Gaming consoles will not succeed in offering a myriad bolt-on functions, such as MP3 players, personal video recorders (PVR) and hubs for digital cameras, but they will benefit from broadband connections to the internet, allowing online console gaming to take off. This is the message from Game Consoles Connect – a new report by Forrester… Continue reading European Broadband Growth Will Drive Online Gaming Consoles
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Business digital subscriber line (DSL) subscriptions in Europe will be worth $7.9 billion by 2006 according to a new report Incumbents Will Control Booming Business DSL Market from the Yankee Group. This is compared with a forecast $7 billion derived from residential asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) services. Although business subscribers will account for only… Continue reading Business DSL Market Will Be Worth Almost $8 Billion by 2006, Says Yankee Group
“The online media sector is in disarray,” says McKinsey Quarterly in a rather sobering assessment of the industry’s struggle for revenues in the digital world. In its Q4 2001 report McKinsey says that as both powerful media incumbents and pure-play internet companies alike struggle to make revenue online, the temptation to abandon the world wide… Continue reading 95% Of Pure-Play Online Companies Will Fail, Says McKinsey
Global home networking households are expected to grow from 5.6 million at year-end 2001 to 47.0 million in 2006 – a compound annual growth rate of 53%, according to research by Strategis Group. The Strategis Group believes that home networking will play a major role in the communications lives of millions of people throughout the… Continue reading Global Home Networks Will Number 47m By 2006, Says Strategis
Italian television broadcaster Mediaset saw advertising revenues decline by 7% in Q4 and by 9% in December, according to analysts at ABN Amro. As a result, the broker is forecasting the 2001 ad revenues saw an overall increase of 0.5%. Mediaset said that the decline has stabilised slightly in January this year, down by just… Continue reading Mediaset Sees Italian TV Revenue Decline Stabilise In January
WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, speaking at the World Economic Forum in New York, has said that he sees no signs of a recovery in the global economy or advertising market despite the upbeat forecasts of some commentators at the World Forum. “I’ve seen no blue sky or green shoots. Nothing tells me the global… Continue reading Sorrell Sees ‘No Blue Sky’
WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, speaking at the World Economic Forum in New York, has said that he sees no signs of a recovery in the global economy or advertising market despite the upbeat forecasts of some commentators at the World Forum. “I’ve seen no blue sky or green shoots. Nothing tells me the global… Continue reading Sorrell Sees ‘No Blue Sky’
Not everyone attending the World Economic Forum in New York had as negative an outlook as WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell (see Sorrell Sees ‘No Blue Sky’). Although the general consensus of opinion seems to be that an upturn in the economy should be expected no sooner that Q3/Q4 2002, there are some who believe… Continue reading Whispers Of Recovery From WEF Meeting In NY
Census data released by the US Commerce Department, show that more than half of American households and more than half of all Americans are now connected to the internet. The figures were released as part of A Nation Online, a new study using Census data to track internet usage in the United States. As of… Continue reading Over Half US Population Is Now Online
Advertising revenue at Chrysalis Radio fell by 11.8% from September to December 2001, the group’s AGM was told this morning. “This in part reflected trading difficulties associated with the events of 11 September, but more importantly reflects the prevailing difficult economic conditions for the advertising market and the challenging comparables from the year before, when… Continue reading Chrysalis Radio Revenues Turn Positive