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Women in Europe are continuing to increase their usage of the internet, but behave differently online to men, according to new research from Jupiter MMXI. The research showed that while women spend less time on the internet each month- just under 7 hours compared to just under 10 hours for their male counterparts- they spend… Continue reading New Research Reveals Women’s Web Habits

ISBA has said that it is willing to facilitate discussions regarding the possible benefits to UK advertisers of a single ITV company with representatives from the commercial channel and its own members. Until now the industry has maintained doubts that competitiveness could be maintained if the two major ITV shareholders, Carlton and Granada, are allowed… Continue reading ISBA Agrees To Talks With ITV Companies

ITV Revenues Down 12% In H1, Visibility Still LimitedITV advertising revenues at Granada fell by 12% during the six months to March 2002, with March forecast to be down by 6% and April by 13%, according the company’s AGM statement released this morning.A return to growth, of 9%, is predicted for May, but Granada warns… Continue reading ITV Revenues Down 12% In H1, Visibility Still Limited

UK Online Advertising Grows 28% In 2001Despite falling from the ‘heady days’ of triple-digit growth, internet advertising still outpaced the rest of the UK media industry last year, rising 28% year on year, according to Forrester Research.The latest statistics from Evaliant’s AdWatch ad tracking service show that the overall UK online advertising market reached £122… Continue reading UK Online Advertising Grows 28% In 2001

The continuing success of Oscar-nominated Lord of the Rings and the opening of the heavily plugged animation Monsters Inc brought UK cinema admissions in February to their highest level since 1969. The eventual total was 19 million, up 38% year on year.Monsters Inc took £6.49m on its opening weekend, excluding previews, making it the fifth… Continue reading Biggest Cinema Admission Total Since 1969

The Italian advertising market declined by 7.6% during January, with all media showing negative trends, according to ACNielsen data analysed by ABN Amro. The Italian market was one of the last European advertising markets to succumb to the weakening ad environment in 2001 (see Once Strong Italian Ad Market Now Shows Downward Trend). The January… Continue reading Italian Ad Market Declines 7.6% In January

The ABC has removed several thousand copies from the average net circulation figures for the Guardian and Observer newspapers, after a routine inspection revealed problems with copies claimed under “multiple copy sales”.The figure for August 2001 to January 2002, which was previously reported as 416,066, a 4.65% year on year increase, has been revised to… Continue reading ABC Downsizes Guardian Circulation Figure

Capital Radio this morning released a trading update which forecasts that the advertising market will remain under pressure for the remainder of the year. Between October and December 2001, Capital revealed that like for like radio revenue was down 9% against the same quarter in the previous year. The company anticipates that revenue will have… Continue reading Capital Warns That Market Will Remain ‘Under Pressure’

ITV advertising revenues at Granada fell by 12% during the six months to March 2002, with March forecast to be down by 6% and April by 13%, according the company’s AGM statement released this morning. A return to growth, of 9%, is predicted for May, but Granada warns that whilst this is positive, it may… Continue reading ITV Revenues Down 12% In H1, Visibility Still Limited

ITV advertising revenues at Granada fell by 12% during the six months to March 2002, with March forecast to be down by 6% and April by 13%, according the company’s AGM statement released this morning. A return to growth, of 9%, is predicted for May, but Granada warns that whilst this is positive, it may… Continue reading ITV Revenues Down 12% In H1, Visibility Still Limited