Home internet access in the UK reached 39% of households in Q4 2001, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) released this morning. This is equivalent to 9.8 million households, or 25.6 million adults, says the ONS. Gender gap closes The data show that the gap between men and women… Continue reading UK Home Net Access Hits 39%, But Growth Plateaus

In 2006 the market is forecast to reach a volume of 232 million subscribers, an increase of 78.5% since 2001, according to new figures from Datamonitor. The compound annual growth rate of the market for the period 2001-2006 is predicted to be 12.3%. The US market is known to be less advanced than most European… Continue reading US Mobile Market Set For Continued Growth

Outdoor advertising company JCDecaux has reported Q1 sales of E358.6 million for 2002, an increase of 4.7% on the E342.6 million reported for Q1 2001. The group said that new acquisitions had helped lift revenues which fell in line with its own expectations. However, revenue fell by 2.1% on a like-for-like (organic) basis. This reflected… Continue reading Transport Losses Hit JCDecaux Revenues

According to Screen Digest, 26 million housefolds worldwide will be using video on demand (VoD) services by 2005 with the US, unsurprisingly, leading the pack. eMarketer says that there will be 58.2 million interactive TV (iTV) households in the US by this time, this represents over 50% of US Tv households. By 2005, Screen Digest… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Do We Demand ‘On Demand’?

Despite whispers of a return to growth, Merrill Lynch warns that revenue growth in the US as “merely crawling out of a hole rather than true incremental spending” and maintains its forecast of -1.5% growth for the US in 2002. Advertising Forecasts From Merrill Lynch    2002 2003 Global -2.1% 3.9% US -1.5% 4.0% Europe… Continue reading Agencies Will Benefit From Easier H2 Comparisons, Says Merrill

“Fast and free online magazines are not enough for Americans to sacrifice the convenience associated with traditional paper magazines”. According to a new survey by InsightExpress “Americans still demand that they be able to take their magazines to bed, into the bathroom or on their commute”. According to the survey there is no significant threat… Continue reading Online Mags ‘No Threat’ To Publishers, Says InsightExpress

The use of the internet to make telephone calls is set to rise in Western Europe, as internet service providers (ISPs) will increasingly seek to offer IP telephony to their customers (IP stands for internet protocol). This is according to a new report from IDC, which forecasts that user spending on IP telephony services in… Continue reading Internet Telephony To Show Strong Growth, Says IDC

The next generation of wireless services in Europe will herald a dramatic shift from voice traffic to data services, according to forecasts from Strategis Group released this month. These next generation technologies (3G technology) are predicted to create a flourishing demand for data-led services. As a result the number of ‘data switches’ installed throughout the… Continue reading Arrival Of 3G Mobiles Will See Data Surpass Voice Traffic In Europe, Says Strategis

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has spoken in the House of Commons this morning about the collapse and imminent sale of ITV Digital. She confirmed that the sale will go ahead saying that “the usual commercial processes must take their course”. ITV Digital subscribers will continue to receive free-to-air services although pay TV services “will last… Continue reading Jowell Laments Demise Of “Brave Commercial Enterprise”

In a trading update released this morning Pearson has revealed that advertising revenue across the Financial Times group has been ‘significantly lower’ for the first four months of this year, compared to 2001. In March, Pearson warned that the ad market would remain flat in 2002 (see Ad Market In 2002 Will Be ‘Flat’ Says… Continue reading FT Revenue Decline Hits Pearson Profits