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Global IT spending reached $975 billion in 2001 and is expected to increase to an estimated $1,116 billion by 2004 – a compound annual growth rate of 4.6%. These forecasts from Datamonitor have been reduced due to the impact of the global economic slowdown.

Week on week analysis shows that Highbury House, which released its full year results on Thursday showing a 29% rise in revenue to £100m (see Highbury House Sees B2B Publishing Revenues Flat For 2002), was one of the best performers in last week’s media market. Shares rose 23.91% week on week to close at 28˝p,… Continue reading Sharewatch

Only seven media businesses made it into the Sunday Times’ Best Companies To Work For list this year. The highest ranking, Abbott Mead Vickers, was at number 22, down from number 7 last year. Supermarket Asda was named the best company to work for, ahead of Microsoft and consumer electronics retailer Richer Sounds.The list, published… Continue reading Media Outfits Rare Among “Best Companies To Work For”

With the second series of Survivor currently looking as if it will replicate the lack-lustre ratings of last year’s, ITV is to give another reality gameshow imported from the US a shot.Elimidate, already apparently a “smash hit” in the States, combines the exotic locations of Survivor with the “romance” of Blind Date. However, all thoughts… Continue reading ITV Imports Survivor-Style Dating Show

Dennis Publishing is investing £1m in a motoring internet portal which will offer a high level of targetting to advertisers and, it hopes, early signs of success. £175,000 of the budget will go towards an online and print marketing campaign.Multimedia division Dennis Interactive has combined content from Auto Express and evo with motorsports and retailer… Continue reading Dennis Sinks £1m Into Motoring Portal

TalkSPORT has signed a deal with the UK’s largest interactive betting service, Blue Square, to sponsor special sports features during its coverage of this summer’s World Cup tournament.The features will run throughout the period when live games take place and will be sponsored solely by Blue Square. The online betting firm will provide odds on… Continue reading TalkSPORT Secures World Cup Sponsor

ITV Digital is believed to be meeting with the Football League today in a last ditch attempt to resolve the dispute over television rights, which could threaten the future of the troubled digital TV platfrom (see Football League Rejection Could Close ITV Digital).The meeting is also expected to put in place the mechanism for Deloitte… Continue reading ITV Digital In Salvage Talks

BARB viewing data for the first month of 2002 showed that again ITV1 saw a year on year drop in all homes, from a share of just below 30% to a share of just over 26%. However, its terrestrial rival, BBC1 did not see much movement year on year, while the largest increase in viewing… Continue reading Digital TV Round-Up – January 2002

BARB viewing data for the first month of 2002 showed that again ITV1 saw a year on year drop in all homes, from a share of just below 30% to a share of just over 26%. However, its terrestrial rival, BBC1 did not see much movement year on year, increasing its share by 0.15 percentage… Continue reading Digital TV Round-Up – January 2002

Digital marketing agency, Outrider is to merge with digital media shop, The Digital Edge, following the acquisition of the Tempus Group by WPP at the end of last year.The new company will keep the Outrider name in the UK and Europe but will be known as The Digital Edge in US, where the Outrider identity… Continue reading Outrider To Merge With Digital Edge