Feb 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
% change October 2008 to November 2008 Source: Nielsen Online, 2009 Nielsen Online: http://www.nielsen-online.com
Feb 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Mobile phone manufacturers risk losing their customers as they race to incorporate touch-screen features into their phones in a bid to copy Apple’s success, according to a new survey. Customer review website, http://www.reevoo.com, asked more than 19,000 buyers of...
Feb 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
UK Sales Director, FacebookFebruary 2009 Stephen Haines was appointed Sales Director of Facebook in November 2007, bringing with him more than a decade of sales experience to the team. His skills in both creating and developing profitable commercial relationships are...
Feb 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yahoo! is adding video and graphic functionality to its search ads following a successful trial towards the end of 2008, writes Netimperative. During the test of its Rich Ads in Search feature click rates increased by up to 25% on ads which were enhanced. Yahoo! is...
Feb 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
A recent survey by Lightspeed Research and the IAB UK has found that consumers are most receptive to online ads whilst researching and shopping. The research found that consumers believe they are most likely to pay attention to ads from the early evening onwards,...
Feb 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
How likely are you to pay attention to online ads you see whilst researching the best deals? Source: Lightspeed Research Lightspeed Research: http://www.lightspeedresearch.com
Feb 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
comScore has released a study of European social networking habits which shows that 211m European internet users visited such sites in December 2008 – equivalent to 74.6%, writes Netimperative. The UK had the highest proportion of social network users with 79.8%...
Feb 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
The world’s internet population passed the 1bn user mark in December 2008, according to new data from comScore World Metrix, reports eMarketer. comScore’s figure discounts users under the age of 15 and those who go online through internet cafes, mobile...
Feb 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
New research from Analysys Mason predicts that European mobile broadband connections will total over 148m by 2014, at which point they will account for nearly half of all such connections in the region. According to the research, subscriber profiles will change as...
Feb 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Virgin Media TV subscribers made 516m viewing requests in 2008, including almost 100m views for the BBC’s iPlayer service, writes The Guardian. Virgin’s on-demand service is now used by 52% of the firm’s 3.5m subscribers – up from 47% in 2007....
Feb 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
New figures from IAB Australia and PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) forecast that the Australian online ad market will grow by 17.6% during 2009 to reach over A$2bn (£909m). Online advertising is now the country’s second largest ad medium after television. Internet...
Feb 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Head of Editorial Development, BBCFebruary 2009 Pete Clifton, 46, is the BBC’s Head of Editorial Development, Multi-Media Journalism – one of the longest job titles in the organisation which puts him in charge of on demand developments across News, Sport and...
Feb 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Two new studies reveal the online habits of the current generation of post-internet teenagers. A survey by website-parental control software firm Cyber Sentinel has found that the average British teenager spends 31 hours a week on the internet, reports Netimperative....
Feb 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
eMarketer estimates that 80m web users (41% of the US internet population) visit social network websites at least once each month – an annual increase of 11%. The firm forecasts that 52% of American internet users will be regular social network visitors by 2013....
Feb 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Despite the effect of the global economic crisis, Forrester still expects European online adspend to grow 10% during 2009, reaching €14.8bn by 2013, writes ClickZ. The firm’s new study “European Online Advertising Through 2013” remains...
Feb 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
New figures published by eMarketer predict that the online gender balance is set to close in the next five years. The firm calculates that there were 19.5m men online in the UK against 18.6m women during 2008 (giving male users a slight 51.1% majority). However, by...
Jan 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
General Manager, Reuters MediaJanuary 2009 From May 2005 has been general manager for consumer news at Reuters.co.uk, overseeing multimedia services for the internet, interactive TV and mobiles. His role involves product development, third party content deals and...
Jan 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Source: Nielsen/NetRatings Home/Work Panel monthly statistics Nielsen Online: http://www.nielsen-online.com
Jan 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Source: Nielsen/NetRatings Home/Work Panel monthly statistics Nielsen Online: http://www.nielsen-online.com
Jan 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
This list features the most popular websites based on UK Internet usage for December 2008, ranked by market share of visits across all Hitwise industries. Source: Hitwise Datacentre, December 2008, based on market share of visits Hitwise:...
