Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has become the latest radio group to report a strong set of financial results this week, following good postings from GWR (see GWR Profits Treble With Strong Local Group Performance) and Chysalis (see Chrysalis Profits Surge As Outperformance Continues). Like for like broadcast revenues were up by 6% during the year… Continue reading Scottish Radio Sees Airtime Revenue Up 6% In 2003
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New research has revealed that broadband growth would be boosted if the current regulation was changed to encourage more competition by breaking BT’s monopoly of the market. The newly created Broadband Industry Group, which comprises Brightview, Cable & Wireless, Centrica, Energis, Freeserve and Tiscali, claims that only greater competition can ensure the potential of broadband.… Continue reading BT Monopoly Blamed For Hampering Broadband Growth
US consumer online content spending will reach $1.4 billion in 2003, up by 10.4% over 2002, according to a new report from eMarketer. This growth rate is just one-quarter of that seen in 2002, when online content sales surged by 43.4% year on year. eMarketer says that this is the first time since it began… Continue reading US Online Content Revenue Forecasts From eMarketer
The UK television airtime market will see flat advertising growth for 2003, rising to 3.5% for 2004, according to analysts at Lehman Brothers. The broker says that ITV (excluding ITV2) will see a decline of 3% in 2003 and 3.5% growth in 2004, for the twelve months to September (Carlton and Granada’s financial year). ITV… Continue reading ITV Revenue Forecasts From Lehman Brothers
Richard Desmond, proprietor of Express Newspapers, is understood to have instructed his financial advisors to put together a bid for the Telegraph Group, amid increasing interest in the assets of parent company Hollinger International (see Black Leaves Troubled Hollinger As Predators Circle). The Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) is also understood to be among… Continue reading Desmond Puts Together Bid For Telegraph Titles
Capital Radio is to buy London urban radio group, Choice FM, for around £15 million, it announced this morning. Capital already owns 19% of the Choice group, which it acquired in September 2001 for £3.3 million (see Capital Radio Takes Stake In Choice FM). Choice operates two Hip Hop and R&B-based stations – 96.9FM in… Continue reading Capital Radio Takes Choice FM For £15m
US technology publishing advertising page volumes declined by 5.1% during October, according to the latest trading figures from United Business Media (UBM). This is one of the smallest declines for many months and is the continuation of an improving trend (see US Technology Publishing Ad Pages Drop 12% In August) During October, UBM’s CMP Media… Continue reading US Hi-Tech Publishing Ad Volumes Still Improving
The worldwide market for integrated digital televisions (iDTVs) is forecast to exceed 26 million units by 2008, up from an estimated 1.5 million in 2003, according to a new study by IMS Research. Currently, over half of total iDTV shipments have been to Japan, with the US and the UK each accounting for less than… Continue reading Global iDTV Take-Up To Be Boosted By Digital Terrestrial
UK online retail sales grew by 50% year on year to £1.1 billion during October, according to the latest figures from the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG). This is also a 36% rise over September’s sales and could be the start of a Christmas surge for the e-retail sector. The IMRG is forecasting that… Continue reading UK Online Retail Will Double To £3.3bn This Christmas, Says IMRG
European consumers will spend â‚Ź9 billion online on this year’s Christmas shopping, almost as much as US consumers, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Europe’s 166 million regular online shoppers are expected to spend 24% of 2003’s total online retail expenditure in the run up to Christmas, totalling â‚Ź9 billion. In the same… Continue reading European Christmas Online Retail To Hit €9bn, Says Forrester