Emarketer has compiled an analysis of forecasts for the growth of public access wireless local area networks (WLAN) in the US. WLANs allow mobile users to connect ‘wirelessly’ to a local network – such as a school educational system for example. Forecasts from Analysys show that 21 million people in the US will be using… Continue reading Wireless Local Networks Will Be Used By 21m Americans By 2007
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According to the Digital Home Entertainment Survey, a recent report from the Yankee Group, 30% of US consumers are likely to purchase an advanced cable set top box (STB) through the retail channel, provided the cost did not exceed $350. It is thought that set top box purchase, as opposed to renting which is common… Continue reading Retail Set Top Box Market May Be Viable, Says Yankee Group
ITV Digital now has 1.26 million subscribers, having added a further 46,000 during the last quarter of 2001. However, the digital TV is continuing to look at ways to reduce costs internally, including through job reductions. Churn – the proportion of people leaving the service – was 24.9% for the three month period. ITV Digital… Continue reading ITV Digital Adds 46,000 Customers In Q4 2001
Shares in global news and information provider Reuters have fallen heavily this morning, as the group posted full year profits that were down by 34% and said that the trading environment remains difficult. Huge restructuring and business start-up costs – the Business Transformation Programme – pushed Reuters’ pre-tax profit for the year to 31 December… Continue reading Reuters Stock Falls As Profits Drop 34%
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has agreed to buy the Longford Leader Group, which publishes the Longford Leader in the Republic of Ireland, for approximately E9.1 million (£5.6 million), the group has announced. The Longford Leader was established in 1897 and is a weekly paid-for newspaper serving the counties of Longford, Cavan, Leitrim, Westmeath and Roscommon.… Continue reading Scottish Radio Buys Irish Newspaper Group
According to a new report UK Mediaphile 2010 published by Screen Digest, in conjunction with ABN Amro, British consumers could be spending a total of £84.26 billion annually on media by 2010. Unsurprisingly, the bulk of consumer spending is moving away from print media towards online and electronic media. In 1985, the total market for… Continue reading UK Media Could Be Worth
Despite evidence to the contrary, online advertising levels declined only slightly last year when compared to 2000 and the decline was less pronounced than that of other media. This is according to the Assessing Online And Offline Ad Measurement Systems report released by Ipro at the end of last month. Ipro conducted the survey across… Continue reading Online Advertising Measurement Standards Must Improve, Finds Ipro Survey
By 2007, more than half of all films distributed globally and all US/Hollywood films will be released digitally, according to forecasts from Screen Digest. Currently, just 8.5% of films are digitally released globally; this rises to 35% for the US/Hollywood distributors. By the end of this year the global total should reach 15%, whilst US/Hollywood’s… Continue reading Over 50% Of Films Will Be Released Digitally By 2007, Says Screen Digest
French outdoor group JCDecaux this morning reported full year results for 2001 which revealed revenue growth of 8.9%, in line with expectations and ‘comfortably’ ahead of both the outdoor and overall advertising markets which JCDecaux believes fell by 3.5-5% worldwide last year. Growth in 2001 was largely due to the performance of the group’s street… Continue reading JCDecaux ‘Comfortably’ Ahead Of Outdoor Market
Vivendi Universal released full year results this morning which showed revenue growth for 2001 of 10% and predicted that growth for 2002 would also be 10%. Publishing revenues were up 5% which countered a 1% drop in music revenues for the year. Publishing was boosted by success in the games and education divisions where revenue… Continue reading Vivendi Bullish On 2002 Revenues As Results Fall In Line With Expectations