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The number of broadband customers in the UK will continue growing steadily, but at a lower rate, to reach about 21 million by the end of 2012 (19 million consumer lines and two million business ones), according to the latest forecast from Point Topic. The online analyst predicts that the current downward trend in growth… Continue reading UK Broadband Customers Will Continue To Grow, But The Rate Will Slow

Hulu, the yet to launch online video site from News Corp and NBC Universal in the US, is getting ready to launch in the UK, in a move that could be seen as a challenge to Joost.Hulu (see News Corp Reveals Video Website Name), which is still in private trials, and Joost (see Joost To… Continue reading Hulu Could Launch In The UK

A new report from In-Stat has found that Europe is leading the world in the fast-growing digital terrestrial platform (DTT), though other regions are gaining momentum. In-Stat says that with digital switchover approaching in North America and Western Europe, strong drivers for DTT set-top boxes are on the horizon as consumers move from analogue to… Continue reading Europe Leading The World In DTT Growth

The Interactive Advertising Bureau – the IAB in the US – and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) this week announced that internet advertising revenues exceeded $5.2 billion for the third quarter of 2007, representing yet another historic high for a quarter and a $1.1 billion increase, or 25.3%, over Q3 2006. The results are nearly 3% higher… Continue reading US Internet Ad Revenues Exceed $5.2bn For Q3 07

More than 35% of Europeans will spend more on their Christmas shopping online this year than last, according to research from comScore. Britons are set to top the list of nationalities with 43% planning to increase their online spend on last year, compared to 38% for France and 29% for Germany. Meanwhile, one in four… Continue reading Europeans To Boost Their Online Shopping Habits This Christmas

More than 16 million TV households in the US may be using their broadband service more than they use their TV sets in the next three years, according to a new report from In-Stat. “Today’s stable and profitable subscription TV services are facing new competition from online and mobile entertainment services, and from new, high-quality… Continue reading Broadband Could Become More Popular Than TV In The US

European internet users are spending an average of 12 hours a week online, an hour more than last year, with youngsters spending more time with their computers rather than the traditional TV set, according to new research from the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA). Social networking has exploded, with more than 40% of internet users… Continue reading Young Europeans Now Spending More Time Online Than With TV

New research from IPC Media has found that 71% of UK women go online every day, with the average woman having been connected to the web for six and a half years. The findings come from Women’s Space, the latest wave of research from IPC Media’s Origin Panel – a rolling programme of research using… Continue reading New Research Finds Women At Home On The Web

US online adspend will more than double as a percentage of total media, rising from a 6% share of total media in 2006, to slightly more than a 12% share in 2010, according to a new forecast from eMarketer. In roughly the same period, eMarketer predicts that online spending will nearly treble, rising frmo $16.9bn… Continue reading US Online Adspend To More Than Double

Almost 21 million Britons visited a TV, video or movie-related website in Sept 07, a 28% increase in visitors since Sept 06, according to a new report from Nielsen Online.The TV/Video/Movie sector online is now visited by 63% of Britons online; up from 55% in Sept 06 – a growth rate of 15%.The total time… Continue reading Almost 21 Million Britons Visited Video Websites In September