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The viability of paid-for content will be the focus of this year’s World Electronic Publishing Conference to be held in Barcelona next month. “Beyond The Printed Word” is organised by the publishing technology association IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the magazine publishers association FIPP. The conference, which will take place on 17… Continue reading Publishers Step Up Search For Online Profits

One in five Americans consider the internet to be the “most essential” medium in their lives and it is now appreciated as much as television, according to a report from Arbitron and Edison Media Research. Survey results published in “Internet 9: The Media and Entertainment World of Online Consumers”, showed that 34% of respondents believed… Continue reading Web Rivals Television In The Popularity Stakes

The worldwide internet population will increase from its current level of 565 million to 725 million by the end of 2004, according to a forecast from eMarketer. The report also asserted that the Asia-Pacific region is set to surpass Europe and North America in terms of number of web users. Nua recently stated that Europe… Continue reading Internet Population To Rise By 28% In Next Two Years

Consumer online purchases in the US are predicted to increase by 27% in the course of the 2002 holiday season, according to a new forecast from Forrester Research. The study estimates that consumers will spend a total of $72.1 billion on non-travel purchases this year. This is expected to rise to $217 billion in 2007,… Continue reading US Online Spending To Surge In Run Up To Christmas

Half of UK business were online in 2001, according to the first stage of results from the Office for National Statistics’ 2001 e-commerce survey of 12,000 businesses. The report shows that the larger a business, the more likely it is to be online: 46% of the smallest businesses use the Net, compared with 98% of… Continue reading Half Of UK Business Online In 2001, Finds ONS

During the last six years or so we have witnessed the very rapid and at times tumultuous birth of a whole new communications medium – the internet. Rapid because it has come to play a role in so many aspects of our personal and business lives in such a short time. Tumultuous because, from a… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Can There Really Be A Free Lunch At The ‘Cyber-Buffet’?

The proportion of European consumers using the internet to purchase goods and services is steadily increasing, despite an overall dip in optimism about the medium, according to a new report from Gfk Group‘s gfk-webgauge survey. European consumers are less optimistic about the development of e-commerce than they were only six months ago, according to a… Continue reading European E-Commerce Sector Grows, Despite New Media Pessimism

Telewest Communications, the UK cable operator, has extended its high-speed Blueyonder internet service to Devon and Cornwall, offering the south west of England broadband access to the web. Telewest’s broadband coverage now reaches a number of regions across the length of England and parts of Scotland. In many of Telewest’s coverage gaps, rival group NTL… Continue reading Telewest Brings Broadband Internet To South-West England

Internet penetration in Great Britain hit the very significant 50% mark in June this year, according to the latest edition of the Internet User Profile Study from NOP World. Women are currently driving the uptake, says the study, which shows that the growth rate translates to 6,000 new users per day over the last twelve… Continue reading Half Of Britons Now Online, Says NOP

There are now more than 25 million digital subscriber lines (DSL), offering broadband communications, across the world, according to new data released by Point Topic. Telecoms operators in 50 countries added 6.7 million DSL lines in the first half of 2002 and despite the economic slowdown and the telecoms financial crisis, the world’s installed base… Continue reading Global DSL Growth Hits 35% In H1, Despite Sector’s Financial Troubles