IDC analysts say net use is set for massive growth that increase the number of people online worldwide to almost a billion people by 2005. Global net traffic in 2005 will be 93 times the volume recorded in 2000, says IDC. This represents a compound annual growth rate of 147% and an internet population of… Continue reading Worldwide Net Traffic Will Grow By 147% Over Next Three Years

According to data released by the Centre For Regional Tourism (CRT), an increase of about 46% is expected in the European online travel market during 2002. Revenue for the year is forecast to be around E6.5 billion, up from E4.4 billion in 2001 and a share of around 2.9% of the whole market. The UK… Continue reading European Online Travel Market Will Grow By 46% in 2002

BSkyB has said that it is “confident” of reaching its target of 7 million subscribers by 2003 and has dismissed claims that digital TV is a failing medium. Speaking at ISBA’s Annual Advertising Conference yesterday, BSkyB’s chief operating officer, Richard Freudenstein, claimed that the satellite operator, which currently has 5.7 million digital subscribers, is “on… Continue reading BSkyB Expresses Confidence In Digital Future

A new report from Strategy Analytics forecasts that free to air digital television is unlikely to gain a foothold in the market without significant public or government investment. The report predicts that several major obstacles must be overcome if widespread adoption of free to air digital TV is to be achieved. New digital TV “adapters”… Continue reading UK Free To Air Digital Television May Have Limited Future, Says New Report

In what is considered to be an upbeat trading statement this morning, DMGT stated that although the advertising market remains ‘soft’ the outlook is optimistic. During Q4 2001, advertising revenue at Associated Newspapers was showing declines of around 15% on the previous year, DMGT says that this margin has now narrowed to around 8% for… Continue reading Daily Mail Forecasts ‘Satisfactory’ 2002, Despite Tough Times

Dow Jones & Company, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, yesterday announced that February 2002 advertising linage at the paper declined by 21.5%. This is an improvement when compared to the decrease of 35.5% in February 2001; February 2000 showed 49.5% growth, creating the difficult comparables. In the year to date, linage declined by 27.4%,… Continue reading Ad Decline Slows At Wall Street Journal

Media and advertising agencies are more optimistic on the outlook for a US media market recovery than are the advertisers themselves, according to the results of a survey conducted by Jack Myers Report. The quarterly Advertising Confidence Index research questions chief executives of client companies (advertisers), media planning/buying agencies and ad agencies, asking about their… Continue reading Agencies More Optimistic On US Media Recovery Than Advertisers, Finds Myers

The decline in IT spending in Europe has bottomed and the beginnings of a gradual recovery are now appearing, according the latest data on technology expenditure in western Europe, compiled by IDC and released this month. IDC has increased its 2002 growth forecast for annual IT spending in western Europe from January’s 6.4% figure to… Continue reading European IT Spend Recovery Now Emerging, Says IDC

A new report from eMarketer analyses potential future growth in the video on demand (VOD) market. Despite the obvious attractive consumer benefits of VOD, eMarketer points out that the service faces some serious competition in the shape of the nascent personal video recorder (PVRs) market, the existing home video market and from the growing DVD… Continue reading VOD Faces Stiff Competition From Existing Video Market, Says eMarketer

According to Interactive TV: Reality & Opportunity, a new report from eMarketer, there will be more that 58 million iTV household in the US by the end of 2005. US iTV Households 2000-2004    2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 iTV Households (millions) 3.2 12.7 22.1 33.4 45.7 58.2 As % Of Total Households 3.0… Continue reading US iTV Homes Will Exceed 58 Million By 2005, Says eMarketer