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According to the Interactive Broadcast Media Report: Streaming Audio and Video Market Growth 1998-2004 report from AccuStream, streaming media grew healthily in 2001 with video streams rising 149% to 2.5+ billion served, 51% at broadband bit rates. Internet audio tuning hours also grew by 100% to 100 million hours per month and it was a… Continue reading Broadband Video Streaming Surpassed Narrowband In 2001, Says AccuStream

Deadline For Johnston/Trinity Decision ExtendedThe Competition Commission has announced that its decision on the proposed acquisition by Johnston Press of eight Trinity Mirror newspaper titles has been extended until 19 April 2002.The CC had been due to report on 22 February 2002 but has asked to be granted an extension in this case because important… Continue reading Deadline For Johnston/Trinity Decision Extended

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

RIM Exceeds Expectations But 2002 “Remains Uncertain”Regional Independent Media yesterday 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… Continue reading RIM Exceeds Expectations But 2002 “Remains Uncertain”

Whilst many believe that newspaper websites diminish the number of readers who will actually fork out for a paper copy of their chosen paper, analysis of circulation at 236 French newspapers by Pressflex shows no such effect. On the contrary, a typical French newspaper with a web site outperformed its siteless peers between 1999 and… Continue reading Newspaper Websites Are Not Reducing News-Stand Sales, Says Pressflex

The value of the brand looks set to continue growing in importance in the media industry. As the learning process in brand marketing continues Stuart Corke, Head of Strategic Planning at News International, feels many lessons are just as valuable for media planners.According to Interbrand the future of brands is dependent on their ability to… Continue reading Feature: Branding The Future

The new chairman of the BBC, Gavyn Davies (see Davies Announced As New BBC Chairman), has dimissed the calls being made by commercial rivals for a level playing field as “bogus”, adding that he has yet to meet anyone who would give up the BBC for the sake of the licence fee.In an interview with… Continue reading New BBC Chair Dismisses Unfairness Claims

The ongoing success of Oscar nominated Lord of the Rings helped UK cinemas attract the highest number of January visitors since 1972, when The Godfather was the big box office draw. A total of 15 million people visited the cinema during last month, up 29% year on year.Lord of the Rings topped the box office… Continue reading Lord Of The Rings Rules January Cinema

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

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