The demand for high-speed internet access via cable modem is set to drive the number of subscribers up from 27 million worldwide by mid-2003 to 34 million by the end of the year, according to a new forecast from In-Stat/MDR. With the demand for cable modem access still increasing, the research group predicts that there… Continue reading Global Cable Modem Users To Hit 68m By 2007, Says In-Stat
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Over half of the heads-of-households in the US consider watching television to be important in daily life but more consumers find value in listening to music or using a PC, according to a new report from Parks Associates. In a survey for Electronic Living @ Home, consumers were asked to ascertain the importance of various… Continue reading Music Takes Priority Over TV In The Home, Says Study
The Premier League could face investigation by European competition regulators if it accepts an all-encompassing £1 billion bid for live Premiership rights from BSkyB, according to a report in The Independent today. Friday saw the deadline for bids to show Premiership football for three years from the 2004/5 season. In a bid to appease the… Continue reading BSkyB Bids To Retain Premiership Prize
Yahoo! has agreed to purchase online advertising company Overture in a deal worth over £1 billion. The agreement will see Overture become a wholly owned subsidiary of Yahoo!, which will take-over as the largest global player in the rapidly expanding search targeted marketing sector. Overture’s chief executive, Ted Meisel, will continue to head up the… Continue reading Yahoo! Acquires Overture In £1bn Deal
Gloomy news has emerged from the latest edition of the IPA’s Bellwether Report, which shows that more marketers are reducing their budgets than are increasing them. The report, published today, found that 29% of companies questioned are revising their current budgets downwards, with just 18% reporting an upward revision. This leaves a net balance of… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: IPA Report Shows Few Signs Of Marketing Improvement
Revenue generated from public wi-fi hotspots – areas where wireless devices can connect to networks like the internet – could rise by as much as 121% compound annual growth rate over the next five years, according to a new report from Allied Business Intelligence (ABI). ABI says that wi-fi hotspots are continuing to garner attention… Continue reading Wi-Fi Hotspots On Verge Of Growth, Says Report
Pressure on DSL broadband operators to cut prices could lead to the introduction of unsustainably cheap service offerings, according to analysts at Ovum. The consulting group warns that US and European DSL operators could fall into the same competition trap that has been experienced in Japan and South Korea, where prices for broadband access services… Continue reading DSL Operators Should Resist Slashing Broadband Prices, Says Ovum
Roger Parry, head of Clear Channel International, has hit back at Capital Radio’s David Mansfield for ruling out a potential take-over by the American radio giant. Speaking at last week’s Radio Academy Festival in Birmingham, Mansfield said there would be a “major clash” if the worldÂ’s largest radio operator tried to swoop on Capital following… Continue reading Clear Channel Boss Hits Back At Capital Radio
Active Value, the UK investment fund, seems intent on wresting control of Cordiant Communications from WPP, despite being unable to court the support of French advertising group Publicis. In a statement today, Publicis admitted that on Saturday it had met representatives from Active Value who “made a proposal regarding Cordiant and Cordiant’s shareholding in ZenithOptimedia… Continue reading Active Value And Publicis In Talks On Cordiant
A slowing of demand in the UK’s digital television market has caused sales at set-top box manufacturer, Pace Microtechnology, to fall by 41% over the last year to just 1.3 million units. Announcing its year-end financial results this morning, the group reported revenues down by 52.6% to £166.6 million for the twelve months to 31… Continue reading Pace Sales Dip 40% As UK Digital TV Market Stabilises