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Britain has emerged as one of the fastest growing markets for broadband internet access with new research showing that more than one in five of every UK households now has a broadband connection.The latest figures from Informa Telecoms Group’s Baskerville unit show that Britain’s broadband market topped the 5 million subscriber mark in September, with… Continue reading One In Five UK Homes Now Have Broadband Access

The National Magazine Company has come together with one of Australia’s biggest magazine publishers to produce a joint venture dedicated to launching weekly consumer titles.The partnership will see Australian Consolidated Press, which publishes more than 120 leading titles in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia, work with Natmag to breath new life into the… Continue reading NatMags Joins With Australian Publisher For UK Launches

Radio ratings body RAJAR has today set out a detailed timetable for upgrading its existing diary system of audience measurement to a new, potentially electronic method by 2007.The ‘roadmap to change’ has been agreed by the RAJAR board as a realistic approach to addressing the potential benefits of electronic measurement, whilst ensuring the integrity of… Continue reading RAJAR To Upgrade Audience Measurement System

Emap has said in a trading update this morning that group revenues for the first half of this year are expected to be up 2%, with celebrity gossip magazine Closer being cited as a key driver.Emap’s consumer media division, which includes Closer, is expected to be up 6% year-on-year for the six months ending 30… Continue reading Success Of Closer Helps Drive Revenues At Emap

Kelvin MacKenzie’s Wireless Group, which owns the national talkSPORT radio station, has branded RAJAR’s proposals to introduce electronic measurement by 2007 as “excruciatingly longwinded”.The broadcaster claims that RAJAR’s timeline for upgrading its existing diary system of audience measurement could have been put in place four years ago when it first began campaigning for the introduction… Continue reading Wireless Group Slams RAJAR’s Roadmap To Change

Capital Radio Group has said that it is ‘cautious’ about the outcome for radio advertising in October to December, despite radio continuing to outperform the display advertising market.In a trading update issued this morning ahead of full-year results due on 25 November 2005, the group said radio revenues for the third quarter are forecast to… Continue reading Capital Radio Cautious Over Fourth Quarter Results

Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH), has said that an ‘excellent’ performance in radio and press has fuelled 2004 expectations and the group now predicts full-year revenues to be a healthy 9% ahead of last year.In a trading update issued this morning, the group said like-for-like radio revenues are estimated to be up 9% for the twelve… Continue reading SRH Confident Of Revenues Growing By 9% In 2004

Times Newspapers has secured an exclusive contract with beer brand Guinness to sponsor its coverage of the autumn international rugby season, in a deal that builds on recent successes with major sponsors such as Lucozade Sport and HSBC.The deal will see Guinness sponsor a 68-page rugby handbook to be published in The Times on 6… Continue reading Times Signs Guinness For Rugby Sponsorship

ITV has secured SC Johnson’s Pledge Dusters as the exclusive broadcast sponsor the fourth series of Everything Must Go, which returns to its daytime slot on the channel next week.The daily programme features homeowners from all over the UK who want to sell off their worldly possessions and move on to new lives. Participants attempt… Continue reading ITV Secures Pledge For Daytime Sponsorship

The viewing habits of older consumers look set to change considerably over the next few years as they continue to embrace multi-channel television, according to new research from ZenithOptimedia.The wide-ranging study into the media consumption habits of the over fifties shows that golden oldies are emerging as enthusiastic consumers of multi-channel television thanks to the… Continue reading Older Viewers Embrace Multi-Channel Television