Key Quotes - Media

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1 in 3 people are likely to use video on demand.
Media	Continental research – Autumn 2006



New forecasts released by the Digital Radio Development Bureau predict that DAB radios will be in more than half of UK households by the end of 2010.
Media	The Radio Magazine – 25th / 31st October 2006



Wrinkly Rolling Stone Keith Richards has been jamming for Jesus on a new album of spirituals and Afro Caribbean music.
Media	The Son – Autumn 2006



Over the last three and a half years the number of people writing weblogs has doubled every six months.
Media	Christianity - August 2006



Most consumers are confused about the concept of digital radio and the majority do not realise that they already have access to digital radio services via Freeview and the internet.
Media	The Radio Magazine – 19th July 2006



More than a third of children in the West Midlands (39 per cent) use blogs and social networking sites at least two or three times a week yet more than two-thirds of parents (67 per cent) in the area don't even know what a blog is, according to a report launched.
Media	NCH and Tesco Telecoms – July 2006



In 2006 Ofcom expects that more than 1.7 million homes to take up digital TV, a decrease of 40% compared to the rate exhibited in 2005.
Media	Cable and Satellite International – May-June 2006



Since its birth, the Ipod has sold 42 million units. iTunes songs are now selling at the rate of 1 billion songs per year. 35 million people in the UK now have internet access, that’s about 58% of the UK population. Broadband usage is now at 40%. There were 171 million visits to UK cinemas in 2004, 2.4% more than in 2003 and the second highest number for over 30 years.
Media	Update magazine – Spring 2006



According to recent research, downloading TV programmes via the internet is becoming habitual. 2.6 million people have either downloaded a TV programme or watched it live on the internet, and 900,000 have watched TV via their mobile phone.
Media	Euromedia – June 2006



For the first time the digital enabled universe or the number of people who are able to access digital radio, has broken the 50% barrier. 25.5 million adults can now access digital radio. 37% of the listening is via TV, 21% via the Internet and 14% of the population live in a DAB household.
Media	Radio Magazine – 17th May 2006



There’s a cluster of villages in the hills of western Nepal where each household puts aside a handful of rice every week to fund the local radio station. So keen are the people of the community to have a station of their own that they want to help pay for it themselves.
Media	Threshold – June 2006



Music downloads are set to increase tenfold by 2010 to account for 15% of all music sold in the UK.
Media	The Sentinel – 23rd March 2006



A polling group that conducts regular questionnaires on attitudes toward the media in the USA, says that in 1985 about 84% of Americans believed most of what they read in their daily newspapers. By 2004, that had dropped to 54%.
Media	Evangelical Times – October 2005



The media is failing in its duty to engage the public with important issues, the Archbishop of Canterbury declared last night...some elements of the media functioned by 'manipulating fear' and 'exhibiting violent conflict between people for entertainment'...The Archbishop said...the central task of the media was to 'nourish the common good' of society, he praised the courage and commitment of many journalists.
Media	Daily Mail - 16th June 2005



Almost half all radio listeners in Britain use something other than an analogue radio set. The number has increased by about 50% each year over the past three years. The percentage of adults listening to radio via a TV set has grown to 29% from less than 10%, and web-based listening has shown steady growth to more than 15% of all adults.
Media	The Guardian – 7th May 2005

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