Recent launches dominated the gaming market in the first half of 2000, with 6 titles reporting for the first time. Nintendo magazines suffered badly at the expense of the more popular Sony Playstation and Sega Dreamcast, according to the latest ABC figures for the six-month period to the end of June.Nintendo Pro lost almost two… Continue reading New Launches Steady Volatile Gaming Market
This October digital television will be two years old in the UK following the launch of BSkyB’s Sky Digital service in 1998. The last time Newsline looked at digital TV viewing (see Feature: Terrestrial Stations Lose Out As Digital Gains Ground) Sky had signed up just over two and a half million subscribers to its… Continue reading Feature: Pay-TV Channels Account For Almost Half Of All Viewing In Digital Homes
The BBC is thought to be considering the possibility of setting up a unit dedicated to the co-ordination and control of business sponsorship for events suffering from lack of funds.Sponsorship of BBC output is a sticky issue, as some believe it could lead to the gradual introduction of advertising across the corporation. Current guidelines mean… Continue reading BBC May Create Sponsorship Unit To Save Ailing Events
The end of last week saw the release of the Audit Bureau of Circulation’s (ABC) latest set of figures. Major magazine publisher Emap saw a mixed set of results, including a good performance from Elle magazine despite a fall overall in the women’s monthly sector (see Women’s Monthly Titles Take Another Tumble), but in the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Shares in Cordiant Communications remained unchanged despite posting a record set of interim results yesterday (see Cordiant Reports Profits Up 66%). The group also confirmed speculation this week that it had been approached by US-based group True North over a possible takeover bid, but said no formal discussions on the subject were taking place.Elsewhere, all… Continue reading Sharewatch
Women’s weeklies took a dive in the ABC report for the period Jan – June 2000. The market appears to have slumped with the majority of titles seeing a drop in sales in a year on year comparison.Nothing much has changed with the leader board. Bauer’s Take A Break is down on last year’s figure… Continue reading Take A Break Retains Huge Lead In Women’s Weekly Market
The overall trend within the teenage magazine market was one of decline, with a 1.4% fall in sales across the sector, according to the latest ABC figures. DC Thompson’s Shout was the worst hit, with a 17.1% drop, closely followed by Emap’s J17 which tumbled 16.1%.However, there was good news for Smash Hits, Girl Talk… Continue reading Emap’s Hold On Teenage Market Slips
A Manchester company is planning to launch what it believes will be the first global live TV channel to set up on the internet in competition with terrestrial TV. Madcowtv.com will begin broadcasting in Autumn, aiming to attract “internet friendly professionals in the 20-35 age group.”Scheduling is to include a mix of news, sport, celebrity… Continue reading World’s First 24 Hour Global Internet TV Plans Launch
Rumours of a demise in the men’s lifestyle sector have been exaggerated judging from the latest circulation figures released by ABC. Speculation was rife that sales had peaked following the spectacular upsurge in the mid-nineties. However, it would appear that millennium man is not quite ready to give up his glossies.FHM continues to account for… Continue reading Men’s Lifestyle Market Makes A Comeback
The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation’s (ABC) show a little improvement for consumer music magazines. Year on year the sector fell only 0.5%, an improvement from the 9.8% drop in the previous report. However, the main publishing companies yet again showed drops in circulation with Emap’s Sky the greatest casualty, falling 46.3%… Continue reading Dance Titles Keep Music Sector’s Head Above Water
