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A price war could see the value of the voice services market in Western Europe fall from E185 billion to E170 billion in the next five years, warns telecoms consultancy Analysys. In a new report, The Future for Fixed-Mobile Substitution: options for fixed and mobile operators, Analysys claims that a price war would result in… Continue reading Voice Price War Would Cost €15 Billion, Says Analysys

SMG is understood to have reopened the bidding for its Herald collection of newspaper and magazine titles after US group, Gannett, reportedly attempted to renegotiate its agreed £215 million offer.Reports claim that after becoming the preferred bidder, Gannett attempted to lower its offer price by £12 million. SMG, whilst not commenting until a deal is… Continue reading SMG Reopens Herald Auction, Say Reports

Tess Ross, the head of drama at Channel 4 is to head up the channel’s new, down-sized film production arm, Film Four.Ross will take on her new role with immediate effect and will temporarily combine it with her existing role as Channel 4’s head of drama, until a replacement can be found.Earlier this year, Channel… Continue reading Channel 4’s Head Of Drama Moves To Films

Almost half of all UK households now have access to the internet, according to the Q3 Expenditure and Food Survey from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).The number of online homes increased by approximately 300,000 in the three months to September 30 and now stands at 11.4 million, equivalent to 46% of all UK households.… Continue reading Home Internet Usage Still Growing

The text messaging phenomenon is showing no signs of slowing as it reaches its tenth birthday, with 1.5 billion text messages being sent during November, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).November’s figure takes the daily SMS average to over 50 million, up from 40 million in the same period the… Continue reading Text Messaging Reaches New High As Christmas Approaches

Yahoo! UK & Ireland has restructured its sales department with the appointment of Alex Khan as head of agency sales and Seamus Hunn as head of client services.Khan, who joins from Silicon Media Group, where he was international business development manager, will work to maximise revenue for Yahoo! through interactive specialist and strategic agency planning.In… Continue reading Yahoo! Restructures Sales Team With New Appointments

ITV’s share of the television advertising market is set to drop by two percentage points next year, as around 70% of the Network’s advertisers renegotiate their new annual contracts at the end of this year.Analysts at Merrill Lynch say that ITV’s share of the market will fall from an expected to 53.6% this year to… Continue reading ITV’s Market Share Could Fall During 2003

VNU, the European publisher and information provider, has said that 2002 earnings per share will probably rise about 5%, an increase on the initial estimate of 3%. The upgrade reflects growing demand at AC Nielsen, its market information subsidiary as well as the weak dollar and comes on the back of encouraging first half results… Continue reading VNU Raises Earnings Growth Forecast

Freeserve has announced plans to launch a multimillion pound advertising campaign to promote its AnyTime service.The campaign, which begins on Boxing Day, will extend the existing hippy theme (see The initial TV activity will be supported by press, cinema, radio and online advertising and through a substantial direct mail campaign. Freeserve will also continue to… Continue reading Freeserve Embarks On Major New Ad Campaign

United Business Media (UBM) has said that it is on target to match second half revenue expectations as a result of “generally robust trading” in its UK, European and Asian businesses.The company did reveal that profits at PR Newswire were down as a result of lower US message volumes and yields. However, revenues at CMP… Continue reading UBM Buoyed By ‘Robust’ Trading Conditions