The number of subscribers to cable modem broadband internet services is set to increase three-fold from 2002 to the end of 2007, according to a new forecast from IMS Research.IMS says that the majority of growth in terms of gross subscriber numbers will come from North America. However, Asia and Europe will also begin to… Continue reading Cable Broadband Set For Massive Growth
The UK inflation rate fell to 3.1% in March, down from 3.2% in February, according to the latest figures from the Office Of National Statistics (ONS).However, the underlying rate, which excludes mortgage interest payments, remained unchanged at 3%, the highest level since May 1998. The continued upward pressure was attributed to the high costs of… Continue reading RPI Falls To 3.1% In March
IPC has announced a number of new appointments amongst its women’s titles including that of Glenda Marchant who will become the advertising director of the Women’s General Interest group.Marchant will be responsible for developing Woman and Home’s circulation growth and increasing revenues at Essentials and Family Circle. She has been acting advertising director of the… Continue reading IPC Shakes Up Management At Women’s Group
Channel 4’s director of programming, Tim Gardam, has called on the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), to give the station a slice of the £2.5 billion the BBC makes from licence fee revenues. According to the Guardian, Gardam told the Royal Institute for British Architects that he was not arguing for the instant… Continue reading Channel 4 Calls For Slice Of BBC Licence Fee
News Corporation is to sell its 45% share in the New Zealand publisher, Independent Newspapers Limited (INL), in a deal worth £420 million. INL has said that its publishing assets which include the Dominion Post in Wellington and The Press in Christchurch will pass to the Australian newspaper company, John Fairfax Holdings. The deal will… Continue reading News Corp Offloads New Zealand Publications
UK marketing budgets were on average revised downwards in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest edition of the IPA‘s Bellwether Report, released this morning. The survey of UK marketers found that 18.2% planned to increase their budgets, 61.3% expected to leave them the same and 20.4% are revising them downwards. This… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Bellwether Sees Weakest Advertising Outlook Yet
Carlton and Granada again took centre stage as the seemingly endless merger saga limps towards a conclusion. The Guardian reports the companies have dispatched senior non-executives to a series of meetings with city investors in an attempt to dampen concerns over the boardroom structure of the enlarged companies. Carlton and Granada stocks were seen up… Continue reading Sharewatch: Carlton And Granada In Charm Offensive
Kevin Beatty, managing director of Northcliffe Newspapers, will be the next chairman of the Newspaper Society’s marketing committee.His chairmanship will take effect from 1 July, when the current chairman, Jim Brown of Newsquest Media Group, steps down.The Marketing Committee is responsible for the Newspaper Society’s marketing and communications work in the advertising, newspaper sales, readership,… Continue reading Beatty To Chair Newspaper Society Marketing Committee
The latest ABC figures for newspaper circulation brought mixed news to the sector, which experienced a 1.4% month on month decline in circulation despite the conflict in Iraq.The figures support the growing belief that consumers are increasingly turning to 24-hour news channels and the internet to get up to date coverage on the crisis at… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – March 2003
The NRS figures for the last six months reflect a turbulent period for national newspaper consumption, although overall readership remained fairly static, rising 0.2% year on year.The unfolding crisis in Iraq continued to have a positive impact on the quality broadsheet market with one notable exception; prestige pink paper, The Financial Times saw readership fall… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – February 2003 (Non-Subscribers)
