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The increasing popularity of high speed broadband services helped push the number of ISP subscriptions up by 4.1% year on year during September, according to new figures from the Office Of National Statistics (ONS). The latest Index of Internet Connectivity report shows that the number of people connected to ISPs rose by 0.8% month on… Continue reading Broadband Continues To Drive Internet Uptake

BSkyB’s digital satellite service will reach almost nine million homes in four years’ time, whilst cable is left trailing, according to the latest projection from Merrill Lynch analysts. The forecasts show that whilst cable’s growth is virtually flat and BSkyB’s begins to level off, the free digital terrestrial (DTT) service, Freeview, will continue to make… Continue reading BSkyB To Reach Almost 9m Subs By 2008, Say Forecasts

BT has called on the Government and industry to back its target of achieving 100% broadband coverage for every UK community by 2005. The telecoms incumbent already makes mass market broadband available to more than 80% of British households and is set to upgrade its internet exchanges to serve 90% of the population by the… Continue reading BT Targets 100% Broadband By 2005

Major US cable and DSL providers added a combined total of more than two million high-speed internet subscribers in the third quarter of 2003, according to the latest figures from Leichtman Research Group. Net additions for the quarter were the largest ever and half a million higher than in the previous quarter (see Broadband Growth… Continue reading Record Quarter For US Broadband Providers

Week on week analysis of the media sector brought good news for BSkyB, which faced pressure following the appointment of James Murdoch as its new chief executive. The stock rose 2.71% week on week.The group recently revealed it gained 170,000 new subscribers to its digital satellite service during the last three months (see BSkyB Doubles… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Rises As James Murdoch Moves In

BT has called on the Government and the industry to get behind its target of achieving one hundred percent broadband coverage for every UK community by 2005.The telecomms giant already makes mass market broadband available to more than 80% of British households and is set to upgrade its internet exchanges to serve 90% of the… Continue reading BT Calls On Government To Back New Broadband Target

A new magazine combining men’s love of football and fashion, entitled The Newspaper Magazine, is to hit the newstands this month.The magazine will be published bi-annually in a broadsheet format and will have an initial print run of 20,000. It will be distributed nationwide with a cover price of £5 and will also be mailed… Continue reading New Magazine Launch Offers Men Football And Fashion

Television viewers are as attentive to commercial breaks as they were five years ago, despite a marked increase in the number channels on offer, according to a new study carried out by Channel 4.The research contradicts recent claims from the London Business School that viewers rarely watch television adverts, by showing that the percentage of… Continue reading Viewers Continue To Tune In To Television Advertising

A peak of almost 9 million viewers tuned into ITV1 yesterday to watch England defeat France to secure a place in the final of the Rugby World Cup.Audiences for the match, which saw England secure victory by 24 points to 7, averaged 7.6 million viewers and secured an impressive 64% share of viewing between 8.50am… Continue reading Almost 9 Million See England Rugby Team Beat France

Pay-per-click advertising company, Espotting, has secured a deal with ITV to power searches across the broadcaster’s network of websites.The deal, which begins in December, will see Espotting replace Overture as paid listings provider across a range of sites including those for Pop Idol, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and I’m A Celebrity Get Me… Continue reading Espotting To Power Online Searches Across ITV Network