According to a new report by eMarketers there will be 108 million active internet users in Europe by the end of 2001. The eEurope report predicts that the total number of users by year-end 2001 will show an increase of 54% on the 2000 total of 70 million. “The European online community reflects a moderate… Continue reading New Report Predicts 108 Million Online By The End Of The Year

Over a third of all households in the UK now have internet access, some 9 million homes, according to new research by NetValue. Those connected are also using the internet more often and for longer periods, usage in March 2001 was higher than ever before with users averaging 24 sessions over 10.5 days. The number… Continue reading UK Home Internet Access Grows

ONdigital is expected to announce a growth of 70,000 customers when it unveils its Q1 2001 subscriber figures this week. This is down on the 121,000 new customers it signed up in the first quarter last year. The slowing growth is mainly the result of churn – the number of customers leaving the ONdigital service.… Continue reading ONdigital Subs Growth Hampered By High Churn

Advertising revenues at ITV are expected to show even sharper year on year declines in the second quarter than the first, according to estimates from media buyers compiled by ABN Amro. The broker says that a 15% fall in Q2 is now on the cards – a deterioration on the 8% drop that was experienced… Continue reading ITV Ad Revenue Shows Further Decline In Q2

ONdigital is expected to announce a growth of 70,000 customers when it unveils its Q1 2001 subscriber figures next week. This is down on the 121,000 new customers it signed up in the first quarter last year. The slowing growth is mainly the result of churn – the number of customers leaving the ONdigital service.… Continue reading ONdigital Subs Growth Hampered By High Churn

A further blow was struck for those impatient for digital switchover today as research revealed that in some cases you can’t even give digital TV away. CIA MediaLab has just completed a survey into the public’s attitude to multi-channel TV, and discovered that 35% of those surveyed who do not currently watch multi-channel TV would… Continue reading Public Still Not Convinced By Digital TV, Says Survey

The much-vaunted union of old and new media, highlighted by the merger of AOL and Time Warner in January last year, appears to be paying off as the company has turned in financials ahead of Wall Street expectations, despite a downturn in the US economy and slowing ad revenue streams. AOL Time Warner yesterday said… Continue reading AOL Time Warner Looks Positive In Bleak Climate

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that cuts to mortgage rates helped to drive the headline rate of inflation down to a thirteen month low of 2.3% in March, compared to 2.7% in February. The underlying inflation rate remained unchanged at 1.9%. This means the underlying rate has now remained below the… Continue reading Mortgage Rate Cuts Bring Headline Inflation To Thirteen Month Low

The majority of senior media executives in the US believe that advertising expenditure will begin to recover in the third quarter of this year, according to a survey conducted by AdMedia Partners in December and released this month. Forty-seven percent of the 1,000 media and financial executives questioned believe that ad recovery will come in… Continue reading Majority Of Media Executives Expect Ad Recovery In Q3 2002

Cinema admissions in Britain boomed in 2001, rising by more than 9% on 2000 with 155.9 million tickets sold. This represents a 30 year high for the cinema industry and comes alongside box office revenues of £645 million, up 12.6% year on year, according to the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA). This growth is perhaps in… Continue reading Insight Analysis: British Cinema – Admissions Strong, Profits Weak