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Ofcom Report

Ofcom Report

By Henry Lambert on August 11, 2006

The UK’s media regulator, Ofcom, has released its latest report. And guess what, the media landscape is fragmenting. Here are a few of the highlights:

A new ‘networked generation’ is turning away from television, radio and newspapers in favour of online services, including downloadable content – used on multiple devices such as iPods and mobile phones – and participation in online communities.

Television is of declining interest to many 16-24 year olds; on average they watch television for one hour less per day than the average television viewer.

The number of households with broadband connections increased by 63% between 2004 and 2005, to a total of 9m and the number of households with digital television also increased by 18% between March 2005 and March 2006, to a total of 18.3m.

Total online advertising revenues have increased almost eight-fold in real terms between 2001 and 2005 (from £0.17 billion to £1.3 billion per year). Online advertising revenue is now almost three times greater than radio advertising revenue (at around £0.5 billion, unchanged since 2001 in real terms) and over one-third that of television advertising revenue (£3.8 billion in 2005, up from £3.5 billion in 2001).
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