Feature By MediaTel Insight: Interactive TVUsage of interactive TV services has more than doubled over the past year according to a the Q1 2002 Digital TV Report from Continental Research. The frequency of digital TV subscribers who have ever used interactive services has grown from 4.3% in April 2001 to 9.6% in Jan 2002. The… Continue reading Feature By MediaTel Insight: Interactive TV
New findings from Ipsos-Reid show that fewer than 1 in 10 (8%) Americans over the age of 12 who have ever downloaded or streamed music off of the internet have actually paid for this material translating to only 4 million people. Additionally, 84% of those who have downloaded music without paying report they would not… Continue reading US Music Downloaders Unwilling To Pay, Says Ipsos-Reid
Maiden has won the contract to market three Trivision 48 sheet sites at the new John Lennon Airport in Liverpool. Two of the sites are positioned in the check-in hall and one in the arrival hall of the airport, which last year handled 2.25 million passengers.Renault and BT are among the advertisers already signed up… Continue reading Maiden Checks In At John Lennon Airport
The Future Network has announced the launch of its Official Xbox Magazine in four countries across Europe, including the UK, to coincide with Microsoft’s European launch of the new games console.The title will go on sale on 28 February, ahead of the console’s 14 March launch date. The magazine will be priced at £5.99 and… Continue reading Future Prepares For European Xbox Launch
January 2002 saw another month by month increase in the number of text messages sent in the UK, as has been the case since April last year. A total of 1.4 billion text messages were sent during the month, according to the Mobile Data Association (MDA)Text messaging increased steadily throughout last year, to reach an… Continue reading January Text Message Total Reaches Record High
The Radio Authority has invited applications for a digital multiplex licence which could reach an adult population of around 4.25 million in the Yorkshire region.Applicants have until 18 June to submit proposals for the licence, which covers most parts of the former metropolitan counties of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Humberside and part of the… Continue reading Radio Authority Offers Yorkshire Multiplex Licence
Deutsche Telekom has announced that it has been informed by the Federal Cartel Office in Bonn that it will not grant approval for the sale of Deutsche TelekomÂ’s cable TV businesses to Liberty Media (see Liberty Media’s Deutsche Telekom Cable Deal Hits Regulatory Snags). Deutsche Telekom stated that it “has always considered that the sale… Continue reading German Regulators Block Liberty Cable Deal
Regional Independent Media today reported a rise in profits of 8%, rising to £44.1 million in 2001 from £40.9 million in 2000. Turnover increased by 3.5% to £175.3million. 84% of turnover was derived from the group’s newspaper interests, including the Yorkshire Post and Sheffield Star both of which saw an increase in circulation in 2002.… Continue reading RIM Exceeds Expectations But 2002 “Remains Uncertain”
Confidence appeared to return to media shares yesterday, as several key players including Granada and Capital Radio were upgraded by analysts. Granada’s price rose more than 6% as a consequence, while Capital was boosted by over 3%.Other beneficiaries of the upturn included BSkyB, which ended up 36˝p at £6.85, Carlton Communications, up 6.36% to £2.00ž… Continue reading Sharewatch
CMR forecasts that network and spot television spending for the 2002 Winter Olympics will total approximately $700 million, a rise from the $627 million grossed during the last Winter Olympics. During the 1998 Winter Olympics, network television grossed $480 million and spot television $147 million. In 2000, network advertising expenditures for the 2000 Summer Olympics… Continue reading Winter Olympics Will Boost US TV Revenue, Says CMR
