European internet users’ time spent online has overtaken that spent reading newspapers and magazines, according to a new report from JupiterResearch. The report shows that European users now spend an average of four hours per week online, compared with just two hours in 2003, while time spent on newspapers and magazines is just three hours.… Continue reading Europeans Spend More Time Online Than Reading Newspapers
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US terrestrial radio operators experienced a 5% sequential increase in unique visitors to their websites in August, according to the JPMorgan & Co Internet Radio Scorecard. The report shows that internet radio operators were down 3.5% during the month, with unique visitors on internet radio operators’ sites increasing 1.5% each month since August 2005. Meanwhile,… Continue reading Visitors To US Internet Radio Sites Decrease In August
Two thirds of US online gamers are female, according to Nielsen Interactive Entertainment’s newly released third annual Active Gamer Benchmark study. The research, which puts the total figure for active gamers (those who play for more than one hour per-week) in the US at 117 million, says that 56% of those play online and 64%… Continue reading Two Thirds Of US Online Gamers Are Female
Broadband’s quarterly growth rate in Q2 2006 has been the lowest ever, just 7.1% worldwide, a large drop from the 8.5% at the end of 2005, according to a new report from Point Topic. Amongst all regions, only South-East Asia and Asia-Pacific reported an increase in growth rate over the quarter. Despite the slight increase… Continue reading Lowest Quarterly Growth Rate In Broadband History
IPTV subscribers are predicted to more than double in 2007, to 13.3 million, from an expected 6.4 million in 2006. Recent research from Informa Telecoms & Media said that there will be 36 million IPTV homes by 2011, or around seven times as many as 2006 (see 36 Million IPTV Homes By 2011). Gartner says… Continue reading Worldwide IPTV Subscribers To Reach 48.8 Million by 2010
Scarborough says that the ‘online exclusive’ audience, the audience that reads a newspaper’s website but not its printed version, accounts for two to 15% of the integrated newspaper audience of the publications examined in its report. The research shows that the Arizona Republic print edition reaches 56% of adults in the Phoenix market. However, when… Continue reading US Newspapers Increasing Audience Beyond Core Products
In the first six months of 2006, online advertising expenditure has reached almost £1 billion and looks set to overtake spending on national press advertising before the end of the year.This is according to new research from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB UK), PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the World Advertising Research Centre (WARC). The internet recorded… Continue reading UK Online Adspend Nears £1 Billion
Just over half (52%) of Britons using the internet believe online and digital technology makes their life easier, although half (50%) say that they cannot keep up with the rapid progress, according to new research from Nielsen/NetRatings. The research shows that although 42% know what podcasting is, a third (35%) have heard of it but… Continue reading Digital Consumers Revealed In New Research
There will be 36 million IPTV homes by 2011, or around seven times as many as 2006, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media. Despite this significant acceleration, Informa says that only 3.4% of the world’s TV households are forecast to subscribe to IPTV platforms by 2011, with operators battling for market share… Continue reading 36 Million IPTV Homes By 2011
Internet advertising will take a double-digit share of total advertising expenditure in two countries this year, and in eight countries by 2008, according to a new report from ZenithOptimedia. The report shows that internet advertising will take more than 10% of all ad expenditure in the UK, where it will take 12.9% of total expenditure,… Continue reading Internet Ad Share To Break Double Digit Barrier
