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Prevailing economic uncertainty has failed to permeate the UK’s online retail market, with sales set to top £14 billion this year, according to the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG). In a report issued to coincide with the UK’s first National Internet Home Shopping Day (24×7 Day), the industry body sings the praises of internet… Continue reading UK High Street Sales Fall As Online Commerce Doubles

US business to business (B2B) print advertising spending fell for the first time in six months during April, according to the latest figures from American Business Media (ABM). Advertising dollars were down 10%, whilst pages were down 8.4%. “Due to recent global events, we anticipated this downturn,” says Gordon Hughes, CEO of ABM. Hughes says… Continue reading US Business Print Advertising Drops In April

The mobile messaging market will generate over $14.5 billion (â‚Ź12.7 billion) in western Europe by the end of 2007, according to a new report from IDC. The group says that the success of short message services (SMS) will now be built upon with the new generation of multimedia messaging services (MMS) and mobile instant messaging… Continue reading Western European Mobile Messaging To Hit $14.5bn In 2007

Carlton Communications was seen in focus yesterday, up 1.65% as traders took a positive view of the group’s merger prospects with Granada. The Competition Commission will announce next month whether the £2.6bn deal, which will see the creation a single ITV company, will be allowed to go ahead (see Competition Commission Delays Verdict On ITV… Continue reading Sharewatch: Carlton Rises On Bullish Sentiment

Oftel has introduced an new regulatory framework to protect the interests of consumers in the rapidly changing communications sector.The telecoms regulator has developed the regulations over the last 18 months, in line with EU legislation, to cover converging communications services such as interactive television, email and text messaging.The new framework is intended to create more… Continue reading Oftel Lays Down Framework For New Super-Regulator

Rich media advertising is becoming increasingly popular amongst online marketers, according to new research from digital media group, DoubleClick.The latest Ad Serving study reveals that the number of rich media executions increased to nearly 32% of all online ads in the second quarter of 2003, up from just 17.3% in the same period in the… Continue reading DoubleClick Reveals Continued Growth In Rich Media Ads

BSkyB is launching an extensive TV and poster campaign to promote its coverage of the new Premiership football season, which begins next month.The campaign, designed by Sky’s in-house promotions team, features Elton John performing his new single, Are You Ready, in a studio surrounded by 150 football fans. TV ads are currently running across Sky’s… Continue reading BSkyB Hopes To Score With New Football Campaign

The wave of cost cutting and redundancies in the media sector has left employee morale at an all time low, according to new research from recruitment agency TMP/Hudson Global.The survey, which analysed the current and projected recruitment plans of 3,100 companies in the UK, shows that one in five respondents believe employee morale is at… Continue reading Morale Amongst Media Employees Hits All Time Low

The decline in advertising revenues at the Financial Times is not expected to show any recovery until 2005, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.The FT’s parent company, Pearson, announced in April that the paper’s ad revenues had plummeted by 18% over the preceding twelve months, with the FT Group as a whole falling by 17%.Whilst… Continue reading Weak Advertising Expected At FT In Pearson Results

The chances of live Premiership football returning to the BBC or ITV increased yesterday after the Premier League once again adapted in its media rights packages to encourage more competitive bids from terrestrial broadcasters.Earlier this month the rights to broadcast matches for the 2004/5 to the 2006/7 season were split into three after the European… Continue reading Premiership Moves Goal Posts On Media Rights Packages