The latest mobile phone subscriber forecasts for more than forty countries appear below. The figures were compiled by analysts at The Research Room. Forecasts for Western European countries are available Almost 90% Of UK Population Will Use A Mobile By 2007, Says Report. Country by Country Mobile Subscriber Forecasts             … Continue reading Global Country By Country Mobile Subscriber Forecasts

Digital television is set to reach half of all homes in the US by 2005, up from 40.6% this year, according to new forecasts from eMarketer. The group predicts that there will be 56.5 million DTV households in two years time, of which 13.3 million (23.5%) will take video on-demand (VOD) services. Just over ten… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Digital TV To Reach 50% Of US Homes By 2005

Barclay Knapp is stepping down as chief executive of NTL, just months after the UK cable group emerged from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process (see NTL Emerges From Bankruptcy). Knapp, who joined NTL ten years ago, will step down from his current role at the close of business on Friday, but will stay at the… Continue reading Knapp Departs NTL As Q2 Results Show Some Growth

The acquisition of Bcom3 Group helped Publicis, the world’s fourth largest marketing and advertising group, to achieve strong growth in sales in the second quarter of 2003. Revenues were up by 60.7% to €965 million, taking into account the consolidation of former Bcom3 agencies purchased in September 2002. Organic sales, which exclude acquisitions and foreign… Continue reading Publicis Sees Revenues Rise In Q2

BSkyB has comfortably beaten market forecasts in its final quarter customer growth, adding 133,000 new subscribers and taking its customer base to 6.8 million, the group announced this morning. This is even higher than a revised and upgraded forecast from Lehman Brothers, which claimed that there would be 128,000 additions, ahead of the 100,000 market… Continue reading BSkyB Results Beat Market Expectations As Subs Hit 6.8m

US interactive advertising revenues will reach $8.6 billion by 2005, up slightly from this year’s anticipated $8.4 billion, according to new forecasts from GartnerG2. The group says that whilst agencies have so far been hesitant to embrace interactive formats, they are set to increase their spending over the next couple of years, almost doubling the… Continue reading US Interactive Adspend To Hit $8.6bn By 2005, Says GartnerG2

Sales of mobile phone ringtones are set to exceed those CD singles in the near future, according to new research from the Mobile Data Association (MDA). SMS ringtone advertising is now commonplace in newspapers and magazines and and pop songs, TV themes and classical tunes are widely available in monophonic and polyphonic formats. The MDA… Continue reading Mobile Ringtones Find The Right Rhythm

A recent poll from Horowitz Associates has found that one quarter of urban TV homes in the US get digital cable and there is potential for significant growth despite the competition in the multichannel market. As part of State of Broadband Urban Markets IV, a survey of 2,000 consumers and around 50 cable operators in… Continue reading Urban TV Audiences Willing To Go Digital

BSkyB’s £1.02 billion deal to broadcast live Premiership football for a further three years could be investigated by the European Commission following concerns it breaches competition laws. The Premier League had structured the deal in accordance with the EC’s desire that the media rights be split into four separate packages to promote competition and encourage… Continue reading BSkyB’s Football Rights Deal Could Face Investigation

Analysts claim that the cable television company NTL is set to announce a major fund raising exercise that will net around $650 million and increase the possibility of a merger with UK rival Telewest. According to a report in The Observer, NTL is planning to ask shareholders to subscribe to new shares with the cash… Continue reading UK Cable Merger Still Viable