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In a survey of net users in 16 countries, Ipsos-Reid found that 46% of those questioned cited online credit card fraud as a “major concern” when shopping online and 26% said it was a “moderate concern”. Ipsos say that such concerns are limiting the potential for e-commerce growth as 55% of those who have not,… Continue reading Security Concerns Hamper eCommerce Success, Says Ipsos-Reid

UK cable market leaders NTL and Telewest have joined forces in a national marketing campaign designed to boost British broadband uptake. Both companies offer customers broadband cable modem internet services at £24.99 per month which compares favourably with BT’s £39.99 per month ADSL access.Currently broadband cable access is available to around 9 million homes in… Continue reading NTL Teams With Telewest

UK cable market leaders NTL and Telewest have joined forces in a national marketing campaign designed to boost British broadband uptake. Both companies offer customers broadband cable modem internet services at £24.99 per month which compares favourably with BT’s £39.99 per month ADSL access. Currently broadband cable access is available to around 9 million homes… Continue reading NTL And Telewest Join Together To “Build Broadband Britain”

Capital Interactive (CI), the online music arm of Capital Radio, today announced a deal to become the first web-radio provider for MSN.co.uk, supplying MSN’s 11m monthly users with three narrowcast web-radio stations.ATK13, Chyra and Glisn will be available on the MSN site around the clock from 23 July. ATK13 will be found on the MSN… Continue reading Capital In Web Deal With MSN

A new survey commissioned by Oftel shows that UK home internet use continues to rise as figures show that four million homes connected in the last 12 months. The survey, conducted in May 2001, reveals that 10 million homes now have internet connections, up from 6 million in May 2000 and 8.5 million in February… Continue reading UK Internet Use Continues To Rise, Says Oftel

Attic Futura has announced that Shine magazine is to close. Publication of the women’s health and beauty glossy, which launched two years ago, will be suspended from August.According to the publisher, sales of the magazine have proved difficult to sustain in recent months and the decision to fold comes after “disappointing sales in a highly… Continue reading Lights Out For Shine Magazine

There were more than seven million internet users in Spain during April and May – over 20% of the population – according to data from the Spanish Association for Media Research (AIMC), as reported on Europemedia. This is almost double the number of people online at the same point last, according to the report. Almost… Continue reading Seven Million Spanish Online, Says Report

MondayMediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Media Business.WednesdayTotal Publishing opens its show and conference at Earls Court. Free seminars include an interview with IPC chief executive Sly Bailey.ThursdayTotal Publishing Show continues. Interviewees at free seminars include Sally O’Sullivan, chief executive of Cabal Communications and Mark Frith, editor of last year’s… Continue reading The Week Ahead

The Newspaper Association Of America reports that newspaper advertising expenditure for Q1 2001 will come in at around $10.4 billion, a decline of 4.3% over 2000, according to preliminary estimates. “Obviously, it would be hard to match the incredible gains of last year, particularly in national, which registered an 18.7 percent gain in the first… Continue reading US Newspaper Adspend Declines For The First Time Since 1992

A sharp fall in the market value of Future Network has led the company to issue a reassuring statement this morning. Future says that there has been no deterioration in its financial condition, the performance of its businesses or in the company’s expectation of its performance since the previous trading statement was posted on 8… Continue reading Future Reassures Investors