Research has revealed the public’s equivocal attitude towards the media, finding that while most people rely heavily on the media for information about a wide range of social and public affairs, and feel that the media do a good job of informing them, most people also mistrust the media’s motives and operational methods and feel… Continue reading Public Attitudes To Media Privacy Exposed
The UK’s commercial broadcasters have told the Government that they could lose up to £25m a year in revenue if BBC3 goes ahead in its current form.Culture secretary Tessa Jowell asked the coalition of broadcasters to estimate their annual loss if the BBC’s digital channel, aimed at 16-34 year olds, is approved. The ITC and… Continue reading BBC3 Could Cost Commercial Broadcasters £25m
According to recent forecasts from Jupiter MMXI more European households will be watching digital TV than will be using the internet by 2006. The growth take up of DTV services will be driven by several factors.The migration of pay-satellite and cable subscribers from analogue to digital as analogue signals are switched off will be a… Continue reading Low-Cost Set Top Boxes Will Boost Digital TV Growth
Granada lost ground gained on Monday following weekend press reports that German media group Bertelsmann is looking to extend into the UK and could be interested in both Carlton and Granada if the two companies were to agree to a merger. Shares fell 3.85% yesterday to close at £1.25, a loss of 5p on the… Continue reading Sharewatch
“2001 was the year of internet advertising”, according to chairman of the IAB, Danny Meadows-Klue, who says that online is becoming an increasingly popular choice for brands struggling to cope with tightening marketing budgets.Figures from online advertising monitor, LemonAd, show that more than 64,000 electronic ad campaigns were run during the course of 2001 and… Continue reading Feature: Online Advertising Comes Of Age
NTL is launching a new broadband internet service for residential users which it claims is the UK’s “fastest ever.”The new 1-Megabit service, which according to NTL is up to twenty times faster than a normal dial-up internet connection, will be unveiled on 11 March and will be provided through a combination of a powerful cable… Continue reading NTL Unveils UK’s Fastest Internet Service
Amazon.com’s European marketing director Tom Allchurch has left the company just weeks after it reported its first quarterly profits.Allchurch left the internet retailer, which is generally regarded as the world’s biggest online brand, last month and is not thought to have another job to go to. UK managing director, Robin Terrell and vice president for… Continue reading Amazon’s European Marketing Chief Departs
Jazz FM has reported a 9% rise in radio revenues for the six month period ending December 2001, despite the radio market as a whole experiencing a 9% drop.Announcing its interim results today, the radio group admitted that its listening figures had been adversely affected by the war in Afghanistan as the world events following… Continue reading Jazz FM Reports Revenue Rise
Maiden Outdoor is relaunching its 96-sheet billboards in London and is planning a campaign to promote the brand building potential of the format to advertisers and media buyers.As part of the relaunch, which takes place on 1 April, the company is investing in two new 96-sheet scrolling billboards on the A40 and is planning to… Continue reading Maiden Relaunches London 96-Sheet Billboards
The ITC has called for the power to set a minimum budget for ITV’s news coverage following concerns that cuts in the value of ITN’s contract could threaten the long-term viability of its news provision.Speaking at the Royal Television Society’s annual Fleming lecture, chief executive of the ITC, Patricia Hodgson, expressed her concern that the… Continue reading ITC Moves To Protect News Provision
