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The worldwide total of broadband lines grew to 100.8 million last year according to a report by Point Topic. The report, titled World Broadband Statistics, showed that in the second half of last year 21 million broadband lines were added, with Asia Pacific contributing to almost half of this to maintain its overall 44% share.Top… Continue reading Broadband Lines Reach 100 Million Worldwide In 2003

Internet media streaming is facing stiff competition from traditional television, as online content owners feel the pressure to draw customers from TV to desktop screens, says IT analysts and consultants Frost & Sullivan. Mukul Krishna, industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan, said: “This is an uphill task, considering the present quality of streaming over the… Continue reading Internet Media Streaming Under Pressure From Television

Internet retailers can look forward to huge sales boosts within the next five years says Interactive Media Retail Group (IMRG), as one in four purchases are expected to be made online. By 2009 it is forecast that the UK internet shopping market will increase to £80 billion, compared with the £17 billion spend expected this… Continue reading UK Online Shopping To Reach £80bn By 2009

The majority of internet users believe that the frequency of pop-ups and other intrusive advertising formats should be limited to just two per hour, according to the latest research from Dynamic Logic. The AdReaction survey reveals that around two-thirds of respondents feel that some over-content advertising formats are appropriate to support free website content, but… Continue reading Internet Users Want Pop-Ups Ads Limited

Over half of European broadband internet users are willing to pay to download music files from the web, according to a survey by Strategy Analytics. As a result, music companies are missing out on a â‚Ź650 million market opportunity, says the report. Music downloads look set to be a driver of paid content downloads, with… Continue reading European Internet Music Downloads Could Be Worth €650m

Less than one-third of US households with dial-up internet access are interested in upgrading to broadband in the next twelve months, suggesting a significant decline in the broadband subscriber growth rate. This is according to Parks Associates’ Trends In US Broadband Adoption report, which finds that whilst almost half of dial-up users were inclined to… Continue reading US Broadband Uptake To Slow, Says Parks Associates

There were 24.6 million high-speed internet subscribers in the US by the end of 2003, taking the total broadband penetration to more than 20% of residential households. According to new data from Leichtman Research Group (LRG), the country’s twenty largest cable and DSL providers – representing about 98% of the market – added a combined… Continue reading A Fifth Of US Homes Take Broadband In 2003

The next generation of video games consoles will sell 47 million units between their expected launch in late 2005 and the end of 2010, according to a new executive briefing from Informa Media. The European Games Consoles To 2010 report predicts that Sony’s PlayStation brand will again be the winner, with the PS3 expected to… Continue reading Online Gaming Will Be Key In Next Generation Consoles

The UK has entered the top ten global ranking for DSL broadband penetration, having notched up 1.8 million subscribers to DSL services by the end of 2003. This makes Britain the tenth biggest market for broadband connections via telephones in the world, according to data from analysts Point Topic. Across the world almost 28 million… Continue reading UK Enters The Global Top Ten For DSL Broadband

Growth in paid search engine marketing in the US will slow to 22.5% this year, compared to 123% during 2003, according to a new report from eMarketer. The e-business research portal has predicted that revenues will surpass $2.5 billion during 2004, but the triple-digit growth of last year will fall considerably. Last year revenues across… Continue reading US Search Engine Marketing Growth To Slow In 2004