Carlton Communications has lost millions of pounds on the sale of its Technicolor production business to Thomson Multimedia (see Carlton Shareholders Approve Sale Of Technicolor), after shares in latter have fallen by more than a third since the deal was agreed, a report in the Sunday Telegraph claims. This affects Carlton’s proceeds from the disposal… Continue reading Carlton’s Technicolor Sale Loses Value
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A sharp fall in the market value of Future Network has led the company to issue a reassuring statement this morning. Future says that there has been no deterioration in its financial condition, the performance of its businesses or in the company’s expectation of its performance since the previous trading statement was posted on 8… Continue reading Future Reassures Investors Following Dramatic Shares Slump
A quarter of Europe’s economic growth will come from e-commerce by 2004, according to a new report by Andersen. It estimates that between 2000 and 2004, 24% of European economic growth will come from e-business – providing investments are made in broadband connections. The report claims that without e-business revenues, annual European economic will be… Continue reading E-Commerce Will Boost European Economic Growth, Says Andersen
In a survey of net users in 16 countries, Ipsos-Reid found that 46% of those questioned cited online credit card fraud as a “major concern” when shopping online and 26% said it was a “moderate concern”. Ipsos say that such concerns are limiting the potential for e-commerce growth as 55% of those who have not,… Continue reading Security Concerns Hamper eCommerce Success, Says Ipsos-Reid
UK cable market leaders NTL and Telewest have joined forces in a national marketing campaign designed to boost British broadband uptake. Both companies offer customers broadband cable modem internet services at £24.99 per month which compares favourably with BT’s £39.99 per month ADSL access. Currently broadband cable access is available to around 9 million homes… Continue reading NTL And Telewest Join Together To “Build Broadband Britain”
A new survey commissioned by Oftel shows that UK home internet use continues to rise as figures show that four million homes connected in the last 12 months. The survey, conducted in May 2001, reveals that 10 million homes now have internet connections, up from 6 million in May 2000 and 8.5 million in February… Continue reading UK Internet Use Continues To Rise, Says Oftel
There were more than seven million internet users in Spain during April and May – over 20% of the population – according to data from the Spanish Association for Media Research (AIMC), as reported on Europemedia. This is almost double the number of people online at the same point last, according to the report. Almost… Continue reading Seven Million Spanish Online, Says Report
The Newspaper Association Of America reports that newspaper advertising expenditure for Q1 2001 will come in at around $10.4 billion, a decline of 4.3% over 2000, according to preliminary estimates. “Obviously, it would be hard to match the incredible gains of last year, particularly in national, which registered an 18.7 percent gain in the first… Continue reading US Newspaper Adspend Declines For The First Time Since 1992
Digital One has reached 80% transmission coverage of the UK mainland population by switching on four new transmitters. Digital radio is now available to a potential 44.85m people in the UK, although only a fraction of this number have the equipment to listen to digital radio broadcasts. The licence requirement for Digital One is to… Continue reading Digital Radio Reaches 80% Coverage
In its latest report, Digital Dragons, The Boston Consulting Group reports that despite dot-com gloom lingering in Europe and the US, Asian e-commerce markets are booming. Business to consumer commerce in the Asia-Pacific region is growing at a rate of more than 100% a year mainly due to increased online activity from large, established consumer… Continue reading Boston Consulting Reports That B2C Markets In Asia Are Booming