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US consumer online content spending will reach $1.4 billion in 2003, up by 10.4% over 2002, according to a new report from eMarketer. This growth rate is just one-quarter of that seen in 2002, when online content sales surged by 43.4% year on year. eMarketer says that this is the first time since it began… Continue reading US Online Content Revenue Forecasts From eMarketer

The UK television airtime market will see flat advertising growth for 2003, rising to 3.5% for 2004, according to analysts at Lehman Brothers. The broker says that ITV (excluding ITV2) will see a decline of 3% in 2003 and 3.5% growth in 2004, for the twelve months to September (Carlton and Granada’s financial year). ITV… Continue reading ITV Revenue Forecasts From Lehman Brothers

US technology publishing advertising page volumes declined by 5.1% during October, according to the latest trading figures from United Business Media (UBM). This is one of the smallest declines for many months and is the continuation of an improving trend (see US Technology Publishing Ad Pages Drop 12% In August) During October, UBM’s CMP Media… Continue reading US Hi-Tech Publishing Ad Volumes Still Improving

The worldwide market for integrated digital televisions (iDTVs) is forecast to exceed 26 million units by 2008, up from an estimated 1.5 million in 2003, according to a new study by IMS Research. Currently, over half of total iDTV shipments have been to Japan, with the US and the UK each accounting for less than… Continue reading Global iDTV Take-Up To Be Boosted By Digital Terrestrial

UK online retail sales grew by 50% year on year to £1.1 billion during October, according to the latest figures from the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG). This is also a 36% rise over September’s sales and could be the start of a Christmas surge for the e-retail sector. The IMRG is forecasting that… Continue reading UK Online Retail Will Double To £3.3bn This Christmas, Says IMRG

European consumers will spend â‚Ź9 billion online on this year’s Christmas shopping, almost as much as US consumers, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Europe’s 166 million regular online shoppers are expected to spend 24% of 2003’s total online retail expenditure in the run up to Christmas, totalling â‚Ź9 billion. In the same… Continue reading European Christmas Online Retail To Hit €9bn, Says Forrester

One of the UK’s largest radio groups, GWR, was seen in the spotlight yesterday, rising 5.51% after revealing that pre-tax profits almost trebled during the six months to September (see GWR Profits Treble With Strong Local Group Performance).Rival radio group Chrysalis saw stocks climb 0.80% higher after claiming it had made a strong start to… Continue reading Sharewatch: GWR Buoyed By Positive Sentiment

Channel 4 has appointed Kevin Henry as commercial projects manager within its client and strategic sales team, as it looks to increase it cross-platform offering to advertisers.The new role will see Henry assume responsibility for developing an integrated sales approach across Channel 4’s commercial departments and its 4 Ventures division. He will report directly to… Continue reading Channel 4 Appoints Henry To Cross Platform Sales Division

The IPA has announced a research initiative, which will provide the industry with a single source media survey.The initiative was conceived by the IPA Media Futures Group, with the collaboration of ISBA, and initial funding will come from the IPA. A series of diverse proposals from research agencies in answer to a broad brief –… Continue reading IPA Research Initiative Proposes Cross Media Survey

Following the recent flurry of activity in the press sector, Nik Vyas, associate director at Zenith Optimedia, explains why the print market is one of the most dynamic and forward thinking of mediums when it comes to creating, nurturing and developing brands…Press is boring and lacks innovation.These are a couple of the criticisms I hear… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Pushing Print