Hutchison 3G, Europe’s first third-generation operator has sold 20,000 handsets in the UK since its launch earlier this year (see Hutchison Brings 3G To The UK). Despite a high profile advertising campaign for its ‘3’ service, Hutchison is signing up new customers at a rate of just 200 a day, according to the Financial Times.… Continue reading 3G Makes A Slow Start In The UK
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Analysts at Morgan Stanley predict that BSkyB will report 153,000 new subscribers to its digital satellite service when it posts third quarter financial results later this month. This figure is at the top end of expectations, with Lehman Brothers expecting 145,000 additions (see Lehman Analysts Expect 14% Subs Growth At BSkyB) and Merrill Lynch looking… Continue reading Morgan Stanley Expects 153k New Sky Subs In Q3
Chrysalis Group’s pre-tax profits jumped to £9.0 million in the first half of the year, up from just £0.6 million in H1 2002, the company announced this morning. The figures were boosted significantly by the sale in September of Galaxy 101 to Vibe Radio Services for £12.5 million (see Chrysalis Takes GWR’s LNR And Sells… Continue reading Chrysalis Radio Outperforms Industry, As Group Profits Jump
It is understood that Carlton chairman, Michael Green, has threatened to call off the proposed merger with Granada if the two are forced to sell their advertising sales houses. According to a report in The Times, Green has pledged to call a halt to the £2.6bn deal to create a single ITV company if the… Continue reading Carlton Boss Threatens To Halt Planned ITV Merger
Profits at Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell increased by 25% in 2002, according to a report in Sunday’s Observer. The newspaper claims that accounts to be published this week will show that the media group produced operating profits of £60 million last year, up from £48 million in 2001. Turnover increased by almost 10%, from… Continue reading Desmond’s Empire Strikes Back With Profits Surge
The current disparity between the US and European advertising markets continued into April, with the former showing signs of improvement whilst the latter remains weak and uncertain. These conditions have been prevailing for the last few months as the US starts to pick up after the downturn, and Europe, as is expected, lags behind. The… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – April 2003
The US television ad market is demonstrating a healthy advertiser demand, according to Merrill Lynch analysts. The broker says that information coming from both networks and agencies has “reaffirmed strong underlying trends for the current advertising marketplace.” Current scatter market prices in the US (see INSIGHTanalysis: US TV Advertising Rebounds, Radio Lags) are running between… Continue reading US TV Market Indicates Healthy Advertiser Demand, Says Merrill Lynch
The latest internet population estimates for over sixty countries appear below. They were compiled by CyberAtlas from a variety of available sources. Nielsen//NetRatings calculated that there were 580 million internet users in major markets at the end of 2002 (see Internet Usage Still Growing Worldwide) although growth is stagnating in the most developed countries. Unless… Continue reading Global Country By Country Internet Usage Figures
Mobile internet services attracted 560 million page impressions during March, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA) and the UK’s four GSM network operators. The figure represents an increase of 16% on February’s total and marks the first time that the monthly number of page impressions has surpassed the half a… Continue reading WAP Usage Figures Peak At Half A Billion During March
James Brown, the ebullient founder of lad’s mag Loaded, has bowed to market forces and agreed to sell his I Feel Good magazine business to publisher Felix Dennis. It was reported last week that IFG had received a takeover approach (see Dennis Linked With Move For IFG) but at the time, the company refused to… Continue reading New Acquisition Makes Dennis Feel Good