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Outdoor research can be as effective at reaching 10-14 year olds, or “Tweenagers” as 16-24 year olds, according to new research by JCDecaux. POSTAR research shows that the average recall for campaigns among 16-24 year olds is around 60%, while recall among tweenagers for a Muller Corner campaign was found by JC Decaux to be… Continue reading Outdoor Reaches Tweenagers
Cinema, a newfangled miracle at the start of the last century, began this one as decidedly old media. Yet despite an increasing number of rivals for adspend and even the role of showing movies, the medium has held onto, even increased its place in the industry.The last fifteen years have seen a steady increase in… Continue reading Feature: Cinema Is Still Going Strong
News International is to impose charges for websites of the Times and Sunday Times in a move that could prompt a stream of newspaper publishers to follow suit.The-Times.co.uk is the first British newspaper to charge users for the use of its website. Visitors to the site will be charged an annual fee of £10 to… Continue reading Times Online To Charge Users
BSkyB today launched Sky+, its second generation set top box. The box, which is an integrated satellite receiver and personal video recording system (PVR), will go on sale from September and has a retail price of £300.The system provides a range of extra features, allowing Sky customers to record one programme whilst watching another, pause… Continue reading BSkyB Launches New Set Top Box
In keeping with other analysts and forecasters (see Forecasts), Merrill Lynch has downgraded its ITV revenue forecasts citing “growing evidence of advertiser cutbacks or switching” in the TV advertising market. Merrill now forecast ITV revenue growth at -12.3% to September 2001 and see no reason to expect a recovery until around April 2002. Growth for… Continue reading Merrill Lynch Downgrades Spell Further Misery For ITV
More than half of the UK’s internet users are willing to pay for premium content, possibly paving the way for the widespread introduction of paid -for events and information. According to a new survey by technology consultancy iSTRAT, 52% of respondents said that would be willing to pay for good quality information; 80% of these… Continue reading More Than Half Of UK Web Users Willing To Pay For Premium Content
Although the US has the largest base of mobile phone users in the world, less than $4 billion will be spent on shopping and travel via internet-enabled mobile phones in 2006. This is less than 2% of all online shopping, according to new wireless research by Jupiter Media Metrix (JMM). The survey reports that consumers’… Continue reading Consumer Apathy Hinders Wireless Transactions Growth
The economic downturn and the well-publicised failure of dotcoms have dented the share of those who see the internet as ‘an engine of, economic growth’, down slightly from 82% in October 2000 to 75% in June 2001. However, there has been no significant change in the share of the US public that has a positive… Continue reading Internet Viewed Positively Despite Dotcom Failures
The IPA released it’s Q2 2001 Bellwether report today which drew unsurprising conclusions about UK marketing spend. Leaving aside the much-discussed move away from television (see Forecasts) the IPA reveal a shift towards ‘below-the-line’ activities when decisions are made about marketing spend. Investment in direct marketing in particular showed a significant increase in 2000, taking… Continue reading Q2 Bellwether Report Is Thin On Optimism