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The development of a host of interactive services is expected to push forward a strong growth in sales for the online retail market, according to new report from Fletcher Research. UK Online Retail: From Minority To Mainstream, shows that interactive (digital) television and mobile phones will help online retailers take 7.5% of the UKÂÂ’s retail… Continue reading Interactive Services To Push Online Retail Growth

ITV and the BBC will broadcast simultaneous coverage of England’s match against Germany as part of Euro 2000. The two channels, between whom live coverage for the competition is split, have confirmed their schedules for the matches this summer.If England reach the quarter finals or semi final, both BBC1 and ITV will show the match… Continue reading Euro 2000 Schedules Pit BBC And ITV Against Each Other

Women in their “middle youth” will soon have two new lifestyle magazine titles to choose from, as publishers Gruner & Jahr and Dennis Publishing each line up their new offerings in this sector. G&J’s code-named Florence and Dennis’ Project Denise both target women in their late 20s and 30s and have an up-market slant.This sector… Continue reading Feature: Middle Youth Sector Strains As Two More Titles Plan To Launch

Football club Aston Villa has formed a media partnership with NTL, which will allow the cable group exclusive sponsorship and marketing rights in return for a £26 million loan. The deal translates to a 9.99% stake in the football club for NTL.For an initial five-year period NTL’s subsidiary Premium TV will act as exclusive agent… Continue reading NTL Announces Media Partnership With Aston Villa

The underlying inflation rate remained steady at 2.2% last month, according to official figures. The key index used by the Bank of England to set interest rates, which excludes mortgage interest payments, remained unchanged at 2.2% – still below the Government’s 2.5% target.According to the figures released by the Office for National Statistics this morning,… Continue reading Inflation Steady At 2.2%

Associated Newspapers has changed the name of the North West edition of its Metro title after losing an appeal to use the masthead in the city of Manchester (see Associated Loses Court Appeal Over Metro Title). The paper is now called News North West and continues to distribute in the region.The group lost its right… Continue reading Metro North West Changes Name After Losing Appeal

The amount and share of advertising spend which is placed on the internet are both set to soar over the next few years, but television will remain the marketers’ preferred medium. These are some of the latest findings from Fletcher Research’s Internet AdWatch survey.As the UK’s online population is set to explode – growing to… Continue reading Online Advertising Growth To Outperform Market, But Remain ‘Poor Relation’ To Broadcast

Regional newspaper publisher, Newsquest, has this morning announced a strategic deal to take a 9.9% stake in the auction service of leading internet service provider, Freeserve.Newsquest is acquiring the holding in Freeserve Auctions in return for £10 million worth of advertising for the service across the group’s portfolio of regional papers and £2 million in… Continue reading Newsquest Takes 10% Stake In Freeserve Auctions

The total internet universe in the US increased from 97 million to 119 million US-based users during 1999, an increase of 22.7%. This is the finding of internet measurement service, Nielsen//NetRatings, which has published a report on the state of the internet market in 1999.Average time spent online also rose significantly during the period February-December… Continue reading US Internet Universe Expands 23% In 1999

Capital Radio has unveiled plans for Life, a new digital station to be broadcast on the national network, Digital One. Life will begin broadcasting on 31 January and makes Capital Radio a national, and digital, broadcaster for the first time.Life will offer listeners soft adult contemporary music from the likes of Sting, George Michael, The… Continue reading Capital Launches New Digital Station On National Network