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According to a new report UK Mediaphile 2010 published by Screen Digest, in conjunction with ABN Amro, British consumers could be spending a total of £84.26 billion annually on media by 2010. Unsurprisingly, the bulk of consumer spending is moving away from print media towards online and electronic media. In 1985, the total market for… Continue reading UK Media Could Be Worth

Emap Performance’s Manchester-based Key 103 has been awarded a new radio licence to operate during the Commonwealth Games in July.The new station, called The Games, will broadcast 24-hours a day on 87.8 FM and, operating on a restricted licence, will provide entertainment guides, event information, traffic news and music.Managing director of Key 103, Tom Hunter,… Continue reading Emap’s Key 103 Goes For Commonwealth Gold

Despite evidence to the contrary, online advertising levels declined only slightly last year when compared to 2000 and the decline was less pronounced than that of other media. This is according to the Assessing Online And Offline Ad Measurement Systems report released by Ipro at the end of last month. Ipro conducted the survey across… Continue reading Online Advertising Measurement Standards Must Improve, Finds Ipro Survey

UK cinema saw advertising revenue increase from £128m in 2000 to £164m in 2001, a year on year increase of 28%, according to the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA).The figures show that more advertisers than ever before used cinema during 2001 with 118 brands spending over £100,000 more during 2001 than during 2000. Channel 4 was… Continue reading UK Cinema Sees Record Revenue During 2001

By 2007, more than half of all films distributed globally and all US/Hollywood films will be released digitally, according to forecasts from Screen Digest. Currently, just 8.5% of films are digitally released globally; this rises to 35% for the US/Hollywood distributors. By the end of this year the global total should reach 15%, whilst US/Hollywood’s… Continue reading Over 50% Of Films Will Be Released Digitally By 2007, Says Screen Digest

ITV Digital now has 1.26 million subscribers, having added a further 46,000 during the last quarter of 2001. However, the digital services provider is continuing to look at ways to reduce costs internally, including through job reductions.Churn for the three months was 24.9%, which ITV Digital claims is within its forecast range, adding that the… Continue reading ITV Digital Reaches 1.26m Subscribers

Viacom Outdoor has secured all 10 “pioneer partners” for the launch of its cross-track projection (XTP) technology in the London Underground this March.Nestle, Vodafone, BT, BAA and Virgin have joined the original five advertisers; Becks, DHL, Transport for London, Total Media and Tropicana, which signed up to partner the project last month (see First Brands… Continue reading Viacom Secures XTP Partners

Vivendi Universal released full year results this morning which showed revenue growth for 2001 of 10% and predicted that growth for 2002 would also be 10%. Publishing revenues were up 5% which countered a 1% drop in music revenues for the year. Publishing was boosted by success in the games and education divisions where revenue… Continue reading Vivendi Bullish On 2002 Revenues As Results Fall In Line With Expectations

Week on week analysis of the media market shows that the best performance came from BSkyB, which announced on Friday that it had gained 218,000 new digital satellite customers in the six months ended 31 December 2001 (see BSkyB Growth Beats Expectations). Shares rose 13.08% week on week to close at £7.26, an increase of… Continue reading Sharewatch

According to the latest data from the Federal Communications Commission, high speed access in the US has grown by 250% since August 2000. The latest figues, to June 2001, reveal that there are now 9.6 million high speed subscribers in the US which signifies a 36% increase during H1 2001. 7.8 million of these subscribers… Continue reading High Speed Access Gathers Pace In US