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Around one quarter of homes across France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK will have a broadband connection by 2005, according to the latest projections from the McKinsey Quarterly. This is some 28 million households and could rise to around 70 million, or 60% of homes, by 2010. Broadband connections allow the fast… Continue reading Broadband Take-Up Will Depend On Companies’ Strategies, Says McKinsey

In light of recent reports proclaiming the success of online financial services sites and the growing popularity of online banking, Jupiter MMXI forecast that the days of free content on such sites may be limited. Online banking and share trading sites have previously been free to access but the suggestion is that ‘premium services’ will… Continue reading Success Of Online Finance Sites May Result In Less Free Content

Debt-laden British Telecom (see Forecasts) was facing another blow today as it was usurped by Orange as the UK’s second largest mobile telephone operator. In the three months to June 2001, Orange added 830,000 new subscriber base taking its total to 11.9 million. In March the companies both had around 11 million subscribers but BT… Continue reading Orange Takes The No.2 Spot In The UK Telecoms Market

Last week’s events appeared to be taking their toll on ITV partners Carlton and Granada yesterday with both companies suffering losses. Carlton dropped 4.55% to finish at £3.25, 15˝p worse off than the previous day, while Granada was down 6.86% to close at £1.42˝p, a loss of 10˝p.Taylor Nelson Sofres and Future Network also fell… Continue reading Sharewatch

In its new report Interactive Consumer Broadband: Sex, Sport and Shopping?, Analysys claims that ISPs and telecoms operators are ‘deluding themselves’ if they believe that broadband media entertainment will reap rich rewards. In the battle for viewers, cheap, higher-quality digital tv will prove more attractive to consumers than whatever degree of interactivity may be offered… Continue reading Broadband Poses No Threat To TV, Reports Analysys

The National Magazine Company has cancelled two of its most popular exhibitions. The Prima Baby and Cosmopolitan shows will not take place next year while the viability of the events are reviewed.A spokeswoman for the company today said: “Market conditions at the moment mean that the shows have been postponed until further notice. The future… Continue reading Natmags Cancels Exhibitions

Q1 cable statistics from the Independent Television Commission (ITC) show that cable TV penetration has risen by 2.1 percentage points year on year to 28.5% of homes passed and marketed. Cable TV take-up rate has increased by 10.1% in the same period, with 3.6m or 15% of TV households subscribing. The ITC figures also show… Continue reading ITC Publishes Q1 Cable TV Statistics

The Radio Authority has awarded the Yorkshire regional radio licence to the Guardian Media Group (GMG) which will begin broadcasting its Real Radio format in the region early next year.The licence will give GMG access to a potential audience of 3m listeners, and is one of the last big regional licences to be awarded before… Continue reading GMG Wins Yorkshire Regional Licence

The BBC is considering plans to start charging people to download TV and radio programmes, according to press reports.In an interview with the FT , the BBC’s head of internet and interactive TV operations, Ashley Highfield, said that the heavy cost of distributing content on the internet could limit the amount of BBC content licence… Continue reading BBC Online To Charge Users?

United Business Media (UBM) has acquired 50% of the Dutch national news agency’s news release distribution division, Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau Pers Support (ANPPS), for €6.5 million (£3.9 million) in cash, the company announced this morning. The investment continues UBM’s strategy to provide its PR Newswire service with a strong local identity in key markets. ANPPS… Continue reading UBM Acquires Dutch News Release Agency