United Business Media (UBM) has acquired 50% of the Dutch national news agency’s news release distribution division, Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau Pers Support (ANPPS), for €6.5 million (£3.9 million) in cash, the company announced this morning. The investment continues UBM’s strategy to provide its PR Newswire service with a strong local identity in key markets. ANPPS… Continue reading UBM Acquires Dutch News Release Agency
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India is expected to see rapid growth in the number of internet users in the next few years, despite the slowdown and lack of venture capital funding for investments there, according to an Economic Times’ report on a recent IDC India survey. The survey shows that there will be 37.5 million web users in India… Continue reading Strong Net User Growth Predicted In India
The number of women using the Internet in the Asia-Pacific region has increased by an average of 36% since January, according to a Nielsen NetRatings report. The report says that women now comprise 48% of the Australian internet audience and 46% of New Zealand Net users. In South Korea the number of online women is… Continue reading Women Take Up The Net In Asia, Says Nielsen NetRatings
Although a fair few internet companies shut down in June, 53 according to Webmergers, this represents a plateau in the dot-dom death dot toll as a comparable number ceased to be in May (54). In April, the number of companies which shut down or declared bankruptcy was 59 and so far the number of ‘substantial’… Continue reading Internet Shutdowns ‘Hold Steady’, Says Webmergers
Russian telecoms minister Leonid Reimnan has reiterated his wish for €39 billion to be invested in the Russian telecommunications industry by 2010, according to a report on Europemedia. At least half of this figure is expected to come from reinvestment by existing Russian telecoms companies and the rest from foreign and Russian investors, the report… Continue reading Russian Telecoms Minister Cals For e39 billion Investment
Telecommunications hardware developer, Pace Microtechnology, and interactive television and media company, OpenTV, are to jointly develop high-end digital cable technology worldwide, the two companies have announced. Pace will port OpenTV’s broadband offering onto its cable home gateway. OpenTV’s broadband portfolio includes its interactive TV Middleware, EN2, integrated with Device Mosaic?, a standards-based HTML browser specifically… Continue reading Pace And OpenTV To Develop High-End Digital Cable
Radio has not been immune to the doom predictions of the adspend downturn. The Advertising Association expected average year on year quarterly growth would be 9% in 2001, down from an average 11.2% during 2000. The first quarter growth of just 0.8% this year appeared to confirm fears and AA estimates expect the second quarter… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Radio Resists Adspend Trend
The most-used sites on the internet are not necessarily the most valuable in terms of attracting online spenders, according to a new study from Diameter, a division of DoubleClick, and comScore Networks. The netScore Buying Power Index (BPI) allows internet site owners to gauge the ‘value’ of their visitors based on the amount of money… Continue reading Popular Sites Don’t Necessarily Bring Online Big Spenders, Says Report
According to the Jupiter MMXI May 2001 internet behaviour study, the number of Europeans visiting business and finance sites rose by 50% in some markets last month and the time spent on such sites has risen by around 60%. Online banking has proved very popular in Europe as has online share dealing and many other… Continue reading Europe Leads In Online Finance