The number of consumer magazine launches in the UK during the first two months of 2002 rose by 61% year on year, according to the April issue of Seymour‘s Monthly Monitor, as reported by the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA). During January and February 58 new consumer mags hit the market, as compared with just 36… Continue reading UK Consumer Mags Launches Rise In Early 2002
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Frost & Sullivan has forecast that m-commerce is set to take off over the next few years and that the market for mobile transactions will be worth $25 billion by 2006. This equates to around 15% of all estimated online e-commerce consumer spending. Spending via mobile phones will, says Frost & Sullivan, will comprise: automated… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Our Mobile Cash Future
Publishing group Highbury House Communications, has this morning posted full year financial results slightly ahead of the expectations set out in December (see B2B Slump Catches Up With Highbury House), but the year was nevertheless declared ‘difficult’. Revenue rose 29% to £100 million and pre-tax profits were up 15% to £6.9 million. Advertising outlook Highbury… Continue reading Highbury House Sees B2B Publishing Revenues Flat For 2002
ITV Digital could face imminent closure if a lower offer for media rights is not accepted by the Football League today, according to reports in today’s national press. The troubled digital TV platform was meant to pay around £180m over for the rights to screen Nationwide League football games, but now, faced with financial pressure,… Continue reading Football League Rejection Could Close ITV Digital
KirchMedia and ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG have announced that they will terminate discussions on the merger, proposed in September 2001. In a joint release, the companies stated that “in light of the economic climate and the current situation of KirchGruppe the merger is not feasible in the foreseeable future”. The statement continued: “The two companies will… Continue reading KirchMedia And ProSiebenSat.1 Abandon Merger
Europe’s IT services market will not ‘revive’ until 2003 and a return to the boom years of the 1990s will never happen, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Moderate growth will take spending to Eur120 billion by 2006, up 35% when compared to 2000, says the report “Europe’s IT services market changed course… Continue reading European IT Services Market Will Not Revive Until 2003, Warns Forrester
Online sales in Europe will reach Eur97.8 billion (£60.4 billion) in 2002, a 47.7% increase on the Eur66.2 billion of 2001, according to data released this week by GartnerG2. Despite this sharp increase, online sales will still only account for 2.3% of all retail in Europe. By 2005, the European online retail market will grow… Continue reading European Online Sales To Almost Treble By 2005, Says GartnerG2
Women in Europe are continuing to increase their usage of the internet, but behave differently online to men, according to new research from Jupiter MMXI. The research showed that while women spend less time on the internet each month- just under 7 hours compared to just under 10 hours for their male counterparts- they spend… Continue reading New Research Reveals Women’s Web Habits
New research from the US Department of Commerce reveals that internet use amongst the American population is increasing across all demographic groups and geographic regions. The report A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use Of The Internet found that the US online population is growing as computer use in schools and workplaces becomes… Continue reading US Internet Use Grows Across All Geographic And Demographic Groups
CIBC analyst Jason Helfstein says that US radio, being a ‘high-growth, high-return business’ is well-positioned to benefit from the rebounding economy. “Radio as an industry is well positioned to benefit from a cyclical recovery, however, certain operators will be able to take advantage of the capital markets to add stations, which should enhance their growth… Continue reading US Radio ‘Well Positioned’ To Benefit From Rebounding Economy