Regional press advertising data, by category, for 2001, as compiled by ACNielsen MMS and the Newspaper Society, are shown below. In total, regional press showed a 4.9% increase in display ad revenue over 2000, a very strong performance as against the media sector average, which was in decline. Regional press is the second largest advertising… Continue reading UK Regional Press Revenue Grows 4.9% In 2001

Although wireless operators and suppliers are investing heavily in wireless data services, by 2006 mobile voice services will still represent the major part (over 67%) of the $460 billion total mobile services revenues generated by 1.1 billion users in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. These and other findings were released under the Yankee Group‘s new… Continue reading Voice Will Dominate Mobile Revenues Despite Data Services Investment

According to a new global forecast from the Yankee Group, by 2003, more than half of the broadband revenues in the European, Asia-Pacific and Latin American regions will be come from the Asia-Pacific, but the trend will veer toward Europe in 2006, with 51% of broadband access revenues originating on the continent by that time.… Continue reading Asia-Pacific To Lead Broadband Revenues With Europe Catching, Says Yankee Group

There is a strong interest among UK digital TV subscribers in sending and receiving messages such as voicemail, short messages (SMS), email and instant messaging on their TV sets, according to research conducted by Continental Research on behalf of Comverse. The findings indicate a large potential for TVUM (unified messaging over TV), says Comverse. The… Continue reading UK DTV Customers Would Pay For TV Messaging Services, Finds Comverse

Internet penetration across Europe may have reached a plateau, according to a European Commission report – eEurope 2002 – released this month. Internet penetration in European households rose from 18% in March 2000 to 28% in October 2000, 36% in June 2001 and reached 38% by December last year. This suggest that the rapid take-up… Continue reading European Net Penetration May Plateau Below US, Finds EC

A new report from Andersen, focusing on mobile applications using digital content, forecasts a market worth E18.9 billion by 2006. The report, commissioned by the European Commission DG Information Society, forecasts that the mobile digital content market in western Europe will rise to E18 billion over the next 4 years. Currently the mobile market is… Continue reading Mobile Digital Content Will Be Worth E18.9 Billion By 2006

Parks Associates estimates that by the end of 2005, US households will have more than 80 million connection points for entertainment-specific applications. “We believe that digital content in the form of video and high-quality audio files will drive certain home networking applications, especially if that content can be aggregated on a platform and sent to… Continue reading US Homes Will Have 80m Entertainment Network Connection Points By 2005

The top seven countries will have a third of the global digital TV homes by 2006, according to data from Informa Media Group. The fourth edition of Digital Broadcasting Revolution forecasts that these countries will have 148 million digital homes by 2006, representing 55% penetration. The top seven recorded 41 million digital homes at the… Continue reading Over 450m Digital TV Homes Worldwide By 2006, Says Informa

The European online travel market will be valued at more than E20 billion by 2006, according to a new report from Jupiter MMXI, with the UK currently leading the way with almost six million unique visitors in January 2002. Germany and France follow the UK with 5.1 million and 2.5 million unique visitors in the… Continue reading European Online Travel Market To Be Worth E20bn By 2006, Says Jupiter

US network and spot television spending for the 2002 Winter Olympics will total approximately $700 million, up 11.6% on the $627 million grossed in the last Winter Olympics, according to data released by CMR yesterday. During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, network television grossed $480 million, while spot television totaled $147 million. In 2000,… Continue reading Winter Olympics US TV Revenue To Rise 12% On 2000’s Event