Reports
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Yell shortfall shines spotlight on local advertising
February 12, 2008
$2,500.00Yell announced this week that full year sales growth (to March 2008) in its UK operations would be 2%, sharply down from the previo ...
Sector Digital Media. -

French football rights auction outcome
February 12, 2008
$2,500.00France's football rights auction for the four seasons starting in 2008 ended with a second round on 6th February. Canal+ will keep ...
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BT FY 2007-08 Q3 results: under pressure
February 11, 2008
$2,500.00Increasing loss of retail call market share and continuing decline in wholesale revenue stunted growth in group revenue, which woul ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

Sky Q2 2007/8 results: record product sales, but concerns on fixe ...
February 7, 2008
$2,500.00Sky's Q2 results show continuing strong growth across all parts of its multi-product business, with bumper product sales, up by alm ...
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Fibre in France
February 5, 2008
$2,500.00France is the first major European market where a large scale fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) deployment is under way. Numericable and Fra ...
Sector Fixed Line (Internet and Voice). -

Canal+ subscriptions disappoint
February 4, 2008
$2,500.00Vivendi's preliminary results for FY 2007 show weak subscription growth by France's leading pay-TV operator Canal+ despite the exis ...
Sector Pay TV. -

Vodafone December quarter KPIs: improved performance, and prospec ...
January 31, 2008
$2,500.00Vodafone's European performance was very solid, with underlying growth of 1.9%, up from 1.7% last quarter, with some very encouragi ...
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Apple Q1 FY2008 results
January 30, 2008
$2,500.00Powered by strong computer sales at Apple stores and surging European sales (and the weaker dollar), Apple's dollar revenue for Q1 ...
Sector Music and Radio. -

O2 UK – iPhone tariff price cut
January 29, 2008
$2,500.00O2 this week announced changes to its contract tariffs; however, these will have limited impact for most of their subscribers, and ...
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France Télécom’s calculated posturing on the football rig ...
January 29, 2008
$2,500.00In an apparent change of direction, France Télécom said it would consider bidding for all the 12 packages of French televised foo ...
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The Future of Digital Radio – is it ‘DAB’?
January 27, 2008
$2,500.00This report considers recent activity concerning the radio sector's Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) platform and examines the impl ...
Sector Music and Radio. -

Seesaw TV advertising prospects in 2008
January 24, 2008
$2,500.00Chill global winds in the financial world have triggered gloomy predictions in the City of around 2% negative nominal UK TV NAR (ne ...
Sector FTA TV. -

Valuing Chrysalis music publishing assets
January 23, 2008
$2,500.00Chrysalis, the music publishing company, is for sale and expressions of interest have been received from EMI Music Publishing, Warn ...
Sector Music and Radio. -

Carphone Warehouse December quarter: growth increasingly challeng ...
January 21, 2008
$2,500.00Distribution growth improved considerably (retail grew 13% versus 8% last quarter), with strong contract sales more than counteract ...
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News Corporation takes its second bite at German pay-TV
January 20, 2008
$2,500.00Unity Media sold its 14.58% stake in German pay-TV operator Premiere to News Corporation at the start of 2008, prompting speculatio ...
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Will Google buy Yell?
January 16, 2008
$2,500.00Rumours that Google was acquiring Yell emerged at the end of last week, but we doubt the search giant would be interested in purcha ...
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GCap Media – the end of the road
January 10, 2008
$2,500.00Since its creation in 2005, GCap Media has singularly failed to deliver its shareholders either a return on their investment or a c ...
Sector Music and Radio. -

UK DTV Homes Platform Forecasts: 2003-2017
December 19, 2007
$2,500.00Just as digital switchover (DSO) has finally begun, TV broadband convergence is beginning to make its mark in the UK following the ...
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H3G/T-Mobile network sharing: joining at the hip
December 19, 2007
$2,500.00H3G and T-Mobile have agreed to fully share their 3G networks, with their networks being roughly doubled to a combined 13,000 sites ...
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French football auction: Canal+ won’t pay more for rights
December 19, 2007
$2,500.00To draw in competitors to Canal+, French football Ligue 1 broadcasting rights are being tendered in 12 lots, offered in three seque ...