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Once again Myers Reports has downgraded its media expenditure forecasts (see Forecasts) and now sees no indication of a Q4 upturn. The new numbers, described by chief economist Jack Myers as ‘ugly’, forecast that growth in 2001 will fall 4% in year on year comparisons and the picture is particularly bad for TV where comparisons… Continue reading ‘Ugly’ Numbers Prompt Bearish Outlook For US

UK Advertising revenues have increased on a yearly basis for the first quarter of this year climbing 5.5%, according to figures released by the Advertising Association. Only TV revenue fell, dropping 2.3% to £904.4m, as the effects of last year’s dot com boom became visible. In the US, the picture was far worse with all… Continue reading Insight Analysis: US vs UK, Q1 Ad Revenue Growth Comparisons By Media

New data from Jupiter MMXI reveals that traditional consumer brands are not exploiting the potential of the Internet, despite a continually growing online population who are spending more and more time online each month. Jupiter analyst Staffan Engdegard says that this is because the internet lacks the mass-market reach of TV or radio and brand… Continue reading Brand Marketing Must Improve To Exploit Potential Online Audiences

Outdoor spending in the US bucked the downturn to grow 2% in Q1 2001. Whilst this is hardly a huge increase, it is significant coming at a time when total ad spend for the period dropped by 5.5%. The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) reports that outdoor spending in the US grew to $1.25… Continue reading US Outdoor Revenues Grow In Q1 2001

According to a new report, eBanking Technology In Europe 2001, by Datamonitor, 75 million Europeans will be making use of internet banking by 2005. By the end of 2000 there were just 23 million customers using ebanking via their PC and this will treble by 2005 according to Datamonitor. After a cautious beginning, Datamonitor’s research… Continue reading 75 Million Europeans Will Be eBanking By 2005, Says Datamonitor

Despite the sobering content of Cordiant’s interim results yesterday (see Cordiant To Cut More Jobs), the company’s shares rose on the news of imminent job cuts, ending up 10p by the end of the day’s trading, at £1.59½. This 6.7% increase made it the best media performer of the day.At the other end of the… Continue reading Sharewatch

MTV is to launch a broadband music channel, MTV Live, which from September will allow internet users to receive near TV-quality programmes on their PC’s.In what, according to MTV, is the first commercial carriage deal of its kind, the company has teamed up with satellite broadband network provider, Europe Online, to distribute a TV channel… Continue reading MTV To Launch Broadband TV Channel

Video Networks, the company behind HomeChoice, has secured the rights to show Premiership games on its vidoe-on-demand service for £20m.

ITV have erected a giant full colour banner on the front of the Capital FM building in Leicester Square to coincide with the Gala premier of Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes tonight.The banner, measuring 22 metres by 15 metres, features the Monkey character from ITV Digital’s current Al and Monkey campaign, dressed in an… Continue reading Giant Monkey Spotted In Leicester Square