Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has agreed to sell Score Outdoor, its outdoor advertising division, to Clear Channel UK (CCUK) for a minimum of £33.5m. It is intended that the transaction will create a business to rival Maiden and JCDecaux. Score Outdoor’s billboards across Scotland, the north west of England, the Midlands and the south west… Continue reading Score Outdoor Sale To Create Third Force In UK Market

The European online advertising market will be worth â‚Ź6.4 billion (£4.0 billion) by 2007, according to a report from Forrester Research released this week. The group predicts that online advertising will begin to pick up again next year, with mobile and interactive digital television (iDTV) advertising starting ‘more quietly’. The UK and Germany will account… Continue reading European Online Advertising Will Reach E6.4bn By 2007, Says Forrester

The worldwide internet population reached 323.7 million users in April 2002, according to the latest data from comScore. This represents a 1% rise on March and a 10% increase over April 2001. The US home user base showed the greatest period on period growth, up 1.5% on March to 134.5 million users. The non-US population… Continue reading Worldwide Net Users Totalled 324m In April, Says Comscore

US radio advertising revenue grew by 1% in March 2002, according to the latest figures from the country’s Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). The radio sector is outperforming other media and is leading the way out of the economic slump, according to the Bureau. Local, national and combined total sales figures all increased by 1% in… Continue reading US Radio Advertising Revenue Nudges Up 1% In March

DSL lines in service in North America totalled 6.2 million at the end of Q1 2002, according to new statistics published by TeleChoice. The US had 4.9 million DSL lines at the end of the quarter, representing 12% growth over the figure reported at the end end of last year. Canada ended the quarter with… Continue reading North American DSL Market Reaches 6.2m, According to TeleChoice

US advertising for Q1 2002 shows an increase of 1.8% over the same period in 2001, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen Monitor-Plus. The automotive category led the way with the largest dollar increases ($170 million), while the beer and motion picture categories saw the greatest percentage increases, 37% and 35%, respectively. Four of the… Continue reading US Ad Spend Grows In Q1 2002

European ecommerce revenue growth is around triple that of the United States and is set to reach almost $1 trillion by 2004, according to new forecasts from eMarketer. By the same year, US ecommerce revenue will have reached $1.14 trillion. The European market is set to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 142%… Continue reading European Ecommerce Growth Is Triple That Of United States

The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has today announced that investment from advertisers across the first three months of 2002 was higher than for the previous year. The total invested between January and March 2002 was £135.7 million representing an increase of 0.5% on the equivalent period 2001. The RAB said: “This marginal growth represents an… Continue reading Positive Signs For Commerical Radio Revenue In 2002

Advance bookings for ITV are up 2% in July, according to industry sources cited by analysts at Merrill Lynch, who had themselves forecast a 2% decline. Granada is expected to be up 5%, taking the majority market share. “This is a very positive surprise, given that July is the first clean month after the football… Continue reading ITV Revenue Looks Up In July

A new report, Reality Bites, by the CBI and KPMG Consulting reveals that 87% of UK companies are now using e-business technologies in order to improve efficiency. The report claims that firms are now moving away from customer facing e-business initiatives in favour of projects that benefit suppliers and employees. Intranets, followed by electronic payment… Continue reading E-Business Initiatives Will Improve Customer Service, Says CBI