Liberty Media’s agreed E5.5 billion deal to acquire six cable franchises from German media group Deutsche Telekom looks set be approved by the country’s Government, despite speculation that it might be blocked on competition grounds (see Liberty Media’s Deutsche Telekom Cable Deal Hits Regulatory Snags). The German Cartel Office is known to be concerned that… Continue reading German Government Set To Allow Liberty’s Cable Acquisition
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Electronic gambling revenues are forecast to reach $14.5 billion by 2006, according to a new report from Informa Media Group. The Electronic Gambling Report makes this forecast providing legislature does not change dramatically. Internet gambling, for example, will remain an offshore activity for punters in the US and Japan and no interactive TV or legal… Continue reading Global E-gambling Will Be Worth $14.5 billion By 2006, Says Informa
The current technology downturn notwithstanding, the Yankee Group predicts robust growth in web-hosting revenues in the international markets of Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific (including Japan). Recently released forecasts project the three regions’ combined revenues for shared hosting, dedicated hosting and collocation to grow from $3.3 billion in 2001 to $14.5 billion in 2006, a… Continue reading Robust Growth Predicted For Web Hosting Revenues, Despite Technology Downturn
Regional press advertising data, by category, for 2001, as compiled by ACNielsen MMS and the Newspaper Society, are shown below. In total, regional press showed a 4.9% increase in display ad revenue over 2000, a very strong performance as against the media sector average, which was in decline. Regional press is the second largest advertising… Continue reading UK Regional Press Revenue Grows 4.9% In 2001
Although wireless operators and suppliers are investing heavily in wireless data services, by 2006 mobile voice services will still represent the major part (over 67%) of the $460 billion total mobile services revenues generated by 1.1 billion users in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. These and other findings were released under the Yankee Group‘s new… Continue reading Voice Will Dominate Mobile Revenues Despite Data Services Investment
According to a new global forecast from the Yankee Group, by 2003, more than half of the broadband revenues in the European, Asia-Pacific and Latin American regions will be come from the Asia-Pacific, but the trend will veer toward Europe in 2006, with 51% of broadband access revenues originating on the continent by that time.… Continue reading Asia-Pacific To Lead Broadband Revenues With Europe Catching, Says Yankee Group
There is a strong interest among UK digital TV subscribers in sending and receiving messages such as voicemail, short messages (SMS), email and instant messaging on their TV sets, according to research conducted by Continental Research on behalf of Comverse. The findings indicate a large potential for TVUM (unified messaging over TV), says Comverse. The… Continue reading UK DTV Customers Would Pay For TV Messaging Services, Finds Comverse
Internet penetration across Europe may have reached a plateau, according to a European Commission report – eEurope 2002 – released this month. Internet penetration in European households rose from 18% in March 2000 to 28% in October 2000, 36% in June 2001 and reached 38% by December last year. This suggest that the rapid take-up… Continue reading European Net Penetration May Plateau Below US, Finds EC
A new report from Andersen, focusing on mobile applications using digital content, forecasts a market worth E18.9 billion by 2006. The report, commissioned by the European Commission DG Information Society, forecasts that the mobile digital content market in western Europe will rise to E18 billion over the next 4 years. Currently the mobile market is… Continue reading Mobile Digital Content Will Be Worth E18.9 Billion By 2006
Parks Associates estimates that by the end of 2005, US households will have more than 80 million connection points for entertainment-specific applications. “We believe that digital content in the form of video and high-quality audio files will drive certain home networking applications, especially if that content can be aggregated on a platform and sent to… Continue reading US Homes Will Have 80m Entertainment Network Connection Points By 2005