Media Research: Reasons to be cheerful
John Carroll, Senior Director
13 December 2011
In a year sandwiched between the General Election and the Olympics, what has 2011 meant for the media research industry? If the research showcased at this year’s Media Research Group (MRG) Conference is anything to go by, then it has been a year of experimentation and change.
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Nextradio gives a glimpse of the future
Andy Haylett, Survey Director
16 September 2011
MediaCT Light Bites: Andy Haylett left the Nextradio conference with a real feeling of positivity and excitement at what the future holds for radio.
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Why newspapers and magazines should survive the digital age
John Carroll, Senior Director
1 September 2011
In our latest MediaCT Light Bites blog, John Carroll asks, in an industry where we are led to believe that print is dying and tablets are the saviour, why has print stood the test of time?
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Smartphones on the rise – but for how long?
Quinton Lucion, Research Executive
16 May 2011
Last year saw a surge of activity surrounding the smartphone industry. That was in 2010 – has this changed at all in 2011?
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Do They Know It's Christmas? DAB radio listeners do.
Andy Haylett, Survey Director
12 May 2011
The 'Christmas Effect' - the number of DAB radios bought over the festive period is indicated in the first quarter of RAJAR data each year. Quarter 1 2011 is no exception, in fact there has been a larger increase this year than in the last few Christmases.
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The Bigger and Older Nation
John Carroll, Senior Director
3 May 2011
It has been well reported that we are getting older as a nation. Is the media industry taking heed?
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MediaCT Light Bites: More Good News For Digital Print
John Carroll, Senior Director
31 August 2010
The latest set of National Readership Survey (NRS) results published on 27 August shows that the nation is increasingly embracing technology and the digital world.
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MediaCT Light Bites: Read All About It!
John Carroll, Senior Director
27 August 2010
The Q2 2010 National Readership Survey results were released on 27 August and provide newspaper and magazine publishers with the official readership estimates for their publications.
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MediaCT Light Bites: Radio listening reaches record high
Andy Haylett, Survey Director
5 August 2010
The new RAJAR figures released on Thursday 5th August (Q2 2010) make for interesting reading. There are more people than ever listening to the radio – a massive 46.8 million of us listen to the radio during an average week, that’s 91% of the UK population aged 15 and over.
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MediaCT Light Bites: The Slow Rise of Digital Radio
John Carroll, Senior Director
5 August 2010
The latest set of RAJAR results published on 5th August 2010 (Q2 2010) shows that the current UK digital share of radio listening is 25%, meaning we are now half way towards the Government’s target of 50% set for the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting.
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