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As expected, Deutsche Telekom (DT) looks set to sell its cable assets to a consortium of financial investors for between â‚Ź1.7 billion and â‚Ź2.0 billion. The price range falls slightly short of the â‚Ź2.2 billion that DT had hoped to secure for the six regional cable franchises. The Financial Times today says that the deal… Continue reading Deutsche Telekom To Net

Broadband continues to win hearts and minds in the UK with new findings from Oftel revealing that 84% of internet customers are now aware of high-speed services and their merits, compared to just over 50% in February 2002.New subscribers to permanent connections were wholly responsible for the increase in internet connectivity during November and Oftel… Continue reading UK Broadband Revolution Gathers Pace

comScore Networks calculates that US online retail sales totalled $13.3 billion in the last quarter of 2002, a year on year increase of 23%. The figures, reported on eMarketer, do not include travel sales but tally with a survey taken just after Christmas which estimated holiday spending at more than $13.7 billion (see ECommerce Market… Continue reading Holiday Online Sales In Line With Expectations

Influential Government advisor, Barry Cox, is set to make a high profile case for the abolition of the licence fee and is suggesting that the BBC should be partially funded by subscription.Cox, who is deputy chairman of Channel 4 and chairman of the digital stakeholders’ group, has intensified the debate surrounding the future of the… Continue reading Government Advisor Makes Case For Licence Fee Abolition

Online adspend increased by over a fifth in Germany during 2002, says a new study from Nielsen Media. The research company surveyed twenty leading agencies from around the country and found that internet advertising revenue went up by 20.9% to E255.9 million last year. The biggest gains were in the service sector which saw income… Continue reading Web Advertising On The Rise In Germany

David Beckham and Gary Lineker are among some of the UK’s most famous footballers to come under attack from the Food Commission for advertising fast-food, confectionery and soft drinks.According to a new survey from the Food Commission, Premier League football clubs and national football organisations are compromising their school-linked health promotion activities by advertising junk… Continue reading Footballers Criticised For Junk Food Ads

US narrowband internet subscribers are three times more likely to switch from their current ISP than broadband subscribers, according to a new study from the Leichtman Research Group. The report, Understanding Disconnects, Downgrades and Upgrades, found that one-third of online householders in areas where cable is available now subscribe to a broadband service. In addition,… Continue reading US Broadband Users Satisfied With Services

The text messaging craze reached new heights during 2002 with almost 17 billion person to person text messages sent across the four UK GSM networks, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).The data also shows that 1.6 billion SMS messages were sent during December, taking the daily average for the month… Continue reading Text Messaging Hits A New High In 2002

UK radio revenue growth will be subdued for most of this year, as visibility remains poor. That is the prognosis from Merrill Lynch analysts, following a radio industry dinner last week. Revenue growth last year of 2% to 3% was driven mostly by the sponsorship and promotions sector (see UK Radio Beats Revenue Forecasts In… Continue reading UK Radio Update: Consolidation ‘Vital’, Revenues Muted

The ITC has dismissed complaints against Channel 4’s televised post-mortem, Autopsy, claiming it did not breach taste and decency guidelines.The ITC received 34 complaints regarding the programme, which featured edited sections of a public autopsy conducted by Professor Gunther von Hagens in East London. Complainants expressed concern that the programme was offensive to taste and… Continue reading ITC Dismisses Complaints Against Channel 4’s Public Autopsy