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A new poll has found that more than two-thirds of broadband users would happily pay a premium for a guaranteed quality of service (QoS) from their provider. The survey of Broadband4Britain members commissioned by the network platforms company net.com found that 79% would like a new service that promises a minimum bandwidth performance level and… Continue reading Broadband Users Willing To Fork Out For Quality Services

Online shopping is becoming a way of life for an increasing number of UK consumers and the Interactive Media in Retail Group estimates that more than £4 billion of goods and services will be bought over the internet in November and December. Royal Mail and Parcelforce, which deliver 60% of all goods ordered online, expect… Continue reading E-Tailers Look Forward To Bumper Christmas

Global shipments of camera phones are set to climb from 19 million in 2002 to almost 300 million in 2007 but wireless operators will only extract full potential from these devices if they address subscriber wants and needs, according to a report from IDC. New handsets with embedded cameras have galvanised the mobile market with… Continue reading Camera Phone Suppliers Crave Customer Satisfaction

Despite the admission that “predicting media inflation is not unlike forecasting the weather a year ahead”, David Fletcher, head of Mediaedge:cia‘s MediaLab, has decided to have a go at calling the next couple of years in MediaLab’s latest Adstats report. Taking ‘life in one hand and a cup of tea leaves in the other’, Fletcher… Continue reading UK Media Inflation Forecasts From Mediaedge:cia

Data-centric networks will be in 28% of US households and the number of nodes (devices connected to networks) is expected to top 100 million by the end of 2008. Parks Associates reports that 9.9 million home networks were in existence at the end of last year. This indicates that the number more than doubled from… Continue reading Home Is Where The Network Is, Says Parks Associates

Total US magazine advertising revenues rose by 6.3% year on year in September, closing at $1.9 billion, according to new figures from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). However, advertising pages were down 4.5% to 23,952. In the year to date, advertising revenue closed at $12.9 billion, an increase of 9.0% while advertising pages were up… Continue reading US Magazine Revenues Rise 6.3% In September

WPP was seen in focus, up 3.64% on hopes that US economic recovery would feed through into stronger revenues. BSkyB was also boosted by positive sentiment in the media sector and added 3.34%.Carlton and Granada also remained in the spotlight yesterday as analysts continued to revise their forecasts for the group after the Competition Commission… Continue reading Sharewatch: WPP Rises On US Recovery Hopes

It has been cable operators, not incumbent telecommunications companies, that have driven the growth of broadband internet access, according to a new report on global broadband developments.The study was carried out by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in order to review the broadband policy experiences of selected countries from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation… Continue reading UK Lags Behind In Broadband Uptake

Andrew Newman, controller of entertainment at Channel Five is to quit the channel and is expected to join Channel 4.Newman is to leave his post when his contract expires at the end of October and seems likely to team up with Five’s former programme director, Kevin Lygo, who is moving to Channel 4 to become… Continue reading Five Entertainment Controller Quits

IPC’s flagship country and leisure title, Country Life is launching a special themed issue devoted to England, with four different collectable covers.The special edition covers will each features a different corner of UK; Flat Moor in Derbyshire, Wharfedale in North Yorkshire, the White Cliffs of Dover and Bideford in Devon.Commenting on the initiative, Michael Hall,… Continue reading Country Life Unveils Special Edition