The latest global and regional advertising forecasts from Merrill Lynch are shown here. Global advertising revenues are expected to decline by 1.3% this year, returning to a growth of 4.0% in 2003. Japan is the poorest performing region this year, with a predicted 4.0% decline; the US is the only region to show positive growth… Continue reading Global And Regional Advertising Forecasts From Merrill Lynch

The number of broadband connections in the US increased by a third during the second half of 2001, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). 12.8 million homes and businesses were using high-speed lines to access the internet by the end of 2001, an increase from 9.6 million in the first half of the year.… Continue reading Broadband Gathering Momentum In US

North American internet traffic is set to grow by 85% in 2002 but revenues are unlikely to rise accordingly. These are the findings of a new report by telecoms market research firm, RHK. RHK’s quarterly market update report reveals that revenue growth will remain flat, quarter-over-quarter, totalling $15.7 billion for the year. Revenue-per-bit is set… Continue reading North American Web Revenues To Remain Flat

The latest US and Asia-Pacific press advertising forecasts from Zenith Media are given here. US In the US, both newspapers and magazines are expected to show negative growth this year, with no return to positive growth until 2004. The latest magazine advertising revenue figures from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB) show revenue increasing by 6.1%… Continue reading US And Asia-Pacific Press Ad Growth Forecasts

Canal Plus, the French pay-TV subsidiary of Vivendi Universal, is to be broken up and its foreign operations sold in a debt reduction exercise. Vivendi’s chief executive, Jean-René Fourtou, has informed the French media regulator that the group plans to offload assets in Italy, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. It will then concentrate on… Continue reading Canal Plus Network To Be Fragmented

French television broadcaster, TF1, last night reported weak advertising revenues, with Q2 dropping by 4.1% to E419.2 million – an underlying decline of 11.0% when the World Cup effect is excluded, according to estimates by Lehman Brothers. TF1 is heavily reliant on advertising as a source of profit. The poor performance has led Lehman to… Continue reading TF1 Posts Weak Q2 Ad Revenues

Almost half of all UK internet users, some 9 million people, made an online purchase during 2001, according to the Which? Online annual internet survey (See One-Third Of The UK Now Online). Which reports that one in five adults now visit retail sites on a regular basis and with the range of goods increasing and… Continue reading Future Of Online Shopping Is ‘Rosy’, Says Report

The latest European magazine and newspaper advertising growth forecasts from Zenith Media, compiled by Merrill Lynch, are shown here. European magazine adspend has been revised down to -2.2% for 2002, from the December forecast of 0.8% growth. For 2003, the forecast has been reduced from 2.9% to 2.5%. Newspapers have been cut back from 1.0%… Continue reading European Press Advertising Forecasts From Zenith Media

Consumer magazines have weathered the advertising downturn better than any other UK press sector, with revenue growth for the industry virtually unchanged since 2000. According to Advertising Association statistics, consumer magazines ad revenue actually grew by 3.9% in 2001, whilst all other press media were experiencing the depths of the fall-out. National newspapers and business… Continue reading UK Press Advertising Forecasts: Consumer Mags Remain Stable

The number of households in the United States with digital video recorders (DVRs) is set to rise from the the current customer base of approximately 1 million to 15 million in 2007. However the Leichtman Research Group, which has produced a new report on the digital video marketplace, downplays the impact of the new technology… Continue reading DVRs Yet To Capture The Public Imagination