The UK inflation rate recorded a surprise dip last month, according to the latest figures from the Office Of National Statistics.The underlying rate of inflation, which excludes mortgage interest payments, dropped to 2.7% in October, down from 2.8% in the previous month. The fall was mainly caused by a slower rise in house prices than… Continue reading UK Inflation Records Surprise Dip In October
Metro International is launching its first ever pan-European advertising campaign with £500,000 worth of activity running across the CNN International news network.The campaign, which breaks on CNN this week and runs to the end of the year, is aimed at the European advertisers and business leaders that Metro International is targeting as part of its… Continue reading Metro Launches First Pan European Ad Campaign
UK display advertising will grow by just 0.5% this year, before shooting up to 6.3% growth during 2004, according to the latest set of quarterly forecasts from the Advertising Association (AA). Display growth so far this year has been weak, at just 0.7% and 0.4% for the first two quarters respectively. Moving into Q3, the… Continue reading Advertising Association UK Display Forecasts
The latest long-term UK advertising forecasts, published by the Advertising Association, are shown below. The figures were published in October 2003 and include a high (optimistic) and low (pessimistic) scenario. UK Total Advertising Long Term Forecasts High Option Low Option Revenue (£m) Growth Revenue (£m) Growth 2003 13,376… Continue reading Long Term UK Ad Growth Forecasts From The AA
The increasing popularity of high speed broadband services helped push the number of ISP subscriptions up by 4.1% year on year during September, according to new figures from the Office Of National Statistics (ONS). The latest Index of Internet Connectivity report shows that the number of people connected to ISPs rose by 0.8% month on… Continue reading Broadband Continues To Drive Internet Uptake
BSkyB’s digital satellite service will reach almost nine million homes in four years’ time, whilst cable is left trailing, according to the latest projection from Merrill Lynch analysts. The forecasts show that whilst cable’s growth is virtually flat and BSkyB’s begins to level off, the free digital terrestrial (DTT) service, Freeview, will continue to make… Continue reading BSkyB To Reach Almost 9m Subs By 2008, Say Forecasts
BT has called on the Government and industry to back its target of achieving 100% broadband coverage for every UK community by 2005. The telecoms incumbent already makes mass market broadband available to more than 80% of British households and is set to upgrade its internet exchanges to serve 90% of the population by the… Continue reading BT Targets 100% Broadband By 2005
Major US cable and DSL providers added a combined total of more than two million high-speed internet subscribers in the third quarter of 2003, according to the latest figures from Leichtman Research Group. Net additions for the quarter were the largest ever and half a million higher than in the previous quarter (see Broadband Growth… Continue reading Record Quarter For US Broadband Providers
Week on week analysis of the media sector brought good news for BSkyB, which faced pressure following the appointment of James Murdoch as its new chief executive. The stock rose 2.71% week on week.The group recently revealed it gained 170,000 new subscribers to its digital satellite service during the last three months (see BSkyB Doubles… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Rises As James Murdoch Moves In
BT has called on the Government and the industry to get behind its target of achieving one hundred percent broadband coverage for every UK community by 2005.The telecomms giant already makes mass market broadband available to more than 80% of British households and is set to upgrade its internet exchanges to serve 90% of the… Continue reading BT Calls On Government To Back New Broadband Target
