Ofcom Publishes Communications Market Interim Report
28th of February, 2006 -Ofcom today published its Communications Market interim report, including the latest data available for the second and third quarters of 2005.The report provides an overview of developments within the telecoms, radio and television industries.
Key points regarding the radio industry include: - The share of all listening via digital platforms almost doubled to 10.5% over August/September 2005, from 5.9% over the same period a year earlier.
- Cumulative sales of DAB sets passed 2 million by the end of Q3 2005, with industry bodies suggesting that Christmas sales had boosted that total to 2.7 million by the end of the year.
- Commercial radio’s share of listening was smaller than the BBC’s (537 million hours of listening compared to the BBC’s 611 million), with preliminary Q4 figures suggesting that this trend continued to the end of the year.
The full report is available at: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/cm/feb06_report/ |
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