More than one in five internet users regularly download music from the web, according to a new study from Nielsen//NetRatings. The report found that 31 million internet users, some 22% of the active internet population aged 18 and over had downloaded music in the past 30 days. This is a potentially lucrative audience given that… Continue reading Music Downloading Proving Increasingly Popular
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The organisation charged with promoting and marketing digital radio in the UK has been encouraged by yesterday’s RAJAR results which produced a strong showing from DAB networks. Listening figures for digital audio broadcasting stations were collated for the first time this quarter and the Digital Radio Development Bureau believes that the sector is poised to… Continue reading Digital Radio Joins The Battle Of The Airwaves
Revenues at German-based media giant Bertelsmann were hit by tough markets in the US and the weakness of the dollar, according to the group’s first quarter financial results. Overall revenues fell by 8.5% to Â3.9 billion and the group slipped into an operating loss of Â58 million, down from a profit of Â20 million in… Continue reading Bertelsmann Tumbles Into Loss In First Quarter
Already uncertain conditions have been accentuated by the war in Iraq according to the UK’s largest newspaper publisher, Trinity Mirror. It says that group advertising revenues for the first four months of 2003 are marginally ahead of the same period last year. The national titles – which include the flagship Daily Mirror – saw a… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Ad Revenues Marginally Up, Conditions Uncertain
The widening “digital divide” between town and country is hindering the development of rural businesses in the UK, says a new study from The Countryside Agency. The fifth annual State of the Countryside report claims that while there are obvious benefits to life in the country, local companies are suffering because of limited access to… Continue reading Countryside Appeals For Broadband Injection
Three-quarters of UK mobile users are excited by the potential of multimedia messaging services, according to a new survey from Nokia. The study, conducted in co-operation with the HPI Research Group, sought to evaluate people’s perceptions of MMS in six prominent markets, namely the UK, Japan, the US, Germany, Singapore and Finland. MMS services are… Continue reading MMS To Spur Mobile Services Market, Says Report
Conventional television viewing should be consigned to history by the end of the decade as the UK authorities remain committed to the deadline for switching off the analogue signal. In an interview in today’s Financial Times, the culture secretary, Tessa Jowell said that the government was ‘likely’ to meet its target for the switch-off, which… Continue reading Government ‘Likely’ To Meet Analogue Switch-Off Target, Says Minister
Chrysalis Radio chairman, Chris Wright, has vowed to play a ‘leading role’ in the formation of the UK radio landscape that will emerge after the new Communications Bill proposals comes into force later this year. Wright, whose group owns the Galaxy and Heart networks, sees many exciting opportunities in the Communications Bill, which intends to… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Chrysalis Looks To Lead In Consolidating Radio Landscape
Britain’s three million small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are losing confidence in the economy, according to a new survey from the The Tenon Group. The Q2 2003 edition of the Tenon Forum found that 46% of businesses questioned are negative about economic prospects, with a mere 2% feeling positive on the outlook. This is a… Continue reading UK’s SMEs Lose Confidence In The Economy
The introduction of more secure payment options could act as a spur for the online content market, according to a new study carried out by PaymentOne. Sales of online content virtually doubled in the US last year and the sector as a whole was worth $1.3 billion (see Online Content Sales Surge In 2002). However,… Continue reading Online Content Providers Must Pioneer New Payment Methods, Says Report