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Internet use around the globe is on the increase according to a number of recent reports. Net penetration in Argentina rose by 100% in the year to March 2001 and the number of internet users in Argentina is now around 2 million according to the DíAlessio/IROL/Harris Online Poll. Around 1.2 million households now have net… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Global Net Round Up

Despite losses in its customer base (see Forecasts) BT’s wireless mobile division, Genie, reports success in the internet phone market. Better, more easily accessible WAP services have lead to an increase in the number of WAP phones purchased and the number of page impressions recorded for WAP services. Genie reports that WAP page impressions have… Continue reading UK WAP Use On The Increase

Final results from BSkyB are expected to show the rewards of three years of investment, according to analysts ABN Amro. The company is due to release its full year results on 25 July. Despite the seasonal slowdown in the fourth quarter, ABN says it expects the figures to reveal the extent to which ‘BSkyB’s underlying… Continue reading Profits Expected In Sky Finals

Business to business display advertising has been impacted by the technology and telecom adspend downturn, but recruitment revenues have remained strong at EMAP, according to chairman Adam Broadbent’s AGM statement. The consumer magazine division is showing some growth and circulation revenues are continuing to improve, the company said. Radio advertising has shown a decline in… Continue reading EMAP First Half Marginally Behind Last Year

Anglo-Dutch publisher, Reed Elsevier, has successfully completed its take offer for Harcourt General (see US Clears Reed’s Harcourt General Acquisition), the company announced this morning. The merger of the two companies will create the world’s largest scientific and medical publisher. Once the merger has been completed, Reed said it will complete the on-sale of the… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Completes Harcourt Acquisition

BSkyB and Ladbrokes have agreed to form a joint 50:50 venture to offer a fixed-odds and pools betting service via the Sky Digital television platform. Ladbrokes’ Vernons pools business will be transferred to the joint venture and BSkyB will contribute its wholly-owned bookmaker Surrey Sports, which already operates on Sky Digital. The service will operate… Continue reading BSkyB And Ladbrokes To Create Digital TV Betting Service

WPP, whose global branding, identity and consulting group, The Brand Union, acquired UK based Marketing and Communication Agency (MCA) for an undisclosed sum yesterday (see WPP Acquires UK Communications Consultancy), saw shares drop 2.21% to finish at £6.65, a loss of 15p on the previous day.After ITV rebranded as ITV1 yesterday, ITV partners Carlton and… Continue reading Sharewatch

Final results from broadcaster BSkyB are expected to show the rewards of three years of investment, according to analysts ABN AMRO. The company is due to release its full year results on 25 July. Despite the seasonal slowdown in the fourth quarter ABN said “we expect the figures to reveal the extent to which BSkyB’s… Continue reading Profits Expected In Sky Finals

Capital Interactive, the online division of Capital Radio, attracted 12,500 people to watch this year’s Party in the Park for the Prince’s Trust online via live streams on the Capital website. Event traffic to the site was almost double that of last year, while a year on year increase of 85% was seen in the… Continue reading Online Party Attracts Thousands

Web giant MSN sat comfortably in the number one spot of the Top Ten UK Online advertisers for May 2001, according to figures from NetValue. 5455,000 individual at home internet users were exposed to MSN.com throughout the month and the site achieved 39.5% reach of the total UK internet universe. Amazon.co.uk held on to second… Continue reading New Media Round-Up