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Shipments of mobile handsets increased by almost a fifth in the second quarter of 2003, according to the latest figures from IDC. The firm’s Worldwide Handset QView shows that global shipments rose by 19.2% year on year to 118.3 million units. This represented an increase of 6.7% over the first quarter total (see Global Handset… Continue reading Growing Demand For Handsets In Second Quarter

BSkyB’s monopoly over top-flight English football looks set to come to an end after the European Commission warned it will force the Premier League to auction off its football right packages individually. The EC insists it will not be pressured into letting BSkyB walk away with all three gold, silver and bronze packages of 138… Continue reading BSkyB Could Face Red Card Over Premiership Rights Bid

IPC’s flagship celebrity gossip title, Now, is boosting its next edition with a special Sex In The City fashion supplement to coincide with the launch of the new series on Channel 4.The 16-page colour supplement will be covermounted on the magazine and will show readers how they can achieve the latest looks from the popular… Continue reading Now Boosts August Edition With Sexy Supplement

The number of complaints relating to unsolicited text messages has shot up eight fold in the past year, according to new figures from The Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (Icstis).The industry regulator, which monitors premium rate calls and text messages, said that 90% of the 3,500 complaints it received… Continue reading Watchdog To Crack Down On Unsolicited Text Message Ads

National homeless charity, Shelter, has harnessed the popularity of Channel 4’s Big Brother, with an ad campaign to raise awareness of the plight of the homeless.The campaign, designed to emphasise exactly what eviction means in the real world, ran across Channel 4’s official Big Brother website and SubSites.co.uk to coincide with the end of the… Continue reading Shelter Uses Big Brother Hype To Highlight Homelessness

Granada has secured Budget Insurance Services to sponsor the motoring strand on its Men & Motors channel.The six-month deal will see the company’s motor insurance brands, Budget and Dial Direct, sponsor all car and motor related output on the channel, including programmes such as Motorsport UK, British Rally Championship 2003 and Driven.Men & Motors recently… Continue reading Granada Revs-Up With Men & Motors Sponsorship

Chrysalis was seen in focus yesterday, down 0.71% after confirming the sale of its television assets to a group of former ITV executives (see Chrysalis Makes £45m TV Sale To Former ITV Heads).Capital was also in the spotlight, up 4% after RAJAR listening figures for the second quarter of 2003 came in above analysts expectations.Broader… Continue reading Sharewatch: Chrysalis Falls Following Sale Of TV Arm

The downturn in the global recording industry and the current lack of legitimate download services have prompted Jupiter Research to cut its forecast for online music spending. Internet sales of recorded music fell sharply during 2002 with unlicensed file sharing widely held to be responsible (see Online Music Sales Hit A Low Note). More than… Continue reading Online Music Market Growing Slowly

First quarter underlying revenues at GWR Group were up by 0.4% year on year, driven by a good performance at the Local Radio Group (LRG).Strong national spend helped push LRG’s Q1 revenues up by 8%. At Classic FM, however, advertising has remained volatile, with a 16% dive in Q1 revenues, largely as a result of… Continue reading Local Radio Group Helps GWR Stay Positive

The Wireless LAN market will double in size in the space of five years, according to a new study from Dell’Oro Group. The market research firm estimates that WLAN revenues will increase from $1.5 billion in 2002 to $3.1 billion in 2007, with all product categories contributing to this growth. The report indicates that most… Continue reading WLAN Market To Exceed $3 Billion By 2008, Says Report