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

According to a report in the Financial Times, the outdoor advertising group JCDecaux, has put in a bid for Deutsche Stadte-Median, a German contractor awaiting privatisation. Jean-Francois Decaux, chief executive, said this week that he expected to face stiff competition from Clear Channel, the world’s largest outdoor advertising group and another media conglomerate Viacom. Decaux… Continue reading JCDecaux Bids For German Rival

Bidding is underway for the broadcasting rights to the next World Cup after KirchMedia disclosed that its sports division is to be sold separately from the rest of the company’s assets. Already in possession of the broadcasting rights for Europe, KirchMedia exercised an option to purchase the worldwide TV rights for the 2002 and 2006… Continue reading Kirch Move Prompts World Cup Rights Auction

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. Announcing the group’s first half results (see Havas Sees A Deteriorating First Half), de Pouzilhac said that the market actually deteriorated between the first… Continue reading 2003 Could Be As Tough As 2002, Says Havas Chairman

The number of internet connections in the UK increased by 16.5% from July 2001 to July 2002, according to the latest survey of ISPs from the Office Of National Statistics. The study also revealed that the proportion of web users with permanent connections continues to rise as broadband technology becomes more accessible and ad campaigns… Continue reading More Brits Switching To Broadband

The US broadband subscriber market will grow 361% by the end of 2007, according to a new study from The Yankee Group. The research firm found that cable modem is the leading broadband technology among American customers and businesses with 58% of the market. DSL comes in second with one-third of all lines while satellite… Continue reading US Broadband Subscriptions Set To Multiply, Says Yankee Group