Data-centric networks will be in 28% of US households and the number of nodes (devices connected to networks) is expected to top 100 million by the end of 2008. Parks Associates reports that 9.9 million home networks were in existence at the end of last year. This indicates that the number more than doubled from… Continue reading Home Is Where The Network Is, Says Parks Associates
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Total US magazine advertising revenues rose by 6.3% year on year in September, closing at $1.9 billion, according to new figures from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). However, advertising pages were down 4.5% to 23,952. In the year to date, advertising revenue closed at $12.9 billion, an increase of 9.0% while advertising pages were up… Continue reading US Magazine Revenues Rise 6.3% In September
There will not be a revival in worldwide advertising until the fourth quarter of 2004 at the earliest, according to the head of advertising group Havas. In an interview with the French newspaper Les Echos, Alain de Pouzilhac said that the market will continue to lack visibility in the coming months. He forecasts 3% to… Continue reading Market Must Wait For Ad Recovery, Says Havas Chief
ITV’s largest commercial rivals are understood to be launching discussions to consider consolidating their advertising sales houses to counteract the threat of a combined Carlton and Granada. Channel 4, Five, BSkyB, Interactive Digital Sales and a number of other broadcasters are pondering whether to combine their advertising sales houses operations to compete more effectively with… Continue reading ITV Rivals Pushed Towards Sales House Consolidation
It has been cable operators, not incumbent telecommunications companies, that have driven the growth of broadband internet access, according to a new report on global broadband developments. The study was carried out by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in order to review the broadband policy experiences of selected countries from the Organisation for Economic… Continue reading UK Lags Behind In Broadband Uptake, Finds FCC
The market for cable set-top boxes will be flat for the second year running in 2003, according to new research from In-Stat/MDR. The report, As Demand Stays Flat, Cable Set-Top Boxes Evolve claims that demand for digital cable receivers remains soft as cable TV operators continue to reduce their capital expenditures. Global set-top box unit… Continue reading Cable Set-Top Box Sales To Remain Flat, Says InStat/MDR
ITV’s share of television advertising revenue is set to steadily fall over the next five years, possibly to as low as 41%, according to forecasts from MindShare. This is at the bottom end of a set of figures compiled by the Competition Commission this summer as part of its inquiry into the merger of Carlton… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Market Forecasts For ITV
The Competition Commission has called for a wide ranging review of the television advertising sales market after expressing ‘disquiet’ at the way the industry currently operates. The regulator said that Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading should launch an investigation into the way television companies sell advertising following the Government’s decision to allow Carlton… Continue reading Television Advertising Market Set For Wide Ranging Review
Vivendi Universal has completed a deal that will see NBC acquire its US entertainment arm and cut debt at the Paris-based media group. As predicted, General Electric, which owns NBC, has agreed to pay $3.8 billion in cash for the assets which include film studios, cable channels and theme parks (see Vivendi-NBC Merger In The… Continue reading Vivendi And NBC Tie Up Entertainment Deal
Aegis Group, the media communications and market research company, is to acquire international healthcare research business, ISIS Research, for an initial sum of £15.5 million. Aegis says that ISIS will become a key part of Synovate Healthcare, the group’s healthcare research division. The deal carries a deferred payment of up to £8.3 million over the… Continue reading Aegis Buys Healthcare Research Firm For £24m