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The recent explosion in the telecoms technology market, coupled with the the steep price decline in services has led to the emergence of a healthy bandwidth exchange market which is set for continued growth. “The sizable investment into leading online exchange operations, the growing member list, and the use of leading online exchange operations are… Continue reading Bandwidth Exchange Market Will Continue To Grow

New research has shown just how much adspend by dotcom and ecommerce advertisers has increased over the last five years. Figures from CIA MediaLab show that spending in this category has increased from £2.6m to £257.1m since 1995. This period has also seen a diversification in the media used by these advertisers, with a decline… Continue reading Research Charts Spending Boom In Dotcom Advertising

Against expectations, the underlying rate of inflation in the UK fell during October, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics. Underlying inflation dropped from September’s figure of 2.2% (see Underlying Inflation Rate Up Again After August’s Record Low) to 2.0%, very comfortably below the Government’s target of 2.5%.Headline inflation for the… Continue reading Underlying Inflation Rate Falls During October

Month on MonthThe latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that sales of national newspapers fell by 1.2% during the month of October, effectively cancelling out the gain in overall circulation which occurred during September.The biggest losses in month on month analysis were seen at high ranking popular title the Sun, where… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – October 2000

Emap has announced drastic cuts to its spending forecast on digital projects. When the company’s new media division, Emap Digital, was established in March this year (see EMAP Announces Digital Plans) it was said that around £250m would be spent on digital projects over the following three years, including up to £75m this year.Announcing its… Continue reading Emap Announces Cuts To New Media Investment Plans

Magazine publishers Future Network made the most dramatic performance among media shares yesterday, as a profits warning issued by the company sent share prices spiralling downwards (see Future Shares In Freefall As True Cost Of Accounting Errors Is Revealed). By the end of the day they had nearly halved in value, ending at £2.60, a… Continue reading Sharewatch

IBM’s latest advertising campaign is believed to be a world’s first, in that it runs across a total of six media platforms. The campaign for the Thinkpad i series 1200, which broke on 6 November, is appearing simultaneously on the Guardian Unlimited PC, email, interactive TV, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and WAP channels as well… Continue reading IBM Campaign Runs Across Six Platforms In World First For Advertising

Shares in Future Network have plummeted after the company issued a profits warning to the stock market this morning. The company has indicated that underlying profits for the year to December 2000 will be around £40m, around £6m lower than analysts’ estimates published earlier in the year.Future has given a number of reasons for this,… Continue reading Future Shares In Freefall As True Cost Of Accounting Errors Is Revealed

Channel 4 learned the hard way about the dangers of live broadcasting this summer, and recieved a slap on the wrist from TV regulators the Independent Television Commission (ITC) this month as a consequence. The live broadcast in question was Capital Radio’s “Party in the Park” concert, which was broadcast in the early afternoon on… Continue reading Channel 4 Rapped By Regulators For Swearing Incident During Live Broadcast

The creation of Emap’s internal advertising sales house, Emap Advertising, caused enough disruption to have an adverse effect on consumer magazine advertising revenues, according to the company’s first half results, released today. The company stated that “the disruption created by the formation of Emap Advertising resulted in consumer magazine advertising under-performing in a reasonably buoyant… Continue reading Disruption Of Creating Emap Advertising Shrinks Magazine Revenue During First Half