Advertising revenues for radio have ‘stabalised’ according the US Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) yet figures for June reveal a drop of 8% year on year. Combined local and national revenues for radio fell by 8%, local spend dropped by 4% while national declined 20% when compared with June 2000. In the year to date, local… Continue reading US Radio Ad Revenues Decline As Market ‘Softening’ Ends

By 2002, 68% of Interactive Digital Television (iDTV) application developers will be using Microsoft ‘middleware’ platform says Strategy Analytics. This represents a significant rise from the current share of 38% and suggests that Microsoft’s dominance of the software market may not be limited to PCs. The survey, which involved leading developers working on over 200… Continue reading Microsoft Will Play Key Role In iDTV Developing

The number of blue collar workers using the internet is growing, according to a report by Continental Research. The research shows that internet usage is “taking a firm hold” in 2CDE households, the demographic of which tends to be older people who work in blue collar occupations and have less exposure to PCs and the… Continue reading ‘Blue Collar’ Web Use Rises

Anglo-Dutch publishing group, Reed Elsevier, has this morning posted interim pre-tax profits up 13% at £410 million, notably above the consensus expectations. Reed says that the first half results are encouraging and reflect strong performances in Science & Medical, Legal and Education, partly offset by the impact of the economic slowdown on Business to Business.… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Shares Rally As Results Beat Expectations

Broadband internet growth in the UK is set to be double that of the United States for at least the next three years, according to forecasts by Net Profit. Growth is expected to be 527% this year, dropping back to 145% next year and gradually slowing from that point on. The huge growth rate at… Continue reading Insight Analysis: UK Broadband Net Access Forecasts

colspan=”7″>Use of Internet WAP and mobiles, Europe 

colspan=”7″>US ecommerce revenues 2000-2005 ($b) 

colspan=”7″>Western Europe E-Commerce Overview 2001 

colspan=”4″>UK Overview 1999-2001 

Forecasts from NetProfit predict that ecommerce in the UK will be worth $255.19 billion by 2005 with 11% generated by business to consumer sales and 89% by businesses trading online. This figure is considerably less than Forrester’s forecast of £300 billion for business trading alone by the same date (see Forecasts) but still represents a… Continue reading Insight Analysis: E-Commerce Revenue Growth Forecasts