85% of people in France are in favour of blocking mobile phone signals in public places according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres. Additionally, in Finland and Italy support for the use of mobile phone blocking technology is also high (72% in Finland and 73% in Italy). Both of these countries have high mobile… Continue reading Most Europeans In Favour Of Mobile Jamming In Public Buildings
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Capital Radio this morning released a trading update which forecasts that the advertising market will remain under pressure for the remainder of the year. Between October and December 2001, Capital revealed that like for like radio revenue was down 9% against the same quarter in the previous year. The company anticipates that revenue will have… Continue reading Capital Warns That Market Will Remain ‘Under Pressure’
ITV advertising revenues at Granada fell by 12% during the six months to March 2002, with March forecast to be down by 6% and April by 13%, according the company’s AGM statement released this morning. A return to growth, of 9%, is predicted for May, but Granada warns that whilst this is positive, it may… Continue reading ITV Revenues Down 12% In H1, Visibility Still Limited
The Italian advertising market declined by 7.6% during January, with all media showing negative trends, according to ACNielsen data analysed by ABN Amro. The Italian market was one of the last European advertising markets to succumb to the weakening ad environment in 2001 (see Once Strong Italian Ad Market Now Shows Downward Trend). The January… Continue reading Italian Ad Market Declines 7.6% In January
ITV advertising revenues at Granada fell by 12% during the six months to March 2002, with March forecast to be down by 6% and April by 13%, according the company’s AGM statement released this morning. A return to growth, of 9%, is predicted for May, but Granada warns that whilst this is positive, it may… Continue reading ITV Revenues Down 12% In H1, Visibility Still Limited
New research suggests that traditional classified advertising is losing out to online recruitment sites with a huge number of people looking to the internet to find employment. According to eMarketer, a recent survey which polled more than 36,000 residents of the European Union, Iceland and Norway, including both internet users and non-users, found that 30.2%… Continue reading Online Jobs Boom Signals Gloom For Classifieds
Email has officially become more popular than post, says Net Value, with the number of emails being sent and received from UK households exceeding letters by nearly 300 million in January 2002. NetValue reported that more than 452 million emails were sent and received by British homes in January in addition to more than 100… Continue reading Email Now ‘More Popular Than Post’ Says Net Value
Almost 9% of the worldÂ’s population now has access to the internet according to a report compiled by Nua. Based on data collected from various sources, Nua estimate that the global internet audience had grown to 544.2 million users by the end of February 2002. An increase of 30.79 million users since August 2001 when… Continue reading Global Online Population Continues To Grow
Bertelsmann has announced today that it will not proceed with a voluntary public offer for the shares of RTL Group which it does not already own. Bertelsmann has been considering an E44 a-share public offering since its acquisition of RTL in December (see Pearson Agrees Sale Of RTL Stake). The group has also increased its… Continue reading Bertelsmann Abandons RTL Public Offering
UK advertising and public relations group, Chime Communications, this morning confirmed that it had achieved its target of double-digit growth, despite ‘the horrors’ of 2001. Announcing its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2001, the group said that despite some optimistic comments made at the end of last year, the market remains pretty… Continue reading No Recovery Until Second Half Says Chime Communications