The overall European Broadband market added five million new subscriptions in the third quarter of 2007, representing a sequential growth rate of 6%, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. This growth rate has been essentially maintained in each of the last four quarters, implying 29% year-over-year growth, said Strategy Analytics. France Telecom continues… Continue reading European Broadband Market Adds 5m New Subscriptions

A new report from market research firm Dittberner shows that Western Europe led the global IPTV market in the third quarter of last year. The 3Q07 Global Broadband Subscriber Survey found that the number of global subscribers to IPTV services increased by 12% to reach 7.6mn in the third quarter of last year. According to… Continue reading Global IPTV Market Shows Growth

One in ten mobile users in the Western European markets is highly interested in mobile marketing and another three in ten indicate moderate interest, according to new research from the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA). The study surveyed 1,535 participants in the UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain and provides insights into the region’s consumer mobile… Continue reading Western European Consumers Ready For Mobile Marketing Growth

The new Tiscali TV Trends Report 2008 reveals that more than a third of British consumers (37%) are now regularly watching on demand content, twice as many as last year (17%). The report shows that 86% of those watching on-demand TV are watching at least as much, if not more TV than a year ago.… Continue reading More Than A third Of British Consumers Watch On-Demand Content

Although more US viewers are recording programmes with DVRs, they are not actually delaying viewing for very long, according to recent research conducted by Palisades MediaGroup. The study discovered that, on average, more than half of all DVR primetime programme playback is done within the same day it was recorded. And by the end of… Continue reading US DVR Viewers Quick To Catch-Up On Programmes

Over 3.5 million programmes were streamed or downloaded on demand on the BBC iPlayer in the fortnight following its Christmas day marketing launch.BBC research reveals that an average of a quarter of a million programmes have been downloaded or streamed each day since 25 December.Users, on average, watch each streamed programme for just under 25… Continue reading 3.5 million Programmes Watched On BBC iPlayer At Christmas

The ASA has revealed that advertisers in the UK are complying with strict rules introduced last year over junk food advertising to children.The ASA monitored 759 ads across TV, cinema, online, posters and direct mail for its first compliance report, to see whether advertisers were observing the rules introduced last summer (see Ofcom To Phase… Continue reading ASA Reveals Advertisers Strongly Compliant With Junk Food Ad Rules

Havas is expanding its UK operations further with the acquisition of leading independent media agency, BLM, for an undisclosed amount.In a statement, Havas said that the acquisition forms part of its strategy to consolidate growth in core mature markets and build on the success of its UK brands, which have seen a turnaround over the… Continue reading Havas Acquires BLM

H Bauer has appointed Julia Davis, former deputy editor of OK!, as editor of Bella.Davis replaces Jayne Marsden, who leaves after four years as editor of the magazine.The most recent ABC figures, for January to June 2007, show that Bella‘s circulation was down by more than 25% year on year (see ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007:… Continue reading Bauer Appoints New Bella Editor

As we ease tentatively into 2008, it’s easy to forget what a mammoth year for media 2007 actually was. Television’s dirty laundry was hung out after numerous TV phone-in scandals; on-demand services gave consumers the control they were after, and online social networking exploded. Print circulations dropped while digital radio blossomed, and the launch of… Continue reading That Was The Year That Was – 2007 In Review