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French outdoor group JCDecaux this morning reported full year results for 2001 which revealed revenue growth of 8.9%, in line with expectations and ‘comfortably’ ahead of both the outdoor and overall advertising markets which JCDecaux believes fell by 3.5-5% worldwide last year. Growth in 2001 was largely due to the performance of the group’s street… Continue reading JCDecaux ‘Comfortably’ Ahead Of Outdoor Market

The final of the much-hyped talent show Pop Idol gained a peak audience of 13.9 million viewers, or 59.4% share of available audience for ITV1, according to unofficial overnights and saw the largest TV talent show telephone response ever, with 8.6 million votes registered. An average audience of 13.1m, or 57% share, watched the 7.10pm… Continue reading Pop Idol Is A Hit For ITV

Vivendi Universal released full year results this morning which showed revenue growth for 2001 of 10% and predicted that growth for 2002 would also be 10%. Publishing revenues were up 5% which countered a 1% drop in music revenues for the year. Publishing was boosted by success in the games and education divisions where revenue… Continue reading Vivendi Bullish On 2002 Revenues As Results Fall In Line With Expectations

According to the latest data from the Federal Communications Commission, high speed access in the US has grown by 250% since August 2000. The latest figues, to June 2001, reveal that there are now 9.6 million high speed subscribers in the US which signifies a 36% increase during H1 2001. 7.8 million of these subscribers… Continue reading High Speed Access Gathers Pace In US

Week on week analysis of the media market shows that the best performance came from BSkyB, which announced on Friday that it had gained 218,000 new digital satellite customers in the six months ended 31 December 2001 (see BSkyB Growth Beats Expectations). Shares rose 13.08% week on week to close at £7.26, an increase of… Continue reading Sharewatch

According to a recent report by Gartner Dataquest the Australian PC market has finally rebounded following two quarters of consecutive double-digit negative growth. Year on year growth for the Q4 2001 was 5.9% and the quarter on quarter growth rate, compared to the previous year, also increased by 10.9%. Dataquest analyst, Andy Woo, remained cautious:… Continue reading Australian PC Market Shows Signs Of Recovery

Oftel has introduced tough new powers to prevent advertisers sending “rip-off” text messages to mobile phone users.The new regulations, which come into effect immediately, will prevent advertisers and mobile service providers charging users “premium rates” for replying to unsolicited text messages. Companies that ignore warnings from the industry watchdog ICSTIS will be disconnected and prevented… Continue reading Oftel Cracks Down On Rip-Off Text Messages

BARB is claiming that the drop in TV viewing attributed to its new ratings system is not as “extreme” as first thought.Last December BARB released figures showing that the overall average hours of viewing for the week of 23 December had dropped by 5% under the new TV ratings system, from around 25 hours per… Continue reading BARB Figures Show TV Viewing Increase

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Classic FM listeners are quick to embrace new technology but value longer shopping hours over mobile phones and the internet, according to the latest wave of VIPer research.The study shows that Classic FM listeners consider mobile phones and email to be time saving devices, with more than a third of respondents saying that email had… Continue reading Classic FM Listeners Value Shopping Over The Internet