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Last week saw Sky announce an 11% increase in group revenue for the six months to the end of September, to £1.19bn.The satellite broadcaster added that its adjusted operating profit of £150m reflects very strong Sky+ customer growth, of 323,000 to 2.7 million (Full Story).It was also reported that Sky could give up nearly a… Continue reading Media In The City: Sky Revenues Up

More than 4.8 billion text messages were sent during September 2007, an average of over 1.2 billion each week, according to the latest figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA).Britons are demonstrating an increasingly voracious appetite for the medium, as this equates to the same number of messages sent during the whole of 1999.This… Continue reading More Texts Sent In September 2007 Than The Whole Of 1999

Sunday night saw ITV1’s A Room With A View outperform the new drama from Stephen Poliakoff, Joe’s Palace, on BBC One.The adaptation of the EM Forster novel had a peak of 5.2 million adult viewers in its 9pm timeslot, a 22.2% share of the audience.Joe’s Palace, on BBC One at 9pm, had a peak audience… Continue reading 5.2M Adults Flock To A Room With A View

Freesat, the BBC and ITV backed free to view satellite service, has made key senior appointments ahead of its launch.Simon Winder takes up the finance director role after joining from Chrysalis, where he was group finance manager, and will be responsible for the finance, HR, IT and company secretary departments.Joining him is the Digital Television… Continue reading Freesat Makes Senior Appointments

A peak of 9.5 million adults (a 45.7% share) watched the hour-long episode of EastEnders last night on BBC One.The wedding special had an average audience of 8.6 million adults (a 41.8% share) in its 7.30pm slot.Over on Channel 4 It was the final part of hard-hitting drama Britz, with the controversial show picking up… Continue reading EastEnders Wedding Special Gets 9.5m Adults

Google is to take on social networking giant Facebook with the launch of a new cross-platform project called OpenSocial.The new service will link with a range of other networks including business-focused sites, and will work across a number of social networking sites including LinkedIn, Plaxo, and Google’s own Orkut service.Other confirmed partners for the project… Continue reading Google Launches Cross-Platform Social Networking Project

Sky has seen record growth in its Sky+ customers, of 323,000 to 2.7 million in the three months to the end of September.The satellite broadcaster also announced that it now has a total of 8,665,000 pay-TV customers, with 83,000 net additions made during the third quarter.Sky’s HD service grew 23% for the period, to 358,000… Continue reading Record Growth For Sky+

Aside from broader digital issues, Greg Grimmer, outgoing MD of Zed Media, gave delegates some insight into the world of search, at this week’s MediaTel Group seminar on the ‘Future of the Media Agency’.He stated that search needed a budget of £250,000 on 15% commission to just break even, so labour intensive had this medium… Continue reading Delegates At Agency Seminar Gain Insight Into Search

Ofcom is to cut ITV’s obligation to show regional non-news public service programming by 25% from the beginning of 2009.This move will see the minimum quota for non-news regional programmes for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland slashed from an average of four hours a week to three.Ofcom’s second PSB review next year will examine longer-term… Continue reading Ofcom Cuts ITV’s Regional Programming Obligations

When you are introduced as “sexy and brilliant” you have a lot to live up to, but Nathalie Schwarz, Channel 4’s director of radio and chairman of the 4Digital Group, did a fine job of enthusing the audience at the RAB’s Radio 3.0 conference this morning, as she updated them on the offerings, implications and… Continue reading Schwarz Bangs The “Sexy Radio” Drum…To Good Effect