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Yahoo! UK and Ireland has extended its relationship with Guardian Unlimited, with the two companies continuing a multi-year search and advertising deal.The deal, which began in 2002, will see the internet search engine extend the advertising revenue services it provides the Guardian’s network of websites, with a product called Hotspots that operates in a similar… Continue reading Yahoo! Extends Ad Deal With Guardian Unlimited

Scottish Media Group, owner of Virgin Radio, has seen its shares drop by 28% today after issuing a profits warning. SMG said that the dip in profits is due to a weak market for TV and cinema advertising, which has affected its Scottish TV franchises and its cinema advertising sales business Pearl & Dean. However,… Continue reading SMG Issues Profit Warning And Sees Shares Fall

Google recorded a revenue increase of 70% for the third quarter, to $2.69 billion, and nearly doubled its profits to $733 million. Google-owned sites generated revenues of $1.63 billion, or 60% of total revenues, in the third quarter of 2006. This represents an 84% increase over third quarter 2005 revenues of $885 million and a… Continue reading Google Revenues Grow 70%

Affluent working women in the US with family incomes of $75,000 or more are growing in number and 94.3% access the internet during an average month, according to new research from The Media Audit. From 2004 to 2005 the percentage of affluent working women making five or more purchases on the internet increased from 54.1%… Continue reading Affluent US Women Increase Internet Purchases

The worldwide mobile phone market is edging ever nearer to one billion units shipped for the year, with a total of 254.9 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2006, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Worldwide shipments of mobile phones were up 7.9% from the previous quarter and up an impressive… Continue reading Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Sees Record Shipments

By the end of the year, Google is expected to command a 25% market share of online adspend, according to eMarketer. eMarketer says that Google will see its ad revenue soar to more than $4 billion by the end of the year, a number that matches the record ad spending of the entire industry during… Continue reading Google Could Command 25% Market Share Of Online Adspend

Fidelity, a shareholder in Aegis, is considering blocking Vincent Bollore’s bid for two seats on the Aegis board, according to reports in the trade press. The news of Fidelity’s opposition to Bollores nominees follows reports in the French press that Aegis could contact the Takeover Panel concerning suspicions that Bollore is working with another investor,… Continue reading Fidelity Could Block Bollore’s Aegis Board Bid

The number of broadband subscribers in the 30 countries tracked by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reached 181 million in June, a 33% increase over the previous year. The research shows that broadband reaches an average 15.5 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, compared to 11.7 subscribers per 100 in 2005. DSL (63%) leads… Continue reading Broadband Subscribers Increase 33%

Worldwide digital terrestrial TV (DTT) is expected to more than triple over the next five years, with growth driven primarily in Western Europe, according to IMS Research. IMS Research also says that research carried out on the DTT market suggest that pay-DTT services have a greater chance of survival where free DTT services are already… Continue reading Global DTT Expected to Treble

Global TV advertising clutter rose 16% from 2001 to 2005, according to new research from Initiative. Initiative says that ad clutter rose massively between 2001 and 2003 (11%), calmed in 2004 (1.8%) and rose again in 2005 (2.1%). Overall, this means that globally, television viewers now watch 65 more commercials a week (or nine more… Continue reading TV Advertising Clutter Grows 16% In Five Years