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Although consumer take-up of video-on-demand (VOD) has been limited so far, cable companies are eager to promote the technology and a new study from The Yankee Group estimates that revenues will total $2.8 billion in 2006. The report, Video-on-Demand: Sustained MSO Commitment Drives Rapid Growth, claims that the leading cable operators have been swift to… Continue reading Cable Operators Throw Weight Behind VOD

Radio advertising is responsible for 7% of all display advertising revenues, according to the latest figures from Nielsen Media Research, up from 6.8% on the previous twelve months. There are many valuable lessons that new media could well learn from radio, Ewan Darby, Strategic Planning Manager, from Nielsen Media Research, explains…October 2002 has been a… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Blowing The Radio Trumpet

Online ad solutions group, DoubleClick, has announced the acquisition of Protagona plc, the UK-based campaign management software company.The deal, which has been expected for some time, will see DoubleClick increase its exposure to the planning side of the industry. Protagona produces Ensemble, software which helps direct marketers to both plan and execute their campaigns.In the… Continue reading DoubleClick Expands Direct Marketing Business

NRS figures for the April to September period of 2002 reveal an overwhelmingly mixed picture of newspaper readership. The overall number of people reading newspapers is seen slightly rising, with a 0.8% growth compared to the same period last year.The broadsheet sector saw some solid performances, as huge news stories such as the anniversary of… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – September 2002

NRS figures for the April to September period of 2002 reveal an overwhelmingly mixed picture of newspaper readership. The overall number of people reading newspapers is seen slightly rising, with a 0.8% growth compared to the same period last year.The broadsheet sector saw some solid performances, as huge news stories such as the anniversary of… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – September 2002

Jim Blundell, managing director of Survey Audits, will warn delegates at next week’s European Television Symposium of the perils of introducing new television audience measurement systems.He will cite the example of Australia where last year, ATR replaced ACNielsen as the approved TV measurement providers. There were numerous problems during the changeover and industry figures squabbled… Continue reading Television Conference To Tackle Audience Measurement

The government is yet to make a decision over radio ownership regulation, according to Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell.Writing in today’s Financial Times, Jowell claims that the government has agreed to 120 of the 148 recommendations made by Lord Puttnam’s Joint Scrutiny Committee. However, she adds: “There are a few issues on which the government still… Continue reading Government Remains Undecided Over Radio Regulation

A consortium of German magazine group, Bauer Verlag, and Bavarian bank, HVB Group AG, has emerged as the successful suitor to the KirchMedia business, following months of bidding (see Kirch Move Prompts World Cup Rights Auction). KirchMedia, the insolvent arm of the now-collapsed KirchGruppe empire (see Kirch Investors Abandon Rescue Plans), is now in exclusive… Continue reading Bauer Consortium Takes KirchMedia

Monday’s media sector experienced a substantial rally, following the broader London equity market upwards, after some bullish guidance from investment banks and a mighty surge on Wall Street late in trading on Friday.BSkyB was the sector’s biggest riser up 9.74% after chief executive, Tony Ball, talked subscriber targets up in the weekend press. The stock… Continue reading Sharewatch

Vivendi Universal, the troubled media giant, admitted yesterday that it is under scrutiny in the United States over its accounting practices. The US attorney’s office for the southern district of New York has opened a criminal investigation and will work in conjunction with the Miami office of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is carrying… Continue reading Vivendi Facing US Probe