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
20.04.01ONdigital is expected to announce a growth of 70,000 customers when it unveils its Q1 2001 subscriber figures next 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
The UK’s major commercial broadcasters have published details of their public service commitments for the coming year. The statements are part of an ITC initiative and herald a move towards further self-regulation within the TV industry, a move which was unveiled as part of the Government’s White Paper last year.The statements allow creative flexibility in… Continue reading Broadcasters Publish Details Of Public Service Commitment
ONdigital is to announce details of its proposed revamp this Wednesday. The pay-tv station, which is joint owned by Carlton and Granada, is expected to change its name to ITV Digital and unveil a raft of new channels.The news will coincide with the appointment of Stuart Prebble, the current CEO of ONdigital, to the position… Continue reading ONdigital To Announce Revamp, Prebble To Head Up ITV
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 ITV companies have received further downgrades today (see Further ITV Revenue Slump Expected In April) after the prospects for advertising revenue were deemed worse than ever by media buyers. ABN AMRO has responded to the predicted 15% fall in Q2 revenues by reducing its pre-digital profit forecasts for the year to September 2001 by… Continue reading Further Downgrades Made To ITV Forecast
A further blow was struck for those impatient for digital switchover today as research revealed that in some cases you can’t even give digital TV away. CIA MediaLab has just completed a survey into the public’s attitude to multi-channel TV, and discovered that 35% of those surveyed who do not currently watch multi-channel TV would… Continue reading Public Still Not Convinced By Digital TV, Says Survey
Channel 5 has been promised an additional £6m funding this year by its owners RTL and United Business Media (UBM). The sum will be added to the existing budget of £140m for the year. Chief executive Dawn Airey is expected to spend the extra funds on high profile, original programming which is designed to please… Continue reading Channel 5 To Receive £6m Cash Boost From Owners
Interactive advertising agency Profero has announced details of its further collaboration with IPC Media. A year long contract has been signed which will widen the remit of activity undertaken by Profero to promote IPC brands.Previous work between the two companies have been campaigns for NME.com, unmissabletv.com and BEME.com. These have included an interactive competition for… Continue reading Profero Signs One Year Deal With IPC Media
