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Outdoor advertising group, JCDecaux has revealed a 5.4% year on year increase in revenue for the first nine months of 2005, reaching €1,227.6 million, with organic revenues seeing a rise of 3.8% in the same time. In the third quarter of this year, the group enjoyed growth of 5.2% year on year, hitting €393.9 million.… Continue reading JCDecaux Sees 5.4% Revenue Increase

Teenage mobile phone users represent a $10.7 billion market; with almost half of 10 to 18 year olds having their own mobile phone, according to a new study from GfK NOP Technology. The mKids Study claims that 70% of the revenues from the teen and “tween” mobile market come from children with telephone plans of… Continue reading Teenage Mobile Users Represent $10.7 Billion Market

Text messages sent across the UK during September continued to break records, with new figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA) revealing an average of 89 million texts were sent per day. Person-to-person texts sent across the month increased by 25% compared to this time last year, resulting in the MDA revising its annual forecast… Continue reading Texts Sent In September Continue To Break Records

Microsoft’s success in the digital gaming world will help the global games industry to grow from $35.3 billion in 2005 to $58.4 billion in 2007. According to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media, Microsoft’s latest XBox games console will boost the overall performance of the industry, with competitors Sony and Nintendo also planning… Continue reading Global Games Industry To Reach $58.4 Billion In 2007

US wireless phone users are predicted to increase in the next four years, with between 23% and 37% of US wireless subscribers using a wireless phone as their primary telephone by 2009, according to new research from In-Stat. The high-tech market research firm reports around 9.4% of wireless subscribers in the US already use a… Continue reading US Wireless Phones Set To Rise

Vincent Bollore continues to raise his presence in media and communications group Aegis, with the latest reports showing the French entrepreneur having increased his stake to 20.48%. Bollore purchased 3 million shares at around 125 pence, pushing his hold in the company up from the 20.22% announced yesterday (see Bollore Raises Aegis Stake Further). The… Continue reading Bollore Keeps Pushing Aegis Stake Up

Vincent Bollore continues to raise his presence in media and communications group Aegis, with the latest reports showing the French entrepreneur having increased his stake to 20.48%.Bollore purchased 3 million shares at around 125 pence, pushing his hold in the company up from the 20.22% announced yesterday (see Aegis Appoints New CEO As Bollore Passes… Continue reading Bollore Keeps Pushing Aegis Stake Up

Cable firm ntl has announced details of its own-branded PVR designed to go head to head with BSkyB’s Sky+ system, featuring high definition capability and the ability to record three programmes simultaneously.Other features on the device, which was unveiled over the weekend, include a 160GB hard drive, matching the highest capacity Sky+ box. The set-top… Continue reading NTL Preps PVR To Tackle Sky+

BBC One came out on top in a head to head with ITV last night, competing with its rival in a night of soap excitement as the Mitchell brothers returned to Eastenders‘ Albert Square.The return of lovable thugs Phil and Grant drew a massive 11.4 million viewers to BBC One between 8-8:30pm, with a peak… Continue reading Mitchell Brothers’ Return Boosts BBC

The BBC has concluded an investigation into an alleged use of product placements, finding that while the incident in question was not in breach of guidelines, certain other practices at the Corporation require closer scrutiny.The review was sparked by allegations in the Sunday Times that free or reduced-cost goods could secure product placement and product… Continue reading BBC Has Room For Improvement After Product Placement Claims