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The proportion of UK households with a broadband internet connection is the lower than any other country in Europe, according to a new survey from Nielsen//NetRatings. Just 9% of UK households use a high-speed system to connect to the Net, as compared to 39% in Germany and 33% in Sweden. Even France, which has a… Continue reading UK Lags Behind Europe In Broadband Uptake

Radio stations have more listeners than they are credited for under the current radio audience measurement system, according to the results of research released by Kelvin MacKenzie’s Wireless Group.MacKenzie, who has been an outspoken critic of RAJAR’s diary system of audience measurement (see Commenting on the results of the research, he said: “For the first… Continue reading TWG Research Claims Radio Listening Is Under-Represented

Advertising volumes at the Wall Street Journal declined by 14.8% during August, the newspaper’s parent company, Dow Jones, has announced. This puts Q3 figures down by 16% to date, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. General advertising volumes at the paper were down by 22.4%, according to the broker, with declines in auto, healthcare and… Continue reading Revenues Remain Weak At Wall Street Journal

Only 35% of internet users in the European Union have purchased products or services online for personal use according to a new report on eMarketer. Data collected by EOS Gallup Europe for the European Commission reveals that internet shopping habits have changed little in the past year and only 4% of respondents admitted to being… Continue reading Online Shopping Remains A Minority Activity, Says EU Report

ISBA is supporting ITV and Channel 4 in their bid to prevent the BBC cutting the number of commercial channels they will be able to show on the corporation’s new digital terrestrial platform, due to launch this autumn (see ITV Digital Will Be Sold As ‘Going Concern’).The BBC has told the ITC that only four… Continue reading ISBA Backs Commercial Broadcasters In Freeview Struggle

Northcliffe Newspapers, a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust, has been fined £1.3 million by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for predatory pricing by its Aberdeen Journals division. John Vickers, director general of OFT, commented: “Aberdeen Journals deliberately incurred losses in a persistent campaign to remove its only direct rival from the market.… Continue reading Northcliffe Receives £1.3m Fine For Predatory Pricing

Almost 30% of US households with incomes over $100,000 have access to broadband internet services at home, according to a new report from the Leichtman Research Group. A further 37% of households in this income group have expressed an interest in subscribing to broadband in future. The study shows a clear correlation between household income… Continue reading Affluent Americans Have A Need For High Speed

BARB has appointed Nigel Walmsley, former deputy chief executive of Carlton, as its new chairman. Walmsley, who takes up the role with immediate effect, replaces Nick Phillips, who oversaw the introduction of the new audience measurement system earlier this year (see BARB Presents New Research System).Commenting on his appointment, Walmsley said: “I am looking forward… Continue reading BARB Appoints Walmsley As New Chairman

AOL Time Warner has appointed Michael J. Kelly as its new president of global marketing solutions, with responsibility for developing and implementing cross-platform marketing solutions across its portfolio of products.Kelly will report to Dan Logan, chairman of AOL Time Warner’s media and communications group, who commented: “His experience and skills are ideally suited to lead… Continue reading AOL Appoints New President Of Global Marketing Solutions

Forecourt TV, the company that introduced looped television ads to service station forecourts, has suspended trading with immediate effect.The announcement follows a strategic review of the company’s operations and an assessment of the funding options required for the full scale roll-out of the ad-screen technology currently being trialled at the M4 Heston services.According to a… Continue reading Forecourt TV Suspends Trading Following Strategic Review