Reports
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European DTV Trends 2003-2005
January 28, 2004
$2,500.00European digital TV take-up enjoyed a mild recovery in 2003, adding about 4 million households to reach 30 million households at th ...
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UK Mobile User Survey
January 20, 2004
$2,500.00Handset sales in the UK and the rest of Europe have reportedly been strong over the last few months, with camera phones selling wel ...
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Iliad
January 13, 2004
$2,500.00We write regularly about Free, the French ISP that is leading Europe in unbundling local loops. Through its proprietary technology, ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

The Major Music Groups
January 7, 2004
$2,500.00As we predicted in our last report on the music business, the end of 2003 saw the beginning of the corporate activity that the indu ...
Sector Music and Radio. -

Vodafone: Strategy vs. Reality
December 18, 2003
$2,500.00Vodafone's strategic direction appears little altered since its change of CEO earlier this year. In this report we look at the comp ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

Contracts Rights Renewal
December 9, 2003
$2,500.00The Competition Commission inquiry into the proposed merger of Carlton and Granada imposed a remedy called Contracts Rights Renewal ...
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The Personal Video Recorder
November 30, 2003
$2,500.00So far, the PVR has had indifferent success. Despite the extraordinary enthusiasm of owners, PVRs have struggled to become a fixtur ...
Sector Pay TV. -

Local Loop Unbundling in France
November 26, 2003
$2,500.00Comparisons between the French and UK broadband market are thought-provoking. In France there will be 3 million DSL connections and ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

Music Mergers Update
November 17, 2003
$2,500.00The elaborate mating dance in the music industry is nearing a conclusion. We look briefly at the main participants in the game and ...
Sector Music and Radio. -

BSkyB Targets
November 12, 2003
$2,500.00BSkyB's quarterly results will be delivered on Friday 14th November. Prior to these new figures, this report gives our views on the ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

Mobile Number Portability
November 6, 2003
$2,500.00On 24th November, the FCC hopes finally to force through mobile number portability to the US market. In this report we look at the ...
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Consumer Reactions to 3G
October 26, 2003
$2,500.00The service from '3' in the UK is one of the few examples of a 3G network in action in Europe. In this report we look at the eviden ...
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French Pay-TV Update
October 11, 2003
$2,500.00The promised turnaround at Canal+, the core asset of Groupe Canal+, the pay-TV division of Vivendi Universal, looks less certain du ...
Sector Pay TV. -

Universal Music H1 2003 Results
October 7, 2003
$2,500.00Universal Music is the world's largest music company, but has not been immune from the savage downturn in the industry. This note p ...
Sector Music and Radio. -

UK TV Viewing Trends
September 28, 2003
$2,500.00This report covers some of the important developments in UK television viewing in the first half of 2003. It focuses on assessing t ...
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Better Than Free’
September 20, 2003
$2,500.00This report sets out a programme of actions to help slow the growth of music and video piracy. For the last five years the content ...
Sector Music and Radio. -

Broadbanders
September 17, 2003
$2,500.00This report looks at the characteristics of today's UK broadband users in order to understand (a) likely future trends in subscriber numbers growth; and (b) how ...Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

Recorded Music
September 13, 2003
$2,500.00The severity of the issues facing the world recorded music business is becoming clearer by the month. As a result, our concerns abo ...
Sector Music and Radio. -

UK Cable
September 2, 2003
$2,500.00The UK cable sector is now hardly covered by investment bank analysts. (It may be impossible to find anyone who isn't tarnished by ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

Global Mobile Trends
August 26, 2003
$2,500.00In this report we compare the mobile markets and operator business models in Western Europe, the US and Japan. We examine the main ...