It is the beginning of the end for conventional telecommunications networks, as consumers are increasingly turning from the use of secondary telephone lines toward cheaper wireless services and the increasingly available broadband networks. This is the finding of a report from Forrester Research released this week. However, whilst the change may be coming, it is… Continue reading The Beginning Of The End For Conventional Phone Communications?

Shares in satellite broadcaster BSkyB fell heavily yesterday to close trading down 45½p, or 6.3%, at 673p. The heavy trading was prompted by reports that the company’s interim financial results, which are released next Friday, may show a declining rate of subscriber growth, along with a heavy write-off on Sky’s investment in Premiere, the pay-TV… Continue reading Sky Shares Plummet Despite Forecasts Of ‘Solid’ Interims Next Week

Last year was a record year for television viewing in France, although advertising revenues finished the year down, according to an annual survey conducted by Syndicat National De La Publicité Télévisée (SNPTV). The report shows that the average adult over 15 years in France watched 3h 29mins per day – 5 minutes more than last… Continue reading French TV Viewing Hits Record Year In 2001

This year will be a transitional one for the media economy, with continued consolidation of buyers and sellers, developments in technology and an uncertain economy all continuing to play out, according to Jack Myers. Myers says that the major issue facing media businesses in 2002 is the ongoing downturn in the advertising economy. Jack Myers… Continue reading A Transitional Year Ahead For Media, Says Jack Myers

Positive economic growth in the US will return by no later than early Spring and real growth could be reasonably strong by the second half, according Merrill Lynch‘s chief investment officer, Bob Doll. In an investment outlook report for 2002, released this month, Doll forecasts that the full year real term growth in global GDP… Continue reading US Will Lead World’s Economic Recovery, Says Merrill Lynch Chief

Just under half of all UK households (45%) are now connected to the internet, up from just 30% at the same time last year, according to new figures released by Oftel today. Oftel has described the UK’s dial-up internet access market as ‘competitive’ and offering a wide range of unmetered and metered services available at… Continue reading Almost Of Half Of UK Households Are Now Online

Last year was a record year for television viewing in France, although advertising revenues finished the year down, according to an annual survey conducted by Syndicat National De La Publicité Télévisée (SNPTV). The report shows that the average adult over 15 years in France watched 3h 29mins per day – 5 minutes more than last… Continue reading French TV Viewing Hits Record Year In 2001

JCDecaux has acquired a 50% stake in KlettDecaux, a German outdoor advertising company based in Stuttgart, the group announced today. KlettDecaux, in turn, holds a 35% interest in Statdreklame Nürnberg in Nuremberg; both companies hold long-term street furniture contracts. Jean-François Decaux, CEO of JCDecaux, said: “The German market, which is the largest media market in… Continue reading JCDecaux Builds German Outdoor Interests

The development of the unmetered internet access market in the UK may have been given a boost today, after a proposal from Oftel seeks to change the way BT charges other operators that wish to provide the service. The telecommunications watchdog has proposed that BT should charge operators that provide unmetered access in the same… Continue reading Oftel Proposals May Boost Unmetered Internet Access Market

Advertising growth will remain ‘muted’ for the next few years and will not show a great return to strength by the end of 2002, as some industry observers have hoped. This is the opinion of media analysts at ABN Amro, who in a report released at the end of last week, state that consumer and… Continue reading Global Media Recovery Will Not Bounce Back But Come Slowly, Says ABN Amro