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Nielsen//NetRatings reports that in January 2002, nearly half of all US male web surfers (12.2 million men) were employed in professional, executive or managerial roles, versus just one third of all female surfers at work (5.5 million). In addition, a disproportionate share of clerical or administrative workers who were online were women, accounting for 27%… Continue reading US Women Lag Behind Men In At-Work Surfing

GSM high speed data services are now available to more than 100 million customers across 27 countries around the world according to the GSM Association. Such services offer customers access to a range of existing and new 3G-like features and applications at much higher speeds than previously available on GSM’s second generation platform. Rob Conway,… Continue reading 100 Million Customers Now Have Access To High Speed GSM Services

The ASA has condemned VH1 as “irresponsible” following complaints that an ad for the music channel condoned illegal drug taking.Viewers complained that the poster ad, which stated “VH1 music TV that’s not for kids” and featured a rolled up banknote seemingly covered in white powder, was offensive and irresponsible as it made obvious allusions to… Continue reading ASA Turns Up Its Nose At VH1

Johnston Press, which announced yesterday it was paying £560m to Candover Investments for Regional Independent Media (see Johnston Completes RIM Acquisition), was one of the best performer’s in yesterday’s media market. Shares improved 6.99% to close at £3.67˝p, an increase of 24p on the day before.Cable & Wireless fell 3.80% yesterday to finish at £2.28… Continue reading Sharewatch

An analysis of TV revenue estimates from agencies for the first month of this year does not bring good news for the terrestrial channels. Year on year, a decline of 13.5% was seen overall, with the largest channel, ITV1, seeing the heaviest fall. Channel 4 suffered while Channel 5 got off relatively lightly, only seeing… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2002

Digital TV does nothing if not throw up new questions for the industry. Highlights of the existing list of questions included: Is the 2006-10 deadline still a possibility? and Is giving away set top boxes a sustainable strategy? In recent weeks these have been joined by: Will the BBC ever convince the DCMS that an… Continue reading Feature: Multichannel TV Reaches Milestone

The Government has reiterated its intention to relax the cross-media ownership regulations in the forthcoming Communications Bill.Speaking at the culture, media and sport select committee yesterday, Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell confirmed that the Government intended to raise the threshold that prevents any one ITV company from having more than 15% of the total audience share.… Continue reading Government Reiterates Cross-Media Relaxation Plans

Shopfront Media has added a new network of sites to its portfolio, situated outside pet shops. Nestlé Purina’s Bonio and Winalot brands have become the first to sign up for the outdoor point-of-sale opportunities, which launch next week.The sites offered comprise double sided posters with illuminated panels attached to the stores’ facsias. Panels face oncoming… Continue reading Shopfront Adds Pet Stores To Portfolio

BBC chairman, Gavyn Davies, has criticised the Government’s decision to further delay the launch of BBC3, claiming that it could delay plans for the digital switchover.Speaking at a meeting of the Westminster Media Forum yesterday, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, said that she would not approve BBC3, the digital channel aimed at 16-34 year-olds, until she… Continue reading Davies Hits Back At BBC3 Delay

ITV has secured a sponsor for the second series of reality gameshow Survivor, which begins tonight on ITV1. PJ Smoothies, a drinks brand, will sponsor the 12 week run of both Survivor and the ITV2 Survivor:Raw show which will follow the main show each evening.The show pits 12 contestants against one another while stranded on… Continue reading ITV Signs PJ Smoothies For Survivor Sponsorship