Almost half of all UK households now have access to the internet, according to the Q3 Expenditure and Food Survey from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).The number of online homes increased by approximately 300,000 in the three months to September 30 and now stands at 11.4 million, equivalent to 46% of all UK households.… Continue reading Home Internet Usage Still Growing
The text messaging phenomenon is showing no signs of slowing as it reaches its tenth birthday, with 1.5 billion text messages being sent during November, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).November’s figure takes the daily SMS average to over 50 million, up from 40 million in the same period the… Continue reading Text Messaging Reaches New High As Christmas Approaches
Yahoo! UK & Ireland has restructured its sales department with the appointment of Alex Khan as head of agency sales and Seamus Hunn as head of client services.Khan, who joins from Silicon Media Group, where he was international business development manager, will work to maximise revenue for Yahoo! through interactive specialist and strategic agency planning.In… Continue reading Yahoo! Restructures Sales Team With New Appointments
ITV’s share of the television advertising market is set to drop by two percentage points next year, as around 70% of the Network’s advertisers renegotiate their new annual contracts at the end of this year.Analysts at Merrill Lynch say that ITV’s share of the market will fall from an expected to 53.6% this year to… Continue reading ITV’s Market Share Could Fall During 2003
The ASA has refused to censure a press ad for NTL’s broadband internet service despite complaints that it depicted a man being subjected to a Nazi experiment.The ad, which appeared in the Guardian and the Independent, featured a series of black and white pictures of a man’s blindfolded face, becoming progressively more distorted in each… Continue reading ASA Clears NTL Of Shocking Nazi Ads
Tuesday saw a mixed day of trading for the media sector as poor inflation data and retail news dampened bullish sentiment.On the corporate news-front, BSkyB was seen up 5.03% on news that the Office Of Fair Trading (OFT), had found the company was not in breach of competition law. NTL chief executive, Barclay Knapp, has… Continue reading Sharewatch
The number of multi-channel television subscribers in the UK increased by 2.8% between Q2 and Q3 this year, with the growth largely driven by BSkyB, according to the latest statistics from the Independent Television Commission (ITC).More than 11 million households are now multi-channel, with penetration rising from 43.8% in Q2 to 45.0% in Q3. Overall… Continue reading ITC Cable Statistics Q3 2002
The BBC has been urged to do more to catch television licence-fee dodgers, according to a new report from the all-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC).According to the report, two million people are failing to pay the annual fee of £112, which is believed to be costing the BBC around £200 million. Officials investigating suspect fee… Continue reading BBC Attacked For Failing To Control Licence Fee Evasion
Freeserve has announced plans to launch a multimillion pound advertising campaign to promote its AnyTime service.The campaign, which begins on Boxing Day, will extend the existing hippy theme (see The initial TV activity will be supported by press, cinema, radio and online advertising and through a substantial direct mail campaign. Freeserve will also continue to… Continue reading Freeserve Embarks On Major New Ad Campaign
United Business Media (UBM) has said that it is on target to match second half revenue expectations as a result of “generally robust trading” in its UK, European and Asian businesses.The company did reveal that profits at PR Newswire were down as a result of lower US message volumes and yields. However, revenues at CMP… Continue reading UBM Buoyed By ‘Robust’ Trading Conditions
