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

Capital 95.8 has launched a new homepage which makes it easier for users to find written, audio and video content as well as adding some additional functionality.The refresh is phase one of a long-term strategy to redevelop Capital’s online offering. Future changes are intended to further increase levels of user interaction, and connect Londoners to… Continue reading Capital 95.8 Launches New Homepage

Gold Radio has signed Capital 95.8’s James Cannon to present its Breakfast Show as part of a new weekday line-up starting on January 21.Cannon will present the new Gold Network Breakfast Show with Erika North from 6am to 10am Monday to Friday.Cannon said: “I’m really excited about joining Gold. The station has really changed over… Continue reading Gold Radio Gets New Breakfast Show Presenter

David Evans, formerly a director of Arbitron-owned Continental Research, has joined MediaTel Group as the business director of MediaTel.co.uk, the company’s media data and intelligence service, which is used across 150 leading media companies.Evans will be working with the product and commercial teams to extend MediaTel.co.uk’s services and client base. His remit will also take… Continue reading Ex-Continental Research Director Joins MediaTel Group

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

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