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The twenty largest cable and telephone providers in the US, who represent about 94% of the market, achieved record high-speed internet additions in 2006, according to new research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG). LRG says that combined net additions for the year totaled over 10.2 million subscribers – a total that exceeded the previous record… Continue reading 2006 Was Record Year For US High-Speed Internet

ComScore Networks has announced that 747 million people, age 15+, used the internet worldwide in January 2007, a 10% increase versus January 2006. Among the top 15 countries (ranked by penetration), internet audiences in India, the Russian Federation and China increased the most in 2006, growing 33%, 21% and 20% respectively. China now represents the… Continue reading Worldwide Internet Usage Increases

Point Topic’s latest BroadBand User Consumer Survey has highlighted growing dissatisfaction amongst UK consumers with the internet service they receive from their ISPs. Dr Katja Mueller, Research Director at Point Topic, said: “The change since our last survey is striking. Within 10 months the satisfaction levels have declined significantly. “From 92% of respondents saying they… Continue reading Growing Consumer Dissatisfaction With UK ISPs

The BBC has joined forces with YouTube to create branded BBC channels on the website, operating under separate BBC and BBC Worldwide agreements.The partnership will see clips of new BBC shows and specially commissioned promotional content linked to popular series such as Doctor Who and Life On Mars, aired on YouTube.At launch, the YouTube community… Continue reading BBC Does Deal With YouTube

Online newspaper websites are rapidly increasing in popularity as their print counterparts continue to suffer falling circulation figures, according to audited data from ABC and ABCe.It appears that no amount of free DVDs and wall charts can halt the declines, which has been felt across the sectors. Newspaper websites on the other hand, never seem… Continue reading Newspapers’ Print Circulations Decline As Web Traffic Blossoms

A new report from eMarketer forecasts that US spending on podcast advertising will grow nearly fivefold by 2011. In 2005, advertising spending on podcasting in the US was a mere $3.1 million, rising to $80 million in 2006, according to the online market research group. Podcast distribution and viewing mechanisms are proliferating, but even the… Continue reading US Advertisers To Increase Spending On Podcasts

Channel 4 is to offer viewers the opportunity to catch-up on all of its commissioned programmes from the past seven days, for free via broadband.All of Channel 4’s commissioned content will now be offered free of charge for seven days via its VOD PC service, 4oD, with the service introducing advertising in the form of… Continue reading Channel 4’s 4oD To Offer Seven Day Catch-Up

BT has announced the appointment of Steve Norris as head of BT Vision Sport, with effect from April 1.Norris was previously vice-president of operations and production at TAJ Television, a Dubai based sports TV channels network. He will report to Marc Watson, BT Vision’s commercial directorHe was joint founder of TAJ Television in 2000, when… Continue reading BT Vision Appoints Head Of Sport

A new report has revealed that US wireless internet users show a deeper engagement with cyberspace. The Pew Internet and American Life Project said that 54% of internet users check e-mail on a typical day, compared to 72% of wireless users. The survey asked 798 US internet users about their wireless habits and sampled almost… Continue reading US Wireless Internet Users Show Deep Engagement With Cyberspace

Downloading TV content via the internet is set to become this year’s broadband phenomenon, according to price comparison website, uSwitch.com. USwitch.com says that internet protocol television (IPTV) is changing the way consumers watch television, with the average UK broadband user already spending 30 minutes a week downloading films and a further 23 minutes a week… Continue reading IPTV To Take Off In 2007