ONdigital is expected to announce a growth of 70,000 customers when it unveils its Q1 2001 subscriber figures this week. This is down on the 121,000 new customers it signed up in the first quarter last year. The slowing growth is mainly the result of churn – the number of customers leaving the ONdigital service.Analysts… Continue reading ONdigital Subs Growth Hampered By High Churn
In a trading week shortened by the Easter Bank Holiday, media shares staged something of a recovery as US interest rate cuts restored some confidence mid-week.Despite renewed downgrades to ITV revenue forecasts (see Further Downgrades Made To ITV Forecast), Granada Media finished among the top four media performers of last week, having added 27¼p or… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Federal Communications Commission in the US has amended its merger rules so that one of the four major television networks can now acquire the smaller, ’emerging’ networks, UPN and WB. The four majors – ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC – could each now take control of one or both of the emerging networks. The… Continue reading FCC Allows Major US TV Networks To Buy ‘Emerging’ Networks
RTL Group and Vivendi Universal have reached an agreement to acquire the sports marketing group ISMM, which would give them the broadcasting rights for the next two World Cup competitions, according to a report in Financial Times Deutschland. ISMM owns the broadcasting rights to non-European sporting events and is close to bankruptcy. FIFA’s Emergency Committee… Continue reading Vivendi And RTL Acquire World Cup Rights Through ISMM Deal, Says FT
UBC Media Group and RadioScape have agreed to work together exclusively to develop an electronic programme guide (EPG) service for digital radio, the companies announced this morning. The alliance will offer EPG services to existing multiplex owners, before then expanding the service to European multiplex groups as they go to air. An active trial of… Continue reading UBC Media And RadioScape To Develop Digital Radio Programme Guides
—> New research from the Advertising Association suggests that business to business magazines will suffer due to the forthcoming slump in ad spending. Despite a predicted rise in advertising revenue for b2b magazines of 48m (to £1.38 billion) this represents a decline in growth year on year, 3.5% for 2000-2001 compared to 5.3% in 1999-2000.… Continue reading B2B Magazines Suffer As Adspend Falls
TV’s status as the most trusted and unbiased medium has not been shaken by the arrival of the internet as a source of information. New research by CIA MediaLab has revealed that only 5% of respondents claim to trust the information they access via the internet, while 47% saw the BBC as the most trusted… Continue reading Public Belief In Internet As Trustworthy And Unbiased Medium Remains Low
UK cinema admissions are predicted to reach 148m during 2001, an increase of 4% year on year, according to the latest figures from the Cinema Advertising Association. Revenue for the medium is also on the increase, pushed by a more adult and female orientated film product. Admissions rose by 3% in the first quarter, compared… Continue reading Cinema Admission To Reach
UK cinema admissions are predicted to reach 148m during 2001, an increase of 4% year on year, according to the latest figures from the Cinema Advertising Association. Revenue for the medium is also on the increase, pushed by a more adult and female orientated film product.Admissions rose by 3% in the first quarter, compared to… Continue reading Cinema Admission To Reach 148m During 2001, Despite March Slump
According to a new report by eMarketers there will be 108 million active internet users in Europe by the end of 2001. The eEurope report predicts that the total number of users by year-end 2001 will show an increase of 54% on the 2000 total of 70 million. “The European online community reflects a moderate… Continue reading New Report Predicts 108 Million Online By The End Of The Year
