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According to a recent Oftel study of around 700 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), a net connection is still a desirable asset and one which many have already invested in. 92% of medium businesses and 59% of small businesses are already connected to the internet

Cable group NTL has this morning announced a quarterly revenues increase of 6% to £622 million, for the three months ended 31 March. At the same time EBITDA increased by 32% quarter on quarter to £86 million. Earlier in the week the group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NTL Communications Corp, placed $1 billion worth of Convertible Notes;… Continue reading NTL Raises Cash For The Future

BSkyB’s interim results, which revealed subscriber numbers lower than analyst expectations and consequently affected profit and revenue figures (see BSkyB To Cease Analogue Broadcast This Summer), brought the broadcaster’s share price down by the close of yesterday’s trading. Shares finished down 52p at £8.04.Worse hit was Highbury House, which held its AGM yesterday and warned… Continue reading Sharewatch

The truth may be difficult to bear, even unthinkable. But could it be the case that an advertising-based model of the internet simply does not work? This is certainly the contention made by analysts at McKinsey Quarterly in their new report, Can Broadband Save Internet Media?. The report claims that, ‘despite brutal evidence to the… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Is An Advertising-Based Internet Really Feasible?

WPP’s wholly-owned global branding, identity and consulting group, The Brand Union, has acquired UK-based Marketing & Communication Agency (“MCA”), an internal communications consultancy, for an undisclosed sum. MCA has offices in London, New York and Stockholm and specialises in providing multinational clients with brand-building tools, on both a corporate and employee level, through the creation… Continue reading WPP Acquires UK Communications Consultancy

Tables showing the performances of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year period to December 2000 are now available for subscribers.(Subscribers see full item in the Radio features list)

Once again this was a bad quarter for national commercial radio, which saw a decline in reach across all its stations. Like the previous quarter, worst hit were Atlantic 252, which dropped 21.2% and Virgin AM, which fell 34.3% in a year on year comparison.The BBC stations did not do very much better, with Radio… Continue reading Rajar Figures Show Another Tough Quarter For Commercial Stations

Trinity Mirror chairman, Sir Victor Blank, this morning told the company’s AGM that advertising growth for the first three months of the year slowed, but remains in line with the outlook given by Trinity in its preliminary results.In April, the rate of growth for Trinity’s regional titles was slower than the first quarter in all… Continue reading Advertising Slows At Trinity Mirror Titles

The beginning of this month saw the release of two reports on ad expenditure from opposing ends of the market which drew unsurprisingly different conclusions with regard to predictions for growth. In the latest Myers Report, New York economist Jack Myers has revised his ad revenue estimates for the coming year claiming that the decline… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Recession? What Recession?

Reality TV is set to rule the airwaves this summer as the second series of last year’s hit Big Brother (see Big Brother Finale Gives C4 Largest Ever Friday Night Audience) fights for attention with the UK version of US success Survivor. While the shows are unlikely to directly clash on the schedules, with ITV’s… Continue reading Reality Shows Go Head To Head For Summer Season