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There are now 563 million people worldwide with home access to the web according to the Global Internet Trends survey from Nielsen//NetRatings. The number of users rose by 10 million in the third quarter of 2002. The study shows that the US continues to have the largest internet population, with almost 30% of the total… Continue reading Internet Population Increases By 10 Million

Mobile phone sales totalled 104.3 million units in the third quarter of 2002, a 7.8% increase from the same period last year, according to a new report from Gartner Dataquest. This higher-than-expected increase is a timely boost for the industry as the crucial Christmas period approaches. It will also be of interest to researchers and… Continue reading Mobile Sales Growth Prompts Talk Of Recovery

An average of 50 million text messages were sent each day during October taking the monthly total to an all time high of 1.54 billion, according to the Mobile Data Association (MDA). The daily average for October, which is substantially higher than the 21 million daily texts sent each day in October 2000, brings the… Continue reading Early Birthday Present As Texting Hits 50 Million Mark

Shares in Carlton jumped after a deeper than expected round of cost cutting enabled the group to report annual results ahead of expectations (see Carlton Sees Improving Ad Trading As Loss Hits £156m). In a separate development, Paul Murray, the finance director of the company, admitted ITV overpaid for Premier League highlights. The stock was… Continue reading Sharewatch

BT has announced a partnership with MSN, which will see the two groups co-market internet access via BT broadband and Microsoft’s new internet service MSN 8.The deal makes BT Microsoft’s first major European distributor for MSN 8, the new multimedia email product, which has been developed to challenge AOL’s dominance in the market. MSN 8… Continue reading BT and MSN Announce Marketing Partnership

UK television is currently undergoing fundamental change as it is forced to react to the advance of technology and twenty-first century viewing habits. Predicting the future is no easy task but a new report has outlined some of the challenges faced by the industry and speculates on how the broadcasting landscape will look in the… Continue reading Insight Analysis: TV Industry Looks To The Future

BBC Worldwide has secured a deal with NTL, which will see it producing a weekly special edition of the Radio Times especially tailored for cable customers.The magazine will be delivered weekly to NTL subscribers from next January and replaces the monthly NTL Guide which will fold in December. The new edition will include the usual… Continue reading New Radio Times Format For NTL Customers

AOL has launched a range of interactive service on Sky Active, including instant messaging, email, headline news, sport and weather.Sky viewers will be able to access AOL’s service via remote control while watching Sky TV programmes. AOL voiced its interest in entering the digital television market, along with Lycos earlier this year (see UK Internet… Continue reading AOL Launches Interactive TV Service On Sky Digital

Granada today announced full-year losses of £164 million but the commercial broadcaster was encouraged by results in the second half and remains confident about the future of ITV.The company announced that pre-tax profits for the year to late-September came in at £176 million, 10% less than in 2001, but ahead of many analysts forecasts.The collapse… Continue reading Granada Unbowed Despite Fall In Profits

Research consultancy BMRB has launched a survey which aims to give media agencies and broadcasters a greater understanding of interactive TV audiences.The survey, Audience Interaction Monitor (AIM), will be completed by two thousand adults, including Sky Digital, cable digital and Freeview viewers. There will be questions on pay-per-view, interactive services like shopping, gaming and email,… Continue reading BMRB To Undertake Research Into Interactive Audiences