Reports
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Revised offers at Virgin Media: light before the dawn?
March 16, 2009
$2,500.00We expect VMed to use the upgrading of its 2 Mbit/s broadband base to 10 Mbit/s as the basis for a de facto price increase. The re ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

Further pain at Johnston Press
March 12, 2009
$2,500.00Johnston Press results for 2008 (calendar year) all too eloquently illustrate accelerating local media advertising decline, with pr ...
Sector Print Media. -

UK Commercial Radio Update
March 12, 2009
$2,500.00This report updates our ongoing coverage of the UK commercial radio sector (UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84]), and includes ou ...
Sector Music and Radio. -

The Digital Dividend: made for mobile
March 11, 2009
$2,500.00Ofcom has reallocated its Digital Dividend spectrum, allowing the UK to fit in with plans for harmonised usage of the spectrum acro ...
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Canal+ FY 2008 results
March 10, 2009
$2,500.00Vivendi's Canal+ Group overshot its 2008 EBITA target, despite sluggish subscription growth, delivering to shareholders some of the ...
Sector Pay TV. -

Ofcom’s statement on Next Generation Access: green light, r ...
March 5, 2009
$2,500.00Ofcom's statement on Next Generation Access (NGA) gives BT the maximum possible incentive to invest by allowing a high degree of pr ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

ITV NAR crunch point: ITV FY 2008 results
March 5, 2009
$2,500.00ITV has switched from a turnaround to a survival strategy focused on preserving its core broadcast and content production business. ...
Sector FTA TV. -

NGA in Spain
March 3, 2009
$2,500.00This research on next generation access in Spain continues our series of reports on NGA in the Continent. In relation to incumbents ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

Virgin Media Q4 2008 results: one step forward, one step back
March 1, 2009
$2,500.00VMed's Q4 results were mixed, with consumer cable revenue remaining stable but cable net adds dropping significantly and opex perfo ...
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Canvas offers future path for ‘Free TV’
February 26, 2009
$2,500.00Project Canvas is the BBC/ITV/BT backed proposal for next generation Freeview and Freesat services that embraces IPTV reception, ne ...
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On-demand music streaming from Spotify
February 25, 2009
$2,500.00Project Canvas is the BBC/ITV/BT backed proposal for next generation Freeview and Freesat services that embraces IPTV reception, ne ...
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Local media and the OFT review of the merger regime
February 22, 2009
$2,500.00The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has confirmed it is to follow up on Lord Carter's interim Digital Britain report by launching a fu ...
Sector Print Media. -

More red than black and white
February 19, 2009
$2,500.00Recent ABC declines in consumer magazines are not indicative of the accelerated declines experienced in the past 12 weeks. All prin ...
Sector Print Media. -

UK spectrum withdrawal 2: Ofcom still wants it back
February 16, 2009
$2,500.00Ofcom has come up with a new 900MHz spectrum refarming/redistribution proposal, in which only 5MHz of spectrum is taken from Vodafo ...
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BT FY 2008-09 Q3 results: another mighty wave is looming
February 16, 2009
$2,500.00As announced in the January trading update, BT's Q3 results were hit by poor cost control at Global Services and the identification ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

KPN fixed line recovery
February 10, 2009
$2,500.00KPN noticeably improved the performance of its domestic fixed line business in its full-year 2008 results, with revenues close to s ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

European mobile market consolidation
February 10, 2009
$2,500.00The planned merger of Vodafone and H3G in Australia has raised the question of what consolidation could occur in Europe, although a ...
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BT Retail residential telephony price changes: rebalancing act
February 10, 2009
$2,500.00BT Retail is putting through another round of residential price changes, trading further aggressive cuts in call plans in return fo ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

Touchscreen Smartphones: the rise of the iClones?
February 9, 2009
$2,500.00The iPhone has inspired all the major Smartphone makers to launch touchscreen models, and dramatically improve the usability of the ...
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Sky Five Setanta One
February 9, 2009
$2,500.00The Premier League has succeeded in obtaining a 4.4% increase in live televised rights payments from £1,706 million to £1,782 mil ...