Latest forecasts from Optimedia show online adspend reaching £100m during 2000. This represents a 150% year-on-year increase and appears to defy recent claims of a downturn in the sector. During 2001 the market will continue to perform well, with revenue from advertising predicted to reach £210m, a growth rate of 110%. Since first including internet… Continue reading Internet Advertising Revenue Forecasts

Revenues at information services company Reuters rose by 15% to £3.6 billion for the year ended 31 December 2000, according to financial results released this morning. Pre-tax profit rose by 4% from £632 million to £657 million and earnings per share were up 26% at 37.9p. During 2000 Reuters began laying foundations for a new… Continue reading Collapse In Internet Value Does Not Affect Reuters Strategy, Says Chief Executive – 13 February 2001

Online travel sales company Lastminute.com this morning reported first quarter financial results that show sales and customer numbers increasing, whilst losses deepen. Total transactions for the quarter reached £20.2 million in value, a 53% increase quarter on quarter and up from just £4.8 million for the same period a year earlier. The number customers making… Continue reading Lastminute.com Sales Grow As Losses Deepen – 12 February 2001

New research from Jupiter forecasts that although online B-to-B trade currently represents only 1.5% of all European business (Euros 200 billion), by 2004 Jupiter MMXI predicts that it will grow to 1.8 trillion Euros. Jupiter surveyed Europe’s 500 Net Markets (a virtual market where demand and supply for goods and services meet and are fulfilled)… Continue reading European B2B Trading Forecasts From Jupiter

Source: Optimedia, January 2001   1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 £m 123 135 146 157 168 177 % increase year on year 27% 10% 8% 8% 7% 5% Estimated CPT £39.65 £42.35 £45.36 £49.00 £52.42 £56.09 Media Inflation (%) 8% 7% 7% 8% 7% 7%

Source: Optimedia, January 2001   1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Estimated CPT £4.50 £4.64 £4.68 £4.76 £4.82 £4.87 % increase year on year 3% 4% 3% 2% 2% 2%

Source: Optimedia, January 2001   1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 £m 727 742 756 779 802 818 % increase year on year 3% 2% 2% 3% 3% 2% Estimated CPT £3.98 £4.02 £4.10 £4.18 £4.26 £4.30 Media Inflation 2% 1% 2% 2% 2% 1%

Source: Optimedia, January 2001   1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Estimated CPT £4.50 £4.64 £4.68 £4.73 £4.82 £4.87 % increase year on year 2% 3% 1% 1% 2% 1%

Source: Optimedia, January 2001   1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 £m 1,937 2,034 2,095 2,158 2,201 2,245 % increase year on year 6% 5% 3% 3% 2% 2%

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