Year on year analysis of the latest BARB digital viewing figures reveals that non-terrestrial channels continue to increase their command of viewing share in all homes. The others category rose from 17.1% average weekly share in July 2000 to a 20% share in July 2001. ITV saw the most significant loss in terms of share… Continue reading Digital Television Round Up – July 2001
Channel 4’s digital entertainment channel E4 is continuing to benefit from the popular second series of reality TV show Big Brother. E4’s share in the first week after the series ended, of 0.77% for individuals in multichannel homes, was still 45% than the average weekly share of viewing for May, before the show started, of… Continue reading E4 Benefits From Big Brother Effect
The number of blue collar workers using the internet is growing, according to a report by Continental Research.A new reportshows that internet usage is “taking a firm hold” in 2CDE households, which are made up of people who tend to be older, work in blue collar occupations and have less exposure to PC’s and the internet.This… Continue reading Blue Collar Web Use Rises
The number of blue collar workers using the internet is growing, according to a report by Continental Research. The research shows that internet usage is “taking a firm hold” in 2CDE households, the demographic of which tends to be older people who work in blue collar occupations and have less exposure to PCs and the… Continue reading ‘Blue Collar’ Web Use Rises
Adshel Scotland has secured a ten year contract to provide bus shelters and poster sites for Edinburgh’s largest shopping centre.The company has been awarded the advertising rights for 16 ‘metropolis’ bus shelters, the first to be built in the UK, and 20 six-sheet poster sites. Installation will begin in September and six of the shelters… Continue reading Ten Year Deal For Adshel
Richard Desmond, owner of the Express newspaper group, has hired Richard Park, former Capital Radio executive.Park left Capital, where he was programme director, in March last year after 13 years with the group. He oversaw the launch of Capital Gold and is credited with playing a key role in Capital’s expansion throughout Britain.Park will act… Continue reading Desmond Hires Radio Executive
ITV will hold the official launch of its Autumn schedule in a couple of weeks, revealing whatever it believes will be the jewel in the crown of its late year programming. Back when the summer schedule was launched, the imported US hit Survivor was supposed to fulfil that role as the channel aimed to tighten… Continue reading Reality Bites For ITV
Anglo-Dutch publishing group, Reed Elsevier, has this morning posted interim pre-tax profits up 13% at £410 million, notably above the consensus expectations. Reed says that the first half results are encouraging and reflect strong performances in Science & Medical, Legal and Education, partly offset by the impact of the economic slowdown on Business to Business.… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Shares Rally As Results Beat Expectations
Broadband internet growth in the UK is set to be double that of the United States for at least the next three years, according to forecasts by Net Profit. Growth is expected to be 527% this year, dropping back to 145% next year and gradually slowing from that point on. The huge growth rate at… Continue reading Insight Analysis: UK Broadband Net Access Forecasts
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