Around 20% of mobile phone users will soon have handsets capable of receiving multi-media messages (MMS), according to a study by Continental Research. The Winter 2003 Mobile Phone Report shows that 4% of mobile phone users already have phones capable of sending and receiving photo-messages, with a further 14% likely to get the feature when… Continue reading Multi-Media Messaging Shows Potential For Advertisers
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Carlton and Granada’s proposed £2.6 billion merger to form a single ITV company (see Carlton And Granada Enter Advanced Merger Talks) is due to be referred to the competition commission this week for a full enquiry. The decision by the Department of Trade And Industry, which has been expected for some time, will end hopes… Continue reading Full Scrutiny Of ITV Merger Looks Inevitable
The Government’s plans to relax the media ownership regulations to allow major newspaper groups to buy Channel Five could face defeat in the House of Lords, according to influential Labour peer, David Puttnam. In an interview with the Financial Times, Lord Puttnam warned the Government that up to 60 Labour peers could rebel against the… Continue reading Puttnam Warns Of Defeat Over Channel Five Ownership
The research and information company Taylor Nelson Sofres has announced a 12% rise in annual profits and is confident of further growth following a bright start to 2003. The group saw turnover, including joint ventures, increase by 6.2% to £618.9 million in 2002. As a result, TNS has now overtaken the WPP subsidiary Kantar to… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Sofres Achieves ‘Creditable’ Results In 2002
Despite the prospect of war and fears of a double-dip recession, there was a general mood of optimism at the AAAA Media Conference in New Orleans last week. Of late, industry observers have been divided over the state of the advertising business. Jack Myers has insisted that the US market is experiencing ‘sustained upward momentum’… Continue reading AAAA Chief Upbeat On Ad Outlook
Europe is all set to compete with the US for e-commerce supremacy, according to a new report from AOL Europe and RoperASW. The second annual Cyberstudy on E-Commerce surveyed home internet consumers in the UK, France, Germany, the US, Canada and Brazil. It found that online shoppers in the three European countries had spent an… Continue reading European Consumers Increase Online Spending
The Online Publishers Association has announced the formation of a European branch that will include ten of the continent’s leading web content providers. Online Publishers Association Europe aims to follow the mantra of its US counterpart and “promote the internet as an effective advertising medium for marketers and a sustainable media business for publishers.” Founder… Continue reading OPA Europe To Represent Leading Internet Publishers
New figures from Gartner Dataquest show that global handset sales totalled 122.6 million in the three months ending December 31. This took the annual sales to 423.4 million, an increase of 6% over 2001. “Consumers embraced a variety of innovative handsets, especially those with colour screens, rather than delaying replacement purchases because of an ongoing… Continue reading Worldwide Mobile Sales Up 6% In 2002
Profits at Interpublic fell by almost 80% during 2002 as market conditions took their toll at the world’s second largest advertising group. Earnings were down to $20.3 million from $96.4 million in 2001 largely as a result of weakness at McCann-Erickson WorldGroup where $1.26 billion worth of business was lost last year. Interpublic now faces… Continue reading Interpublic Sees Earnings Plummet In 2002
Vivendi Universal yesterday announced record losses of Â23.3 billion for 2002 but senior management has expressed confidence that the worst of the crisis is now over. The loss ranks as the largest in French corporate history, eclipsing the Â20.7 billion deficit reported by France Télécom earlier this week. Total revenues rose by 4% to Â28.7… Continue reading Vivendi Left Reeling By Staggering Losses