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According to new research by Strategy Analytics, the UK is leading European digital TV uptake with 37% of UK homes having switched to digital by the end of 2001 compared to a European average of 16%. According to the research, the success of the UK market has been driven by “intense competition” between the four… Continue reading Competitive Market Boosts UK Digital Growth

BlowUp Media has signed a deal with Land Securities to install and sell giant posters at the top of Liverpool’s tallest building, St John’s Beacon.BlowUp will install three advertising faces, each measuring 105 metres square at the top of the building, which it claims can be seen from 12 miles away. The company has gained… Continue reading BlowUp Goes Tall In Liverpool

Cnet.com was the top online cyber and print advertiser during November. The site gained exposure among 788,000 individual users throughout the month and commanded 5.3% of the total UK at-home internet universe. FT.com made it into second place with visits from 487,000 users and a 3.3% digital reach during November. Guardianunlimited.co.uk, which is to lose… Continue reading New Media Round-Up

A range of industry figures gathered at last night’s MRG evening meeting to hear speakers, Jeff Eales, Max Davies and Bob Hulks, discuss the developments in electronic media trading.Jeff Eales, e-commerce director at DDS, began the discussion by saying that electronic media trading: “Is all about transferring data from a trading system to a buying… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting: Electronic Trading

French media and advertising group Havas is expecting 2002 to be another year of negative growth in the worldwide ad market, with CEO Alain de Pouzilhac forecasting a 0-2% decline. The US is forecast to fall by 1.5% and Europe by 2.0%, de Pouzilhac told an analysts’ meeting. Nevertheless, Havas expects that its top 25… Continue reading Havas Sees Worldwide Ad Decline Of 2% In 2002

New research by Jupiter MMXI today reveals that by 2006 European users will be spending E3.3 billion for content on their mobile phones compared to E1.7 billion spent by PC users. Currently it is only adult sites that have managed to generate income from paid content but Jupiter believes this is set to change as… Continue reading Mobile Content Will Be Worth E3.3 Billion By 2006

Liberty Media has withdrawn its application to the German Cartel Office to acquire a stake in Kirch Group’s pay-TV operation from News Corporation (see Murdoch In Talks To Sell Stake In Kirch To Liberty Media) in a bid to become the country’s largest cable operator. The withdrawal makes approval of Liberty’s £3.5bn acquisition from Deutsche… Continue reading Liberty Media Withdraws From Kirch Bid

ITV partners, Carlton and Granada were among the best performers in yesterday’s media market. The former saw shares rise 3.48% to finish at £2.53, while the latter saw stock climb 2.56% to close at £1.40, an increase of 3˝p on the previous day.Shares in Smartlogik, which yesterday acquired software company Insight Technologies for £250,000, remained… Continue reading Sharewatch

Channel 4’s fledgling digital entertainment channel, E4, is claiming an early victory for its new “Big Thursday” promotion in the run up to the channel’s 1st birthday on Friday (see Ali G Launches E4).A year from launch, there has been criticism that the channel, which is only available in an average 72% of multi-channel homes,… Continue reading E4 Upbeat As 1st Birthday Approaches

With a couple of exceptions, each month of 2001 saw a year on year decrease in the total circulation of national newspapers. One such exceptional month was September, when extraordinary events in the USA prompted an overall surge in sales. However, on average the market was down 275,000 each month in a year on year… Continue reading Feature: Broads Doing Best In National News Circulation