Analysis of TV revenue estimates for February reveals continuing bad news for the UK’s terrestrial TV channels. Overall, terrestrial channels saw a 11.9% year on year decline in revenue during the month. The UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, ITV1, experienced the most significant fall. Channel 4 also fared poorly with revenue slipping year on year, while… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – February 2002
According to figures ‘leaked’ to the Sunday Times the current slump in commercial TV revenue is about to end. A report in yesterday’s newspaper included forecasts for TV revenue showing a predicted 11.6% increase for May and a 7% increase for June. Following a decrease of around 13% in January and February the forecasts seem… Continue reading Leaked Figures Forecast End Of TV Slump
Week on week analysis shows that Maiden, which recently released its full year results for 2002 revealing a decline in underlying sales (see Maiden Anticipates ‘Gradual And Measured’ Recovery In 2002), was the best performer in last week’s media market. Shares rose 10.85% week on week to close at £3.57˝, an increase of 35p on… Continue reading Sharewatch
The latest results from the quarterly Barclays Internet Index reveal that online confidence has risen yet again to an all time high. Internet usage has remained at 46% over the last three months whilst confidence has been increasing steadily since August 2001 according to the bank. Internet users are conducting more complex day-to-day tasks –… Continue reading Barclays Says Confidence In Online Banking Is At All Time High
BT is planning to extend its high-speed internet service to reach over two thirds of the UK population by the end of next month.The company, which reduced the price of its wholesale broadband product in February, is connecting a further 50 UK towns and cities to its high-speed ADSL service as part of an initiative… Continue reading BT To Extend Broadband Offering
Strategy Analytics predicts a slow beginning for the deployment of the new interactive TV standard, Multimedia Home Platform (MHP). However, the company believes that MHP will eventually become commonplace around the world, reaching 42% of digital TV homes around the world by 2008. MHP is a proposed standard for developing interactive applications within digital television… Continue reading Slow Start For Interactive TV Standard, Says Strategy Analytics
NTL has taken the first step towards the provision of a digital TV signal that can be received by moving vehicles, with the completion of a successful trial of the technology, which utilises the existing frequency spectrum.NTL’s trials of a rugged form of the established DVB-T transmission took place in the Oxford area. A multi-channel… Continue reading NTL Trials Digital TV On The Move
Television adspend in 2001 was £3.5 billion, a decrease of 11% decrease on the total spend for 2000. This represents a loss of £425 million in advertising revenue for the television industry, and takes the 2001 total below the level it was in 1999.The AA forecasts that TV revenue in 2002 will be £3.4 billion… Continue reading TV Will Rebound In 2003, Says AA
The Radio Magazine has claiming that the Goverment has “failed the industry again” because it appears that the release date of the draft Communications Bill, expected to be later this month, could be put back until after local government elections in May.The magazine claims that the Government is concerned that new cross-media ownership rules may… Continue reading Concern At Possible Draft Communications Bill Delay
Kirch Media today filed a bankruptcy order with the German courts following months of financial malaise and increasing pressure from banks and investors.Last ditch attempts to rescue the company from insolvency, including talks with minority shareholders Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berlusconi, have failed. Kirch Gruppe’s debts are thought to be in the region of $5.7… Continue reading Kirch Media Files For Bankruptcy
