AFX News reports that the Guardian Media Group’s 180p per share cash offer for Jazz FM is going ahead, since no competing offer has yet been made that would have reversed the acceptance from Jazz FM’s main shareholder (see Guardian Media Group Makes £41m Offer For Jazz FM). The Board of Jazz FM has so… Continue reading Guardian’s Jazz FM Offer Goes Ahead
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Nielsen//NetRatings has revealed that the largest US broadband markets achieved audience gains of at least 48% year on year in their respective high speed populations during April. Overall, more than 25.2 million at home net users accessed the internet via cable modem, DSL, ISDN or LAN last month as compared to 15.9 million in April… Continue reading US At-Home Broadband Population Booms
Surfers who use the internet at work are looking primarily for information not entertainment, according to a new report from Nielsen//NetRatings. A comparison of audience shares including at-work surfers and leaving them out shows that the sites that benefit most from working internet users are portals, map services and the soon-to-be-rebranded-again postal service Consignia. Top… Continue reading At-Work Surfers ‘Not A Problem For Bosses’ Says Nielsen//NetRatings
US magazine ad pages in June saw the first month on month rise since November 2000, according to MIN research reported by Mediapost. The report suggests that this could be the beginning of a magazine recovery, although there is a long way to go before pre-recession levels of prosperity are reached. The worst point in… Continue reading US Magazine Ad Page Growth Turns Positive In June
In preview of H1 financial results from Carlton Communications and Granada (see City News), analysts at Lehman Brothers have today published their ITV advertising revenue forecasts to 2003. Overall revenue is expected to be down 8.0% this year, returning to a 4.0% growth in 2003. A very slight recovery is forecast for Q3 2002, after… Continue reading ITV Ad Revenue Forecasts From Lehman Brothers
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has agreed to sell Score Outdoor, its outdoor advertising division, to Clear Channel UK (CCUK) for a minimum of £33.5m. It is intended that the transaction will create a business to rival Maiden and JCDecaux. Score Outdoor’s billboards across Scotland, the north west of England, the Midlands and the south west… Continue reading Score Outdoor Sale To Create Third Force In UK Market
The European online advertising market will be worth â‚Ź6.4 billion (£4.0 billion) by 2007, according to a report from Forrester Research released this week. The group predicts that online advertising will begin to pick up again next year, with mobile and interactive digital television (iDTV) advertising starting ‘more quietly’. The UK and Germany will account… Continue reading European Online Advertising Will Reach E6.4bn By 2007, Says Forrester
The worldwide internet population reached 323.7 million users in April 2002, according to the latest data from comScore. This represents a 1% rise on March and a 10% increase over April 2001. The US home user base showed the greatest period on period growth, up 1.5% on March to 134.5 million users. The non-US population… Continue reading Worldwide Net Users Totalled 324m In April, Says Comscore
US radio advertising revenue grew by 1% in March 2002, according to the latest figures from the country’s Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). The radio sector is outperforming other media and is leading the way out of the economic slump, according to the Bureau. Local, national and combined total sales figures all increased by 1% in… Continue reading US Radio Advertising Revenue Nudges Up 1% In March
DSL lines in service in North America totalled 6.2 million at the end of Q1 2002, according to new statistics published by TeleChoice. The US had 4.9 million DSL lines at the end of the quarter, representing 12% growth over the figure reported at the end end of last year. Canada ended the quarter with… Continue reading North American DSL Market Reaches 6.2m, According to TeleChoice