Minister of State for E-Commerce and Competitiveness, Stephen Timms, has hinted that the Government is unwilling to reconsider its plans to allow foreign ownership of UK media assets, despite the threat of significant opposition in the House of Lords. Earlier this week, head of the Joint Scrutiny Committee on the Communications Bill, Lord Puttnam, warned… Continue reading Government Unwilling To Budge On Foreign Ownership
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Irish mobile and internet penetration increased during the fourth quarter of 2002, according to the country’s Commission for Communications Regulation (Comreg). Some 79% of the the Irish population now have a mobile phone, a 2% increase on Q3 (see Irish Telecoms Industry In Good Heart) and subscribers send an average of 72 text messages every… Continue reading Mobile And Internet Growth Recorded In Ireland
Over 100 million young people aged between 5 and 24 will own a mobile phone by the end of 2003, according to a new study from the Wireless World Forum (W2F). mobileYouth 2003 examined ownership in twenty prominent markets and it is estimated that 104 million or 44% of 5-24 year olds will have a… Continue reading Young To Drive Mobile Revenues, Says W2F
The BBC’s decision to pull out of the conditional access satellite carriage agreement that it has held with BSkyB for the last five years (see BBC Ends £85m Conditional Access Contract With BSkyB) is unlikely to have any material effect on Sky, according to media analysts. The BBC said that it will save £85 million… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: BBC’s Exit From Carriage Deal Will Not Hurt Sky
Revenues from US video on-demand (VOD) services will grow from $293 million in 2003 to $1.4 billion in 2007, according to a new report from Jupiter Research. The Impact Of On-Demand Content On Cable Revenues In The US report shows that in addition subscription VOD – dubbed SVOD – will reach $800 million in 2007,… Continue reading Subscriptions Key To Video On-Demand, Says Jupiter
The advertising industry and rival commercial broadcasters have welcomed the Government’s decision to refer the proposed merger of broadcasting giants, Carlton and Granada, to the Competition Commission (see ITV Merger Referred To Competition Commission). ISBA, the voice of British Advertisers, claims that a merger of the broadcasters, which could lead to the unification of their… Continue reading Ad Industry Welcomes Scrutiny Of Planned ITV Merger
The French advertising firm Publicis has reported a 2.6% fall in net profit for 2002 but full year figures were above many analysts’ forecasts. The acquisition of US advertising group Bcom3 helped to increase operating profit by 25% to Â429 million (see Publicis Revenues Jump 20% In 2002, Buoyed By Bcom3) while net before goodwill… Continue reading US Venture Pushes Up Profits At Publicis
VNU, the multinational marketing and media research firm, has today reported a rise in 2002 earnings but refused to speculate on what the year ahead may hold because of economic and political concerns. The Dutch-based company announced that earnings per share rose by 6% to Â1.82 from Â1.73 in 2001. VNU had already raised its… Continue reading Change In Strategy Brings Rewards At VNU
The BBC is ending its £85 million five year carriage agreement with BSkyB, it was announced today. The Corporation says it will no longer use Sky’s conditional access system and from 30 May, for the first time, it will broadcast its eight TV channels unencrypted on digital satellite. The BBC’s director general, Greg Dyke, said:… Continue reading BBC Ends £85m Conditional Access Contract With BSkyB
Figures released yesterday by the Advertising Association (AA) show that every medium bar business press showed a positive year on year growth in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2002. Go back to the first quarter of the year and only direct mail and regional newspapers are showing positive growth. There has therefore undoubtedly been… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: The Road Ahead For Advertising