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E4 has announced the signing of a carriage deal with Telewest. The new entertainment channel from Channel 4 will be available to Telewest subscribers as part of its digital and analogue packages. This is E4’s second distribution deal, having recently secured carriage with NTL, and it is hoped that deals across all multi-channel platforms will… Continue reading E4 Gains Carriage On Telewest

Internet penetration in France is continuing to grow steadily, according to the latest findings from Médiamétrie. The number of French Internet users over the age of 18 has increased by 45 percent in a year, to 7.56 million from 5.21 million. About 16.3 percent of French adults are now online, compared with last year’s figure… Continue reading Internet Population: France

The Asia-Pacific region is poised to lead the digital TV revolution, according to a new study by Andersen Consulting. Due to a number of factors, the potential for widespread adoption of digital TV in the area is high. The report pointed to high TV penetration rates, strong growth in broadband penetration, and a youthful population… Continue reading Strong Growth Predicted For Digital TV In Asia

While online consumers still plan to buy a majority of their Christmas gifts at brick-and-mortar stores, they will do more of their holiday shopping from offline than last year, according to a new Goldman Sachs/PC Data study. On average, online shoppers plan to buy nearly half (47 percent) of their Christmas gifts offline at traditional… Continue reading US Turns To Christmas e-Shopping

Increased demand for wireless connectivity is expected to boost sales of palmtop and handheld PCs over the next few years. According to a new report by Cahners In-Stat Group, sales of mobile computing devices will rise from 4.8 million last year to 16.7 million in 2004. Palmtops, which use an electronic pen to input information,… Continue reading Wireless Boost To Palmtop Sales

Ballet-dancing Brit film Billy Elliot helped cinema admissions during October reach 14m, an average of 3.16m per week and a 5.1% increase year on year. The toe-tapping top box office draw managed to bring in £10.7m, a figure closely followed by Disney’s epic Dinosaur, which gathered receipts of £10.5m.Close to £10m of the takings for… Continue reading Dinosaurs And Dancing Feet Boost October Cinema Admissions

Long established as a ‘gold standard’ in media research, the NRS can be prone to criticism for being slow to change. Introducing NRS Ltd’s managing director, Roger Pratt, as the speaker at yesterday’s MRG meeting, Telmar’s Belinda Beeftink pointed out that the organisation “needs to reflect the changing media environment.” It is hoped that a… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting- Future Perfect For The NRS?

United News & Media and BTopenworld have today confirmed that they are to seek a new owner for LineOne, their jointly-owned portal and internet service provider. The service, which was founded in 1997 (see One Line For BT And NI), has been a successful project, but is now superfluous to the refocusing plans of its… Continue reading United And BT Agree To Sell LineOne

According to the latest data from the NRS, the national newspaper sector has declined by 6% year on year for the six months to October, with all but one title- the Financial Times showing an annual decline in readership.The FT’s performance amounted to a 4.4% increase. This number of readers is small change compared to… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – October 2000

Is Tim Gardam, Channel 4’s director of programmes, still giddy with the success of summer sensation Big Brother? It seems likely, given the fighting talk with which he introduced his channel’s winter offerings: “Channel 4’s schedule this winter is proof, I hope, that the future of quality television does not have to be two episodes… Continue reading Channel Four Unveils “Diverse And Intelligent” Winter Schedule