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An overview of news, trends and research in the Media industry in the UK:

Layoffs expected as McKinsey helps publishers Time cut costs According to reports from the US, American magazine group Time has hired strategic advisory McKinsey & Company as the conglomerate bids to cut over $100 million in costs this year.
30 June 2017
UK media & entertainment sector to be worth £72 billion by 2021 UK data from the annual Entertainment & Media Outlook report forecasts the UK's Virtual Reality (VR) industry to grow to a value of £801m by 2021, at a rate of 76% year on year, making it the fastest
23 June 2017
Global cinema box office hits record $38.6 billion, top 10 movies Global cinema sales have risen to $38.
19 May 2017
Millennials dump traditional media channels for sports viewing Millennials spend less time watching traditional television, which is is making it more difficult for established sport broadcasters to rely on them as regular viewers, a new study suggests.
16 May 2017
PwC apologises for incorrect envelope during Oscars ceremony The annual presentation of the Academy Awards - known as the Oscars – took place over the weekend.
28 February 2017
Smartphones are increasingly dominating the retail customer journey In 2016 around 49% of e-commerce transactions involved a smartphone, this is expected to increase to more than 80% by 2020, finds a new study.
23 February 2017
Disruptive technology keeps incumbent media executives on their toes The rise of disruptive technologies and business models in the media sector is causing considerable concern among sector executives.
25 January 2017
Smartphone ownership at all-time high, but overuse leads to friction Smartphone penetration has hit 81% across the UK, a new study reveals. Uptake is slowing however, as market saturation for the devices approaches.
17 October 2016
AMR International advises on sale of Northstar Travel Group Private equity firm Wicks Business Media has sold Northstar Travel Group, which operates Travel Weekly and a range of other business-to-business travel media brands, to Wasserstein Partners, a New Yo
14 October 2016
BrainJuicer launches offering that can predict ROI of digital content BrainJuicer, a UK-based market research agency, has developed a new product that, prior to launch, can forecast the success content is likely to have online realm.
06 October 2016
Global entertainment & media market sees its growth slow down The $1.7 trillion global entertainment & media market growth rate is slowly decreasing as old business models are swept aside by technological disrupters.
05 July 2016
BCG partner Paul Zwillenberg named new Chief Executive of DMGT The Daily Mail and General Trust, parent company of tabloid newspaper Daily Mail, has appointed BCG partner Paul Zwillenberg as its new CEO.
13 June 2016
ABC calls in L.E.K. Consulting to support overhaul of TV division ABC recently announced a big overhaul of its TV division, following the rapid changes to demand as new technologies and tastes begin to transform the television space.
17 May 2016
On-demand video, online and mobile disrupting TV industry TV has been a staple in the lives of many, for generations, in which it has been affordable to all. The rise of on-demand video, online and mobile is however disrupting the TV industry.
09 May 2016
Stage Entertainment hires Alvarez to review operations Musical company Stage Entertainment is undergoing a considerable reorganisation.
03 February 2016
Millennials prefer new media over the TV and radio While millennials spend around as much time as the older generations consuming media, the kinds of media consumed is changing, a recent L.E.K. Consulting report finds.
28 January 2016
Top 200 global B2B services players generate 1.5 trillion The 200 largest players in the Business to Business (B2B) Services industry generate around £1.5 trillion in revenues, reveals a new study.
14 December 2015
Redington launches Will Power & Pensions Panda Saving for the golden years remains an issue among many people in the UK, even while the length of the golden years increases.
06 November 2015
PwC: UK value online media understated by 17 billion With more and more content available for free, the value consumers put on this content is not matched by the price they pay to access it, resulting in consumer surplus of online content.
14 July 2015
9 advisories advise on Stage Entertainment | CVC deal Last month Joop van den Ende – the founder of international theatre company Stage Entertainment – disclosed that it had sold 60% of its shares to CVC Capital Partners.
06 July 2015
Revenue of European creative industry flat at 198 billion With digitalisation hitting hard in Europe’s creative industries, some commentators – in the face of new forms of digital distribution – called doom and gloom for the industry.
18 June 2015
Analysys Mason: Digital transforming music landscape The rise of online and digital has fundamentally changed the publishing landscape in the music industry, with revenues from CDs dropping rapidly since 2005 while streaming and downloading music took
28 May 2015
AGFA hires Hymans Robertson as scheme actuary The Trustee of the Agfa-Gevaert UK Group Pension Plan has appointed pensions and risk consultancy Hymans Robertson as actuarial and investment consultant.
20 May 2015
BCG selects four winners of EyeEM precision contest The first mission from the collaboration between photography community EyeEM and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has been judged by BCG’s designers.
15 May 2015
News junkies and flunkies dividing media landscape In the UK a divide is seen between news junkies, who wake up with the news, and news flunkies, who do not care for the news at all, according to Deloitte.
06 May 2015
Accenture: The TV love affair may be coming to an end The global ‘love affair’ with the TV might be coming to an end, with viewership on TV worldwide declining, research by Accenture shows.
27 April 2015
Virgin high speed internet adds 7.7 billion to economy With Virgin Media’s direct investment of £3 billion in a high speed internet network, £7.
22 April 2015
Strategy& alumnus David Perpich SVP at NY Times The New York Times Company has appointed former Strategy& advisor David Perpich as Senior Vice President of its Products business.
07 April 2015
Deloitte: Dutch online advertising reaches 1.5 billion The Dutch online advertising market totalled €1.4 billion in turnover last year.
30 March 2015
A.T. Kearney picks Makovsky as MarComms partner A.T. Kearney has hired Makovsky Integrated Communications to support its global PR & MarComms activities. Makovsky will work within the firm’s Vision 2020 framework as well as manage its day-to-day media and communications need
24 February 2015
BCG strikes deal with photograph community EyeEm Capturing the business world has recently become a chance to win a place in the publication of a BCG article, not in terms of quantified digits but in the phenomenological richness of a photograph th
20 February 2015
Deloitte: Print continues to dominate book sales profit Print books are expected to continue to dominate the books sales in 2015, with Deloitte predicting the print versions to constitute 80% of all book sales profit.
18 February 2015

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