People who use the internet at work spend more time and money online than those who access the web from home, AdAge reports. A new survey released by Avenue A, a Seattle based advertising and media agency, reveals that internet media consumption is 22% higher among work users than for home-only users. Of those surveyed,… Continue reading Work Internet Users Are Biggest Spenders, Study Finds
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With Christmas exactly three months away, online retailers are turning their attention to the festive season and the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) has sought to convince the public that internet shopping is cheap, hassle-free and above all secure. It is estimated that more than 10 million people in the UK will shop online… Continue reading UK Industry Group Predicts Online Christmas Bonanza
Gradually improving trading figures are expected from the UK radio sector, even though there may be no significant recovery just yet, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. Trading figures from GWR and Capital Radio are to be released tomorrow and are predicted to reveal improving growth (or lessening decline), mainly due to more easy comparisons… Continue reading Insight Analysis: UK Radio Sector Update
Although sales of stand-alone Personal Video Recorders (PVRs) have been sluggish until now, there are signs that the technology is starting to enter the public conciousness. A new report from Informa Media Group forecasts that the number of PVR households worldwide will total 2 million at the end of this year and rise to 24… Continue reading PVRs To Emerge As A Force, Says Informa Media
Dawn Airey, the subject of the most high profile UK media transfer this year (see Airey Leaves Channel 5 Top Post For BSkyB), is to leave Channel 5 at the end of the week as speculation grows that a tie-up with Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB is set to become a reality. Airey was on a year’s… Continue reading C5 Future Up In The Air As RTL Hints At Deal
Strong consumer magazine sales at EMAP have helped offset weaker trading in the radio market in the last six months, the group reported in a trading statement this morning. This is in line with earlier indications reported on MediaTelINSIGHT (see EMAP And Capital Update On Trading, Merger Mooted). Total revenues at EMAP will rise by… Continue reading EMAP Remains Resilient In Tough Markets
Chief executive of Trinity Mirror, Philip Graf, has announced his decision to leave the company next summer. Graf was appointed chief executive of Trinity Mirror in September 1999 and has been influential in reorganising and developing the company following the merger of Trinity and Mirror Group. The company’s board has appointed a subcommittee, chaired by… Continue reading Chief Executive Steps Down At Trinity Mirror
The consensus of a number of recent key advertising forecasts puts 2002 global growth at -0.5%, rising to 2.8% in 2003. These figures are compiled from an average of the most recent forecasts from Lehman Brothers, Zenith Optimedia, Aegis and Merrill Lynch. The consensus for European growth is -2.5% this year and 2.4% in 2003.… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Global And Regional Advertising Forecasts Comparisons
The cost of high-speed internet access is prohibitive and a big turn-off for a majority of users in the US, claims a new report from the Office of Technology Policy (OTP). Although the service is now available in most parts of the country, only one in ten of those with internet access uses a broadband… Continue reading Broadband Too Expensive In The US, Says Report
Seven in ten mobile phone users find text message advertising too intrusive, according to a new survey from BMRB. The research showed that 36% of mobile phone users remembered receiving an SMS ad from their mobile phone operator in the preceding four weeks. Of these, around 13% claimed to have received text message ads that… Continue reading Most Mobile Phone Users Find SMS Ads Intrusive, Says Report