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Sales of digital TV set-top boxes will rise by 39% to a record 50.3 million units in 2004, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. This follows the recovery in demand seen during 2003, when sales will reach 36 million units, an increase of 28%. Strategy Analytics says that key growth areas in 2004… Continue reading Global Digital TV Set-Top Box Sales To Hit 122m By 2008

The Government could be on track reach its target of switching off the analogue television signal by the proposed 2010 deadline, following news that more than half of British households now receive multi-channel services. The latest figures released by the BBC show that the growth of digital television has been driven by the success of… Continue reading Digital TV Now In More Than Half Of UK Households

High-definition television (HDTV) is beginning to cast off its reputation as a niche technology and almost one-in-six US adults say that they plan to get a compliant set. According to Ipsos Reid, the proportion of Americans who are somewhat or very likely to get HDTV has increased from 10% to 15% in the past year.… Continue reading TV Viewers Enter High Definition Era

October brought good news to Channel Five which continued to carve out place in the terrestrial television marketplace with revenues rising 4.3% year on year.The channel has benefited from the popularity of soaps such as Home and Away and its new upmarket image is continuing to be a hit with advertisers.There was less good news… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – October 2003

The increasing popularity of Freeview amongst upmarket viewers is beginning to have an effect on the UK’s main terrestrial channels, which have seen their share of lucrative ABC1 adult audiences decline. The recently launched digital terrestrial television service, which offers 30 channels for a one-off payment of around £60, is believed to be attracting large… Continue reading Freeview Tempts Upmarket Viewers From Terrestrial

ITV’s advertising revenues will fall by 2.5% in the final quarter of the year, giving a full year decline of 4.1%, according to forecasts from Merrill Lynch analysts. This is a slightly poorer performance than the 1.0% Q4 decline recently predicted by Lehman Brothers (see ITV Revenue Forecasts From Lehman Brothers). Carlton and Granada’s financial… Continue reading ITV Advertising To Drop By 4% In 2003, Says Broker

US television advertising revenues rose by 0.8% in the third quarter of the year, slipping back from Q2’s 5.1% rise (see US Television Revenues Nudge Up 2.1% In H1), according to the latest figures from the Television Advertising Bureau (TVB). Within the total figure, network TV rose by 5.3%; syndicated TV by 17.8% and local… Continue reading US Television Revenues Rise By 0.8% In Q3

The UK television airtime market will see flat advertising growth for 2003, rising to 3.5% for 2004, according to analysts at Lehman Brothers. The broker says that ITV (excluding ITV2) will see a decline of 3% in 2003 and 3.5% growth in 2004, for the twelve months to September (Carlton and Granada’s financial year). ITV… Continue reading ITV Revenue Forecasts From Lehman Brothers

The worldwide market for integrated digital televisions (iDTVs) is forecast to exceed 26 million units by 2008, up from an estimated 1.5 million in 2003, according to a new study by IMS Research. Currently, over half of total iDTV shipments have been to Japan, with the US and the UK each accounting for less than… Continue reading Global iDTV Take-Up To Be Boosted By Digital Terrestrial

BSkyB’s digital satellite service will reach almost nine million homes in four years’ time, whilst cable is left trailing, according to the latest projection from Merrill Lynch analysts. The forecasts show that whilst cable’s growth is virtually flat and BSkyB’s begins to level off, the free digital terrestrial (DTT) service, Freeview, will continue to make… Continue reading BSkyB To Reach Almost 9m Subs By 2008, Say Forecasts