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By 2009, mobile video services are expected to generate $5.4 billion annual revenues when 22.3 million Americans will be viewers of mobile video content, says In-Stat/MDR. A recent survey carried out by the market research company found that 13.2% of US wireless subscribers are extremely or very interested in purchasing mobile video services for their… Continue reading ‘Natural Demand’ For Mobile Video Services

By the end of March 2004, the total number of worldwide DSL lines reached 73 million, according to Point Topic’s latest analysis on the DSL market. Growth was almost 15% for the first quarter of 2004, with a record 9.5 million absolute increase in lines since the end of 2003. This is good news for… Continue reading DSL Lines Climb To 73 Million Worldwide

High-speed Internet use grew 42% last year as 8.3 million US homes and businesses signed up for broadband services, says the Federal Communications Commission. By the end of 2003 broadband use grew to 28.2 million homes, driven largely by new residential and small-business customers. Cable-based services continued to be the most popular form of broadband… Continue reading US Broadband Internet Use Rockets in 2003

Broadband internet has become the second most popular entertainment medium in the UK and is fast catching up with TV, says a new report from Wanadoo. According to Wanadoo, its Fishbowl 2 survey is the UK’s largest ever media diary study. It asked 1000 people to record their media consumption over a two week period… Continue reading Broadband Internet ‘Eating Into TV Consumption’

Local advertising in the US slowed in April with newspaper and radio revenue results not performing as well as the previous month but this isn’t something to make too much of, says Merrill Lynch, as the outlook for the summer months remains positive. Merrill Lynch thinks that the drop in newspaper revenues during April was… Continue reading Merrill Lynch Remains Positive About Summer US Ad Market

Research group, Strategy Analytics, expects the number of European households with broadband internet to reach 41% by 2008, according to eMarketer. By the end of this year, broadband uptake in Europe is expected to reach 20% (33.5 million) of all households, with strong broadband markets such as Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium helping to spur growth… Continue reading Broadband To Reach 41% Of European Households By 2008

More than half (56%) of US internet users say they are likely to switch to a high-speed connection within the next six months, with there being an equal split between people choosing cable and DSL, says Ipsos-Insight. The study conducted by the global market research firm, also reveals that one in four US households with… Continue reading Battle For Broadband Customers Hotting Up

Online advertising spending in the US hit $2.3 billion this quarter, growing at six time the rate of the overall US advertising economy, says a new report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). During quarter one 2004, online emerged as the fastest growing segment of the US advertising industry, setting a new record.… Continue reading Internet Emerges As Top Ad Medium

As Google and Yahoo! enter in to the local search advertising market, a new report from eMarketer warns local newspapers and yellow pages this is very bad news. Last year in the US, $22 billion was spent on local advertising by small and medium businesses, a much bigger prize for Google and Yahoo! when compared… Continue reading Google And Yahoo! Threaten Local Advertisers

Broadband penetration in the US continued to grow during March and is expected to reach 50% of US internet users by July 2004, says telecoms giant, Comcast. In March, broadband grew by nearly 1%, with 46% of all internet users now opting for a high-speed connection, up from 45.15% in February this year. In March,… Continue reading US Broadband Penetration To Reach 50% By July