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The latest results from the quarterly Barclays Internet Index reveal that online confidence has risen yet again to an all time high. Internet usage has remained at 46% over the last three months whilst confidence has been increasing steadily since August 2001 according to the bank. Internet users are conducting more complex day-to-day tasks –… Continue reading Barclays Says Confidence In Online Banking Is At All Time High

BT is planning to extend its high-speed internet service to reach over two thirds of the UK population by the end of next month.The company, which reduced the price of its wholesale broadband product in February, is connecting a further 50 UK towns and cities to its high-speed ADSL service as part of an initiative… Continue reading BT To Extend Broadband Offering

Strategy Analytics predicts a slow beginning for the deployment of the new interactive TV standard, Multimedia Home Platform (MHP). However, the company believes that MHP will eventually become commonplace around the world, reaching 42% of digital TV homes around the world by 2008. MHP is a proposed standard for developing interactive applications within digital television… Continue reading Slow Start For Interactive TV Standard, Says Strategy Analytics

NTL has taken the first step towards the provision of a digital TV signal that can be received by moving vehicles, with the completion of a successful trial of the technology, which utilises the existing frequency spectrum.NTL’s trials of a rugged form of the established DVB-T transmission took place in the Oxford area. A multi-channel… Continue reading NTL Trials Digital TV On The Move

Television adspend in 2001 was £3.5 billion, a decrease of 11% decrease on the total spend for 2000. This represents a loss of £425 million in advertising revenue for the television industry, and takes the 2001 total below the level it was in 1999.The AA forecasts that TV revenue in 2002 will be £3.4 billion… Continue reading TV Will Rebound In 2003, Says AA

Future Publishing’s NGC magazine is to receive a £250,000 redesign in an attempt to make it the “ultimate read for all Nintendo gamers”.From next month the magazine, which reported a 41.5% year on year drop in circulation in the latest ABC results, will appear in a new larger format containing 32 extra pages. The new… Continue reading NGC Magazine To Get £250,000 Redesign

National sports radio station TEAMtalk 252 has signed a 12-month marketing deal with the Daily Star.The deal, which begins this month to coincide with TEAMtalk’s consumer marketing campaign, will see the station’s presenters write sports-orientated columns for the Daily Star. TEAMtalk’s weekday morning presenter Jamie Broadbent will write a branded Monday morning column entitled Its… Continue reading TEAMtalk Secures Marketing Deal With Daily Star

Following the financial crisis at Kirch Gruppe (see Kirch Sell Off Begins), the German government is to step in in order to protect the German football league from insolvency. In a situation eerily similar to the collapse of ITV Digital and the repercussions for the English league, KirchMedia is unable to honour payments due to… Continue reading German Government Will Step In To Save Football League

The PPA reveals that ad revenue from consumer magazines is forecast to outperform the market again in 2002, according to new figures from the Advertising Association. UK Press Forecasts From The Advertising Association      Total  National Newspapers  Regional Newspapers  Consumer Mags  Business Mags  2002 Q1 -10.0 -15.8 -2.0 -3.3 -18.4 Q2 0.5 2.3 1.2… Continue reading Consumer Mags Will Outperform Market In 2002, Says AA

Television adspend in 2001 was £3.5 billion, a decrease of 11% decrease on the total spend for 2000. This represents a loss of £425 million in advertising revenue for the television industry, and takes the 2001 total below the level it was in 1999. The AA forecasts that TV revenue in 2002 will be £3.4… Continue reading TV Will Rebound In 2003, Says AA