new concept promotion.The move will combine the power of Emap’s lifestyle and youth brands, as well as tabloid… Continue reading Emap Extends Cross Media Promotion With XXX
Channel 4’s announcement yesterday that it will launch E4, and its timeshifted counterpart E4+1, via the burgeoning Freeview platform could mark a turning point in the take-up of digital TV throughout Britain, as the first must-have digital channel to join the platform provides the potential for massive take-up.Along with the launch of More4, scheduled for… Continue reading NewsLine Feature: Freeview Shoots For The Sky
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has set a target for the internet to be a billion pound medium and overtake outdoors market share by mid 2006, announcing a five point plan to help advertisers get more out of online media.Following his 100 day review of the IAB, Guy Phillipson, the trade body’s new chief executive,… Continue reading IAB Sets Target For Online Industry
Satellite radio is predicted to reach more than 20.1 million US households by 2010, up from 4.5 million subscribers at the end of 2004, according to a new report from Forrester Research. Satellite subscriptions were shown to enjoy a 150% increase between 2003 an 2004, with Forrester’s report, The Future of Digital Audio forecasting nearly… Continue reading Satellite Radio To Reach Over 20.1 Million US Households By 2010
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has set a target for the internet to be a billion pound medium and overtake outdoor’s market share by mid 2006, announcing a Five Point Plan to help advertisers get more out of online media. Following his 100 day review of the IAB, Guy Phillipson, the trade body’s new chief… Continue reading IAB Sets Target For Online Industry
Changes in technology and market forces are resulting in the US population increasingly shifting to the internet as their primary source of news. A new study by Merrill Brown, commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation, shows that consumers are accessing and processing information in ways that “challenge the historic function of the news business and raise… Continue reading Internet Becoming Primary News Source In US
Channel 4 has confirmed that it will launch E4, as well as its timeshifted counterpart, E4+1, on the Freeview platform to coincide with the start of the sixth series of Big Brother at the end of May.The channel will continue to broadcast via Sky and cable as a continuation of its existing carriage deals with… Continue reading E4 Set For Freeview Launch Next Month
Podcasting promises to provide consumers with on-demand, specialist media completely free of charge, but is it just a passing fad? Can commercial broadcasters still carve a slice of the online action for themselves? Jean-Paul Edwards, head of media futures at Manning Gottlieb OMD, explains the implications of the new technology, and the ways in which… Continue reading Podcasting – Worth All The Fuss?
