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The majority of UK internet users are now using broadband connections at home, according to the latest research from Nielsen//NetRatings. According to the research, the number of individuals actively surfing the internet at home each month has increased by 15% to 22.8 million over the past year. Of these, just over 50% (11.5 million) are… Continue reading Over 50% Of UK Surfers Now Using Broadband

Condé Nast has handed Zed Media, the digital arm of ZenithOptimedia, the task of increasing traffic to its network of magazine websites.The CondéNet portfolio, which includes Vogue.com, GQ.com, Glamour.com and CNTraveller.com, currently receiver over 32 million page impressions a month and has over 1.5 million unique users. Zed Media has been given a brief to… Continue reading Condé Nast Hands Digital Brief To Zed Media

Online revenue is outperforming the rest of the advertising market and is set to overtake radio’s share of overall advertising revenue over the next few months. OPera, the new media investment company for the Omnicom agencies, has predicted that online advertising will be worth £699 million in 2005, a growth of 26.2% compared to this… Continue reading Exponential Growth For UK Online Advertising

New research from mediaedge:cia indicates that the traditional power of television advertising is being eroded by the increased use of the internet by consumers, with a direct transfer in consumption evident from television to the internet. Mediaedge:cia’s research also found that TV campaigns deliver 14% less pressure amongst internet users when compared with their non-surfing… Continue reading Internet Usage Eroding TV Ad Effectiveness

Using the internet as a source of entertainment has overtaken business and investment as the second largest paid content category on the web during the first half of 2004, according to the US Online Publishers Association (OPA). The entertainment category, which was fueled primarily by growth in the music sector, grew by 78.3% to £182.8… Continue reading Entertainment Spurs Online Paid Content To $853 Million In H1 2004

The US internet access services market is expected to have strong single digit growth over the next five years, with broadband revenues remaining as the single largest driver in this sector. As demand for internet dial-up services continue to decline, access to the web via broadband is expected to remain strong in both the consumer… Continue reading US Internet Access Market Continues To Grow

Email is being accepted as a marketing tool, with over half of consumers wishing that it would replace telemarketing, however, a new study from Doubleclick revealed that two-thirds of emails received are still considered as spam. As well as 49% of people surveyed seeing email marketing as a replacement for telemarketing, 45% of respondents said… Continue reading Email Becomes More Popular As A Marketing Tool

Broadband is expected to reach 41% of all European homes by the end of 2008, growing from this year’s predicted target of reaching 20% (33.5 million) of all homes, says Strategy Analytics. However, the report Broadband In Europe: Competition Heats Up At Last shows, due to a lack of competition, the smaller ‘more nimble’ countries… Continue reading Broadband To Reach 41% Of European Homes By 2008

New projections out today from eMarketer show that 2004 is likely to be another boom year for US online advertising, with spending expected to increase by 28.8% year-on-year to $9.4 billion, while 2005 is predicted to climb by 21%. Paid search, which accounts for 42% of the market, is also expected to grow significantly over… Continue reading US Internet Ad Market Set To Grow By 28% In 2004 & 21% In 2005

Broadband is to this decade what cable television was to the 1980’s, says the latest report from Instat, as cable and DSL figures are expected to climb from 24 million subscribers in 2003 to 50 million by 2008. However, Instat says while growth will remain strong, it will be slowing as the market moves to… Continue reading Broadband Is To This Decade What Cable TV Was To The 1980’s