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The broadband revolution in Europe is currently on hold, according to a new survey from GartnerG2. Conducted across France, Germany and the UK, the survey says that consumers are not prepared to pay a premium for broadband and that unless prices come down dramatically, only 10% of households will have broadband internet access by 2005.… Continue reading European Broadband Revolution Is On Hold, Says GartnertG2

The very tough trading conditions in the US hi-tech advertising market continue, according to figures for United Business Media’s (UBM) CMP Media, released this morning. The group says that advertising page volumes at CMP declined by 38.3% in December 2001; in November volumes fell by 39.8%. This suggests that the decline is stabilising, but in… Continue reading US Hi-Tech Ad Market Remains Weak, According To CMP Figures

The Advertising Association has released its latest UK media forecasts which anticipate that spending in Q1 2002 will fall by -11.3%. Ad spend in the UK will total £12,120 million in 2002, says the AA. UK Media Forecasts From The Advertising Association  Spending (£ million)      Total  TV  Radio  Outdoor & Transport  National Newspapers … Continue reading AA Forecasts Staggered Recovery For UK Media Spend

Advertising expenditure on UK commercial radio is expected to stand at £492 million for 2001 (excluding revenue from sponsorship and promotions), according to the latest figures from the Advertising Association. This represents an 8.0% decline year on year, compared to a 6.4% decline across the display marketplace as a whole, with Commercial Radio achieving a… Continue reading UK Commercial Radio Quarterly Advertising Trends And Forecasts

Latest figures from Zenith Media forecast an increase of 5.1% for commercial radio advertising this year compared to a 0.7% increase for all advertising in the UK. These gains, in both revenue and share are expected to continue into next year before tailing off in 2004. The figures from Zenith are not as optimistic as… Continue reading UK Advertising Growth Forecasts From Zenith Media

Analysis of the media market reveals a week of mixed fortunes for radio companies following the release of the latest RAJAR data last Thursday.GWR saw shares fall 7.63% week on week to close at £2.24, closely followed by Capital, which was down 5.62% to finish at £6.63, a loss of 39˝p on the previous week.… Continue reading Sharewatch

Trinity Mirror has “categorically denied” press reports that it is putting its national Sunday newspaper, the Sunday People up for sale.A spokesman for Trinity Mirror today dismissed the claims as “pure speculation” saying: “The Sunday People is not up for sale and Trinity Mirror has no plans to put the paper on the market in… Continue reading Trinity Denies Sunday People Sale Rumours

Capital Radio is to create a digital radio network for children in association with the UK subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.“Capital Disney” will broadcast on the existing Cube digital radio stations to a potential audience of around 25 million. It is also expected to use platforms such as mobile phones and the internet. The… Continue reading Capital Teams With Disney For Kids Radio Channel

Global market information company, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), has agreed to acquire the broadcast division of BMC News and will combine the division’s activities with those of TNS Tellex.The merged entity will be one of the UK’s leading broadcast monitoring specialists and will build on the group’s existing media intelligence activities in 20 countries, says… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Acquires TV And Radio Monitoring Business

ITV Digital is making a number of cost-cutting redundancies from its interactive arm as part of a restructure brought on by the “difficult economic climate.”A spokesman for ITV Digital confirmed that internal restructuring was taking place at ITV Active and said that a “limited number” of job cuts would be made, reflecting the commercial realities… Continue reading ITV Digital Restructures Interactive Arm