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Newspaper executives are to get an insight into how lucrative mobile services can be on a two-day study trip organised by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The trip to Oslo on 1 and 2 September will feature case studies of profitable news and information services from around the world, an explanation of how newspapers… Continue reading Press Bosses To See Benefits Of Mobile Services

AOL has secured an agreement with RealNetworks to provide its broadband members with video content from the latest series of Pop Idol, in a bid to boost uptake of its high-speed internet service.AOL will be the only broadband service provider to offer its subscribers Pop Idol video content free of charge, when the popular television… Continue reading AOL Hopes To Boost Broadband With Pop Idol

Lower retail prices and the increase in digital content are set to boost demand for integrated digital televisions (iDTVs) and high-definition TVs (HDTVs), according to a new report from IMS Research. Consumer take-up of iDTVs, which are capable of receiving digital programming without a separate set-top box, has had a slow start, says IMS. High… Continue reading Demand For Integrated Digital TV Sets To Rise, Says IMS

Condé Nast and Ministry Of Sound have moved to deny rumours that their joint lifestyle title, Trash, is set to fold after just one issue and are claiming the magazine had a strong sales debut.Ministry insists the pilot issue recorded strong sales and is already outselling many of its competitors in the music and style… Continue reading Condé Nast And Ministry Declare Faith In Trash

The emergence of the ‘multichannel consumer’ – an evolutionary descendant of the online consumer – is leaving media companies with the costs of providing integrated cross-channel content with virtually no associated upswing in revenues.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Western European Mobile Market Will Hit Saturation By 2007The number of mobile users worldwide will surpass two billion… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Multichannel Consumers Demand More Content

Reed Elsevier today reported a 3% increase in pre-tax profits for the first half of 2003 and expressed confidence that full year revenue growth targets will be reached. The Anglo-Dutch publisher outperformed analysts’ expectations and the market as a whole partly as a result of a 4% rise in revenues at the science and medical… Continue reading Reed On Target As Profits Rise In H1

ITV partners, Carlton and Granada, were in focus again yesterday after a note from leading brokers, Morgan Stanley, reiterated an underweight rating for the two groups.According to analysts, there are likely to be incremental costs if Carlton and Granada’s sales houses are spun off to enable their merger to go through. These are expected to… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners Fall On Negative Guidance

The emergence of the ‘multichannel consumer’ – an evolutionary descendant of the online consumer – is leaving media companies with the costs of providing integrated cross-channel content with virtually no associated upswing in revenues. Forrester Research has identified this new consumer profile after tracking the changing behaviour and demographic of the online consumer that was… Continue reading Multichannel Consumers Demand More Content But Offer Little Revenue

Channel Five has unveiled its autumn programming schedule, which features a new fly-on-the-wall series following the life of former boxer Chris Eubank.The At Home With The Eubanks show will be the lynchpin of the channel’s original programming and Five will also screen a special boxing match between Eubank and Nigel Benn.The popular ex-BBC2 show, Robot… Continue reading Five Banks On Reality For Autumn Schedule

US magazine advertising revenues increased by 7.9% year on year in July, reaching $1.2 billion, according to the latest figures from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). Whilst revenues rose, the number of advertising pages was more or less flat during the month, down 0.2% at 14,696. In the year to date, ad revenues rose by… Continue reading US Magazine Ad Revenues Climb 8% In July