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Ninety-two percent of Australian children and teenagers now use the internet, a 28% increase on 1999, according to research from RedSheriff. The increase is primarily due to the rise in access points at homes, schools and libraries. The eGeneration Report – Kids and Teens Online, which was sponsored by children’s TV station Nickelodeon, shows that… Continue reading Net Plays Key Role In Australian Children’s Development, Finds Study

German television advertising growth outperformed the market there during the first half of the year, in stark contrast to the UK TV market, the performance of which is set to be the poorest media sector in Europe (see Insight Analysis: Ad Downturn Could Get Worse Before It Gets Better). According to ACNielsen data analysed by… Continue reading German TV Outperforms Ad Market In First Half

Future Network is to cut 140 jobs as a result of the final stages of a reorganisation of its UK business. The company has divided its UK business into three operating divisions: Games, Computing and Entertainment and through cuts in staffing levels and property overheads has reduced total fixed costs of its UK business by… Continue reading Future Network To Cut 140 Jobs In Cost-Cutting Restructure

AOL Time Warner is now very close to sealing a takeover deal for UK magazine publishing group, IPC Media, according to recent press reports. This morning’s Financial Times claims that the two groups are now negotiating a price for IPC; it is expected that it AOL Time Warner will pay around £1.2 billion for the… Continue reading AOL Time Warner Thought To Be Close To IPC Deal

Legislation to set up the new ‘super regulator’ for the media and communications industries, Ofcom (see Industry Gives Cautious Welcome To White Paper), will be introduced during this parliamentary session, it was revealed today. The Government has published the Office of Communications Bill, making it possible to set up the board for the new body… Continue reading Ofcom Legislation Given Government Go-Ahead

BSkyB, which is predicted to show profits when its full year results are released on 25 July (see Profits Expected In Sky Finals), saw shares rise 3.76% yesterday to close at £7.04˝, an increase of 25˝p on the day before.Emap, whose recruitment revenues have remained strong despite the technology and telecom adspend downturn (see EMAP… Continue reading Sharewatch

The magazine merry-go-round has come full circle, and as lad’s mags droop, women’s glossies, condemned a few years ago as a stagnant and overladen market, are on the up again. These were the sentiments expressed by three of the sector’s bright young things at a seminar at Total Publishing yesterday.Dawn Bebe, veteran of the teen… Continue reading Women On Top: The Glossies Fight Back

ITV has signed a new comedy duo to front the rebrand of its troubled pay-TV-platfrom, ONdigital, to ITV Digital.The comedy pair known as Al and monkey, whose job it will be to inform consumers about the benefits of ITV Digital, will feature in a nationwide TV, radio, press and poster campaign thought to be worth… Continue reading Comedy Duo Front ONdigital Rebrand

The bubble has burst for the men’s magazine market, but there will continue to be more launches, according to Andy Semple, publishing director of Maxim.Speaking at the Total Publishing show on Wednesday,  Semple and other market figures agreed that the sector had suffered a slow down but dismissed claims that the market had reached saturation… Continue reading Has The Bubble Burst For Men’s Mags?

BSkyB and Ladbrokes have agreed to form a joint 50:50 venture to offer a fixed-odds and pools betting service via the Sky Digital television platform.Ladbrokes’ Vernons pools business will be transferred to the joint venture and BSkyB will contribute its wholly-owned bookmaker Surrey Sports, which already operates on Sky Digital. The service will operate under… Continue reading BSkyB And Ladbrokes To Create Betting Service