The launch of the new digital entertainment channel, BBC3, may be delayed until next year according to press reports.BBC3, which is a revamped version of the existing BBC Choice channel,(see BBC Reveals Cost Of Digital Plans As Public Welcomes Proposals) aimed at the 16-34 year-old youth market, was initially denied approval last September amid fears… Continue reading Fears Of Further Delays For BBC3
The BBC and BSkyB are reportedly preparing bids to secure the broadcast rights to the European Champions League football tournament.ITV, which has held a significant proportion of the rights since it bid for them in 1998, is expected to face tough competition when rights for the next three years of games become available in the… Continue reading BBC And BSkyB Set To Bid For Champions League Rights
The latest figures from ABC for National Newspaper circulation show that during July there was not a great deal of change in overall circulation of newspapers, but despite the run-up to the ‘silly season’ and the end of the World Cup, month on month circulation was up.The worst fall in percentage terms was seen at… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – July 2002
As expected, the French publishing company Hachette Filipacchi has completed the acquisition of Attic Futura from the Australian printing group PMP in a deal worth £40 million.Attic Futura publishes six titles including the market leading teen title Sugar and the fortnightly gossip magazine Inside Soap. The company employs 130 staff and had a turnover of… Continue reading Hachette Buys Attic Futura For £40 Million
UK inflation has risen higher than expected, according to the latest figures from the Office Of National Statistics (ONS), which show that the underlying rate of inflation increased by 0.5% last month to 2%.According to the ONS, the rise, which casts doubt over the need for another interest rate cut, could be due to price… Continue reading UK Inflation Shows Unexpected Rise
US advertising spend for first half of 2002 rose by 2.3% year on year, according to new preliminary figures released by Nielsen Monitor-Plus. Despite an expected upturn in internet advertising, the sector saw an 8.4% slide during the first half, with only syndicated television performing worse. National magazine spend dropped slightly, by 1.0%. It was… Continue reading US Adspend Up 2.3% In H1, According To Nielsen Figures
The number of UK internet users with broadband access has increased by 60% in the last six months, according to new survey from NOP. Approximately 8% of web users in Britain currently subscribe to broadband services and this figure is expected to rise to 15% by August 2003. This complements a recent report by Continental… Continue reading Britons Latching Onto The Benefits Of Broadband
Multimedia messaging (MMS) has been overhyped and analysts need to be more realistic in making revenue predictions, says a new report from the Wireless World Forum (W2F). MMS represents the next generation of mobile messaging and involves the transfer of text, sounds, images and video between handsets. Some industry observers have forecasted that annual revenues… Continue reading Potential Impact Of MMS Has Been Overstated, Says Report
Almost 10% of the worldÂ’s population now has access to the web according to a new report from Nua Internet Surveys. Based on data collected from a variety of sources, Nua estimates that the global internet audience had increased to 580.78 million users by the end of May 2002. This represents an increase of 36.58… Continue reading One-Tenth of The Global Population Now Online, Says Report
Cable is to be the leading broadband internet platform in the US until 2005, at which point DSL (digital subscriber line) will just steal the lead, according to new forecasts from Park Associates. There will be 40.9 million broadband households in the US by 2005, according to the projections; 17.2 million of these will be… Continue reading DSL To Lead US Mass Adoption Of Broadband
