Strategy Analytics predicts a slow beginning for the deployment of the new interactive TV standard, Multimedia Home Platform (MHP). However, the company believes that MHP will eventually become commonplace around the world, reaching 42% of digital TV homes around the world by 2008. MHP is a proposed standard for developing interactive applications within digital television… Continue reading Slow Start For Interactive TV Standard, Says Strategy Analytics
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Following the financial crisis at Kirch Gruppe (see Kirch Sell Off Begins), the German government is to step in in order to protect the German football league from insolvency. In a situation eerily similar to the collapse of ITV Digital and the repercussions for the English league, KirchMedia is unable to honour payments due to… Continue reading German Government Will Step In To Save Football League
The PPA reveals that ad revenue from consumer magazines is forecast to outperform the market again in 2002, according to new figures from the Advertising Association. UK Press Forecasts From The Advertising Association Total National Newspapers Regional Newspapers Consumer Mags Business Mags 2002 Q1 -10.0 -15.8 -2.0 -3.3 -18.4 Q2 0.5 2.3 1.2… Continue reading Consumer Mags Will Outperform Market In 2002, Says AA
Television adspend in 2001 was £3.5 billion, a decrease of 11% decrease on the total spend for 2000. This represents a loss of £425 million in advertising revenue for the television industry, and takes the 2001 total below the level it was in 1999. The AA forecasts that TV revenue in 2002 will be £3.4… Continue reading TV Will Rebound In 2003, Says AA
Spending on eBusiness technology will drop from an average of 3.5% of revenue in 2001 to 3% in 2002 according to Forrester. The researcher surveyed 900 firms globally and found that average 2002 eBusiness technology budgets are $29 million compared with $41 million in 2001. “Most companies will curb the number and types of technology… Continue reading eBusiness Spending Will Fall In 2002, Says Forrester
Online Advertising: Statistics, Strategies, Projections & Trends, a new report released yesterday by eMarketer predicts that US online advertising spending will increase by 11% in 2002, quite a comeback from the 11% drop seen in online spend in 2001. Other researchers forecast similar growth rates, 16 of the 18 estimates compared by eMarketer in the… Continue reading Online Ad Spending Will Bounce Back In 2002, Says eMarketer
Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, has blamed operators’ high prices for the lagging development of broadband internet access in the US, according to a report in the Financial Times. Gates told the World Economic Forum this weekend that the US’ high-speed residential communications development will fall behind other countries for the next five to six… Continue reading US Broadband Development Will Fall Behind Other Countries, Says Bill Gates
Jupiter Media Metrix forecasts that the online travel market (sales of air travel, car rentals, cruises and hotels) will be worth $64 billion by 2007. In 2001, the total spent online on these services was $24 billion. According to a Jupiter consumer survey, 77% percent of consumers who research or purchase their travel online visit… Continue reading Online Travel Will Be Worth $64 Billion By 2007
In a meeting with FA officials yesterday, football league chairmen decided that there should be no compromise on the £89.25 million payment expected by the league from ITV Digital in August. Following ITV Digital’s announcement that they would honour a £20 million payment owed to the Premiership in lieu of broadcast rights, the FA chairmen… Continue reading Football League Battle With ITV Digital Continues
A US Court Of Appeals has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission’s ‘8-voices’ ownership rule is ‘arbitray and capricious’, according to a report on Mediaweek.com. The 8-voices rule was established in August 1999 and prevents television operators from running duopolies and local marketing agreements in markets where there are less than eight voices. The Court… Continue reading US Court Brands 8-Voices Ownership Rule ‘Arbitrary And Capricious’