At a time when investor confidence in the high-tech sector would appear to be at an all time low, the wireless LAN (WLAN) industry is bucking the trend and worldwide shipments are set to increase by 73% this year, according to a new report from Gartner Dataquest. The technology research group calculates that revenue from… Continue reading Gartner Predicts Bright Future for WLAN Dealers
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Media communications and market research network, Aegis Group, has acquired INNER Strategic Research, a Madrid-based independent market research agency. Aegis has been looking to expand Synovate, its market research network, and will pay an initial £3 million in cash for the Spanish firm. A deferred sum is payable over the next three years dependent on… Continue reading Aegis Acquires Spanish Market Research Group
Dawn Airey has announced that she is stepping down as chief executive of Channel 5 to join BSkyB as managing director of its Sky Networks division. It had been widely expected that Airey would become ITV’s new director of channels following news of David Liddiment’s departure from the network. However, it has been confirmed that… Continue reading Airey Leaves Channel 5 Top Post For BSkyB
National press display advertising in the UK is ‘volatile and unpredictable’, according to the Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT). The group says that revenue in this sector will be pretty much flat in the second half, resulting in a full year decline of around 9%. The group says that retail and travel advertising have… Continue reading UK Press Advertising Is ‘Volatile And Unpredictable’, Says DMGT
The US is showing signs of an advertising recovery, with the worst now past, whilst the picture in Europe remains very mixed, according to a new Global Media Outlook report from Lehman Brothers. The investment bank notes that advertising is the single most important factor in the global media sector’s recovery. It is forecasting a… Continue reading Lehman Brothers Predicts Positive Global Ad Growth In 2002
Nearly 6% of Europeans now have access to broadband services, up from 4% six months ago, according to a new survey from Forrester Research. This increase is partly due to the proliferation of high-speed services in the UK (see More Brits Switching To Broadband) where more than two million customers have now signed up. However,… Continue reading Broadband Catching On In Europe, Says Forrester
A new survey from Ovum for the telecoms regulator, ODTR has revealed that 61% of Irish people own a PC and 49% have access to the internet. Of home internet users, 60% said they used dial-up modems, while 39% had used ISDN connections. 45% of those online had made a purchase over the internet from… Continue reading Ireland Set To Attain 50% Internet Penetration
Approximately 56% of internet users in Europe will be shopping online by 2007, according to a new report from Jupiter Research. By the end of 2001, 36 million European consumers had shopped online, equivalent to 30% of the continent’s internet population and 9% of the total population. By 2007, the total online population is expected… Continue reading European Online Consumer Spending To Total E80 Billion By 2007
Chairman of Cordiant Communications, Charlie Scott, has stepped down after 13 years with the advertising group. His departure comes just weeks after chief executive, Michael Bungey, announced his intention to leave the company in March next year to be replaced by David Hearn, currently chairman and CEO of the company’s US ad network, Bates Worldwide… Continue reading Cordiant Chairman Follows Bungey And Jumps Ship
The advertising market could be just as tough next year as it has been in 2002, Alain de Pouzilhac, chairman of French advertising network Havas, told a news conference this morning. Unveiling the group’s first half results, which saw revenues pretty much flat year on year, de Pouzilhac said that the market actually deteriorated between… Continue reading Havas Sees A Deteriorating First Half