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BT Vision, the communications giant’s IPTV service, will come on to the market next month without a major marketing push, with the company waiting until next spring to fully promote the technology.The launch allows BT to stick to the autumn timetable it previously set, with some saying the subdued arrival of the product is to… Continue reading BT Vision Launches Without Major Marketing Campaign

Chairman of Johnston Press, Roger Parry, has said he will not make an offer for ITV, though he remains in the race to be the broadcaster’s new chief executive.A statement released by Johnston Press today said: “Further to recent press statements, Roger Parry announces that he has no intention to make an offer for ITV.”However,… Continue reading Parry Won’t Make An Offer For ITV

Merrill Lynch is expecting 1.3% ad growth in the UK this year, a slowdown from last year’s 2.5% growth. Meanwhile, a recent forecast from ZenithOptimedia downgraded expectations for 2006 UK advertising growth by 2.0% points, and also downgraded its expectation for 2007 by 1.1% points (see ZenithOptimedia Downgrades UK Ad Growth Forecast). In the US,… Continue reading Merrill Lynch Lowers Global Ad Forecast

Global sales of mobile phone handsets to top 1.2 billion by 2011, although 2006 will be the last year of massive overall worldwide growth, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media. Starting from 2007, the rate of overall global handset growth is predicted to slow dramatically, with saturation in developed markets beginning… Continue reading Mobile Phone Handset Sales To Top 1.2 Billion

The high demand for Carphone Warehouse’s “free” broadband service has increased the losses it expects to make for the year to £70 million. The strong demand has added approximately £20 million in additional costs, although no impact is anticipated in March 2008 financial year. In its second quarter results, Carphone Warehouse said that total connections… Continue reading Increased Broadband Costs For Carphone Warehouse

Carphone Warehouse has announced that it is to acquire AOL UK for £370 million. Under the agreement, Carphone Warehouse will acquire AOL’s customer base in the UK as well as the supporting management and infrastructure, whilst AOL will provide co-branded portal, content and other audience services and will manage the online advertising sales for Carphone… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse To Acquire AOL UK

VNU, the parent company of Nielsen Media Research, has announced that it is proposing to acquire the 39.5% stake in NetRatings that it does not already own. Nielsen is currently increasing its efforts to integrate its TV ratings systems with NetRatings online audience estimates to make a product that would enable advertisers and agencies to… Continue reading VNU Could Acquire Rest Of NetRatings

The proportion of UK households with broadband will almost double, from 34% at the end of 2005, to 64% three years later, according to a new report from Point Topic. Remote rural areas where penetration is lowest at the moment will grow fastest and catch up with the rest of the country to some extent… Continue reading 64% Of UK Households On Broadband By 2008

talkSPORT has secured the exclusive live commentary rights to 32 top-flight domestic football games on Saturday afternoons next season for three seasons, after winning an auction for the rights organised by the Premier League.The win makes the speech station the first national commercial radio station to broadcast live top-flight domestic football games since the BBC… Continue reading talkSPORT Wins Exclusive Football Rights

Internet search engine Google has surged ahead yet again, with the latest figures from Nielsen//NetRatings showing that 706 million searches were undertaken in the UK in August, 30 million more monthly searches than six months ago.This 4.4% increase in the use of Google in Britain means that 16,000 searches are conducted every minute in the… Continue reading Google Boosts Its Internet Dominance