NTL, the debt-laden UK cable operator, had a mixed message for investors when it issued its third quarter figures yesterday.Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) totalled £182 million in the three months to September 30, up 44% on the same period last year. However revenues fell to £617 million from £627 million in… Continue reading NTL Earnings Rise As Cost Cutting Continues
A new survey has revealed that 93% of US internet users have made a purchase online although privacy and security concerns mean that less than 40% are regular web shoppers. The study by market researchers at Ipsos-Reid showed that attitudes to e-commerce are changing with 64% of respondents claiming that they are now more likely… Continue reading Most Net Users Have Shopped Online, Says Survey
The Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB) is launching an advertising campaign to promote DAB digital radio and increase receiver sales.The five week-long campaign, which launches next week across all regional and national commercial stations, features pop bands, Liberty X, Atomic Kitten and Big Brovaz, in a series of 60-second documentary-style interviews.The executions have been designed… Continue reading DRDB Unveils Digital Radio Promotion
Broadband internet connections have reach a 28% penetration of online households in the US, according to a new report from Dataquest, a division of Gartner. This compares with just 12% in the UK (see Insight Analysis: Broadband Britain – A Progress Report). The Dataquest report covered a 28-month survey period, during which the rate of… Continue reading US Broadband Hits 28% Penetration, DSL Makes Inroad On Cable
Emap has appointed Carmel Hayes to the role of development director across its women and youth portfolio and has announced that Sarra Manning is to take the role of associate editor across the division.Hayes, who was new media director, will continue to direct Emap’s online operations, including www.newwoman.co.uk, and is in the process of developing… Continue reading Emap Shakes-Up Women and Youth Titles
Merger talks between Europe’s largest publisher, Axel Springer, and Switzerland’s largest publishing group, Ringier (see Axel Springer Stake Up For Sale), are understood to have collapsed. According to the Financial Times, the stumbling block was Michael Ringier’s reluctance to relinquish control of his family-owned business to the German rival. The stake in Axel Springer that… Continue reading Axel Springer/Ringier Merger Talks Break Down
Strategy Analytics estimates that 10 million embedded-camera phones were sold worldwide in the first nine months of 2002. Almost half of these sales occurred in the third quarter, as demand escalated in Japan. Neil Mawston, Senior Analyst with the Global Wireless Practice, commented: “Strategy Analytics expects 16 million camera phones to be sold worldwide in… Continue reading Far East Driving Camera Phone Sales, Says Strategy Analytics
Pioneer is to promote its car navigation equipment with a nationwide truck and service station advertising campaign targeting motorway drivers.Each lorry ad provides the equivalent of two 96-sheet posters and a rear-equivalent of a 16-sheet poster. The truck ads will be supported by 48-sheet posters, which will run in service stations across the UK until… Continue reading Pioneer To Target Consumers On The Move
NTL, the debt-laden UK cable operator, had a mixed message for investors when it issued its third quarter figures yesterday. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) totalled £182 million in the three months to September 30, up 44% on the same period last year. However revenues fell to £617 million from £627 million… Continue reading NTL Earnings Rise As Cost Cutting Continues
Broadcasters and advertising agencies have today launched an initiative called MediaSmart, to help children interpret and understand advertising.The campaign, which is aimed at 6 to 11 year-olds will utilise a range of teaching and advertising materials to explain the purpose of advertising and how ads are made. It will include a national TV and print… Continue reading Children Offered Education In Advertising
