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Online changes the profile of media owner audiences

The recent ABCe figures give the latest audience numbers for hits to newspaper websites. The Guardian website achieved 8.5 million unique users in the UK in June – the highest number for a newspaper site. Telegraph.co.uk recorded the biggest increase year-on-year, rising to 6.5 million unique users in the UK.

As impressive as these figures are, they only tell half the story. Not only are large numbers being reached through newspaper websites, they are also generating attractive audiences in their own right which show marked differences from the readership of printed titles.

Younger and more upmarket

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Published on: Sep 12th 2008 in Media, Newsletters, Media update | Comments (0)

Fast facts from BMRB Media: Internet

Each quarter BMRB Media share Fast Facts on a different media sector. This time: Internet

There are 30 million Britons aged 15+ who have used the internet at home on a computer in the past month.

27.4 million internet users have a broadband connection at home and 12.8 million have used a wireless connection at home.

5.6 million GB adults view blogs once a month or more.

1.8 million GB adults have ever used a podcasting service.

12.2 million internet users agree with the statement “I value the opportunity to add my own content/views to a website”

Source: Internet Monitor,…

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Published on: Sep 12th 2008 in Media, Newsletters, Media update | Comments (0)

BMRB launches new education group

In 2008 BMRB capitalised on its growing reputation and experience in the field of education research by launching its dedicated Education Policy Research group. The overall aims of this group are to build on our research experience and policy interests and to share our knowledge and good practice. As a major supplier of education research for central government, the group will help join together all of our research interests and broaden our research and policy insight.

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Published on: Jul 22nd 2008 in Social, Case study, Newsletters, Education Policy Group | Comments (0)

July - December Omnibus Newsletter and Rate Card

The latest edition of OMNI presence contains the rates and methodological details of the full range of BMRB's omnibus services.

We also outline findings from two recent projects; our mobile omnibus case study about sponsorship of the Grand National and our parallel survey of MPs and the public about Biofuels.

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Published on: Jul 3rd 2008 in Omnibus, Newsletters, Omnipresence | Comments (0)

June 2008 Media Newsletter

The latest edition of Media Update, the quarterly newsletter from BMRB Media, is now available.

The newsletter outlines recent research findings on social networking (on average 16-24 year olds have 146 friends on their favourite social networking site) and ‘Fast Facts’ about TV viewing from BMRB's Interaction Monitor.

Also included is news about FuturePROOF; new syndicated research from BMRB Media which will help subscribers to understand how emerging media will affect them.

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Published on: Jun 2nd 2008 in Media, Newsletters, Media update | Comments (0)

January Media Update

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Published on: Jan 15th 2008 in Media, Newsletters, Media update | Comments (0)

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