Despite mobile phone providers’ endeavours to recruit 3G customers, third generation technology remains a low priority for mobile users across the globe, with cost the overriding factor, according to new research from TNS. The research identified little increase in 3G technology usage amongst consumers, who see the offer of mobile TV and surfing the net… Continue reading 3G Capability Remains Low Priority For Mobile Users

Pearson, publisher of the Financial Times, has announced that it is on track to produce record profits for the year. The group recorded underlying operating profit up 15% for the first nine months of the year and sales up 5%, whilst total sales for the nine months to September 30 were up by 11% and… Continue reading Pearson On Track To Deliver Record Profits This Year

The board of SMG has threatened to resign after a dispute with one of its main shareholders as to who should run the company. According to a report in the Guardian, non-executive directors told Fidelity that they would quit unless the fund manager stop demanding that they fire chairman Dr Chris Masters. Fidelity has apparently… Continue reading SMG Board Threatens To Resign

ITV could be considering a bid for SMG following the company’s shares hitting a fifteen year low last week. There have already been strong rumours that ITV is to make bids for SMG’s cinema advertising business Pearl & Dean (see ITV Could Bid For Pearl & Dean). Following the issuing of a profits warning last… Continue reading ITV Could Make Bid For SMG

Google Europe vice president, Nikesh Arora, has told MPs at a select committee that the company would not tolerate copyright violations and that it would remove them when it takes over YouTube later this year.Earlier this month, after Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion (£884 million) (see Google Buys YouTube), the video-sharing site signed deals… Continue reading Google To Clamp Down On YouTube’s Copyright Issues

The rise of the internet is a key factor in the depressed state of the UK advertising market, according to WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell.The UK has a significantly higher proportion of advertising online than in many other countries, which has been an additional drag on the more traditional advertising media.“Google said we spend… Continue reading Internet Is Key Factor In Depressed UK Ad Market

The UK newspaper market is more competitive than any in the world and has become even more competitive over the past few years, according to Carolyn McCall, chief executive of Guardian Media Group.Speaking at the WAN’s World Digital Publishing Conference in London, McCall told over 200 delegates from across the world that she believes the… Continue reading UK Newspaper Market Is The Most Competitive In The World

WPP Group’s global growth has slowed in Q3 2006, with revenues rising by 4.6% to £1.4 billion. The company cites the slowdown on the UK and Eastern Europe markets as the cause of its subdued performance. According to a statement released by the group, revenues were up 12% during the first nine months of 2006,… Continue reading WPP Records Q3 Revenue Slowdown

81% of children aged between the ages of eight and 11 have a computer at home, just slightly less than the 95% that have a television set at home, according to a new report by market research company Youth Trends. 87% of the age group also access the internet from their home computers, with around… Continue reading Online Competes With TV For Youth Market

September was another record breaking month for text messaging, with over 3.7 billion sent during the month, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA). This figure is an increase of 100 million on the previous highest total of 3.6 billion recorded in August (see Text Messaging For August Soars To Record… Continue reading Record Breaking September For Text Messages