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US consumers spent $1.3 billion on online content during 2002, a year on year increase of 95%, according to a new report from comScore Networks and the Online Publishers Association (OPA). Research has shown that businesses and consumers are showing an increased willingness to pay for internet content (see Online Content Revenues Set To Rise)… Continue reading Online Content Sales Surge In 2002

Newspaper and online advertising appears to have the most effect on affluent internet users in the US, according to a new report out this week. washingtonpost.com, in conjunction with Nielsen//NetRatings, surveyed its visitors during January and found that 58% of respondents from households earning more than $100k said that newspaper ads had influenced them to… Continue reading Big Spenders Roused By Press And Online Ads

The value of the Western European broadband access market is set to quadruple in the next four years, according to figures from The Yankee Group. The research firm estimates that high-speed internet services generated almost $4.7 billion (€4.3 billion) in revenue last year. DSL is expected to drive future growth and it is forecasted that… Continue reading European Broadband Revenues On The Rise

US online retail sales exceeded $14 billion in the final quarter of 2002, according to a new report from the Department of Commerce. The study calculated that e-commerce sales surged by 28.2% year on year to $14.33 billion. This in turn was an increase of 29.3% on the Q3 figure of $11.06 billion (see US… Continue reading US Online Sales Hit New High In Q4

“Monthly Streamies”, namely those consumers who have tuned to internet broadcasts in the past thirty days should be seen as a core market for US digital device makers. That is the conclusion to be drawn from a new report by Arbitron and Edison Media Research. The study, entitled Internet and Multimedia 10: The Emerging Digital… Continue reading Streamies Express Desire For Digital

The UK has been placed in a fourth level tier of broadband penetration in an eMarketer comparison of worldwide nations’ development. The UK currently has a broadband internet penetration of just over 10%, according to figures from Strategy Analytics (see UK Broadband Net Penetration To Hit 40% By 2008, Says Strategy Analytics). Whilst this is… Continue reading UK In Fourth Tier Of eMarketer’s World Broadband Comparisons

The Western European ecommerce industry was worth â‚Ź309 billion in 2002, according to the new annual trends and forecasts report from the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO). Germany took the largest share of the market at 28%, whilst the UK contributed 19% of the region’s ecommerce spend, leading France’s 13%. Currently business to business (B2B)… Continue reading Western European Ecommerce Worth €309bn, Says EITO Report

UK internet subscriptions increased by 7.4% during 2002, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The latest monthly update to the survey of ISPs shows that total subscriptions were actually down 1.1% in December when compared to the previous month (see Broadband Stimulates UK Internet Market). This was due to a 2%… Continue reading Broadband Boost To UK Connectivity

One in ten US households now has a home networking system, up from 8% in 2001, according to a new report from high-tech market research company, In-Stat/MDR. The group says that home networking – the connection of multiple entertainment, internet, voice and data devices through a single network – is now moving away from the… Continue reading One In Ten US Households Has Home Networking, Finds In-Stat

UK consumers continued to spend freely on the internet during January, according to new figures from the Interactive Media in Retail Group. After a bumper December during which online sales topped £1 billion for the first time (see Internet Shopping Is A Billion Pound Industry, Says IMRG), spending remained constant at £999.85 million. This is… Continue reading E-Retail Sites Avoid New Year Hangover