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April 22nd, 2009

European music sales down 8.3% in 2008

Posted by AM @ 10:20 pm

Categories: General

Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM

Despite global digital sales growing 24.1 % to $3.78 bln and performance income by 16.2% in 2008, European music sales finished down 8.3% at $18.4 bln after a 15.4% collapse in physical sales.

April 22nd, 2009

391.8 mln mobile subscribers in India in March 2009

Posted by AM @ 10:18 pm

Categories: General

Tags: India, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, AM

Indian mobile operators added a record 15.64 mln customers in March 2009, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said. The mobile subscriber base in India rose by 50%, or more than 130 mln, to 391.8 mln.

April 20th, 2009

US venture investments down 61% in Q1 2009

Posted by AM @ 11:22 am

Categories: General

Tags: Venture Investment, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, AM

US venture capital investments sank 61% in Q1 2009, dropping to the lowest level in 12 years. VC investments totaled $3 bln in Q1 2009, according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters. In Q1 2008, investments totaled $7.74 bln. This is the lowest quarterly level of venture investments since Q1 1997, when they totaled $2.96 bln.

April 17th, 2009

10.5 mln BluRay players in the US in Q1 2009

Posted by AM @ 8:21 pm

Categories: General

Tags: Blu-ray, Game Players, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, AM

About 9 mln high-definition units sold in the US in Q1 2009, up from the 4.8 mln that sold during Q1 2008, according to Adams Media Research. There are now 10.5 mln Blu-ray households, encompassing owners of both Blu-ray set-tops and Blu-ray-enabled PlayStation 3s.

April 13th, 2009

US newspaper ads to decline 22% in 2009

Posted by AM @ 1:32 pm

Categories: General

Tags: Advertisement, AM

Barclays Capital projects US newspaper advertising will decline 22% in 2009 and another 10% in 2010.

April 8th, 2009

Infrastructure sharing to save companies $60 bln by 2014

Posted by AM @ 12:38 pm

Categories: General

Tags: Infrastructure, AM

ABI Research finds that the worldwide combined OPEX and CAPEX savings from active infrastructure sharing could amount to as much as $60 bln over the next five year period. The study finds that operators could enjoy at least 40% cost savings in addition to those available from passive site sharing.

April 7th, 2009

$94 bln spent on home network-enabled devices in 2010

Posted by AM @ 12:37 pm

Categories: General

Tags: Device, Network, Home Network, Networking, AM

Total revenues for network connected devices will rise from about $74 bln in 2009 to over $94 bln in 2010, ABI Research reported.

April 7th, 2009

IEEE 802.15.4 semiconductors to grow 79.6% by 2014

Posted by AM @ 12:31 pm

Categories: General

Tags: IEEE, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Investment, Hardware, Components, Finance, AM

The market for IEEE 802.15.4 semiconductors, in both consumer electronics and commercial markets, is set for significant growth over the next five years as the standard becomes the foundation for a host of applications and systems. That growth will see 802.15.4 chipset shipments grow from nearly 15 mln in 2008 to nearly 499 mln in 2014, a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 79.6% over the period, ABI Research says.

April 5th, 2009

Game play among parents and non-parents

Posted by NB @ 6:04 am

Categories: General

Tags: Games, Personal Technology, NB

Do you ever use any of the following to play games whether or not you personally have one? 

Parents Non- Parents
Desktop or laptop 45% 35%
Game console 41 22
Cell phone, Blackberry, or other handheld organizer 25 16
Portable gaming device 21 10
Source: Pew Internet Project

April 4th, 2009

Demographics of Social Network Users

Posted by NB @ 6:10 am

Categories: General

Tags: Network, Web Site, Social Networking, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, NB

The percentage of online Americans in each demographic category who have a profile on a social network website:

All adults 35%
Sex
Men 35
Women 35
Age
18-24 75
25-34 57
35-44 30
45-54 19
55-64 10
65+ 7
Race
White, non-Hispanic 31
Black, non-Hispanic 43
Hispanic 48
Annual Household Income
Less than $30,000 45
$30,000 - $49,999 38
$50,000 - $74,999 30
$75,000 + 31
Education
Less than HS 43
HS grad 31
Some college 41
College grad 33
Locale
Urban 34
Suburban 26
Rural 23
Source: Pew Internet Project

April 3rd, 2009

What TV shows Americans watched online in December 2008

Posted by NB @ 4:33 am

Categories: General

Tags: ABC Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, NB

Program Network Unique Viewers (000)
Lost ABC.com 1,425
Saturday Night Live NBC.com 1,111
Grey’s Anatomy ABC.com 879
Desperate Housewives ABC.com 723
Heroes NBC.com 685
Ugly Betty ABC.com 631
Samantha Who? ABC.com 560
Scrubs ABC.com 519
Survivor CBS Television 496
True Beauty ABC.com 462
Source: Nielsen

April 2nd, 2009

Top video sites in Germany in December 2008

Posted by NB @ 4:28 pm

Categories: General

Tags: Video, Site, Corporate Communications, Marketing, NB

Property Videos (000) Share of Videos (%) Videos per Viewer
Total Audience 3,388,086 100.0% 118.8
Google Sites 1,711,577 50.5% 88.3
ProSiebenSat1 Sites 62,827 1.9% 9.7
Universal Music Group 55,950 1.7% 6.5
RTL Group Sites 34,414 1.0% 8.4
Megavideo.com 31,154 0.9% 15.1
Microsoft Sites 14,641 0.4% 5.9
Yahoo! Sites 12,169 0.4% 8.0
Sport1 online 11,963 0.4% 33.6
Dailymotion.com 10,500 0.3% 8.6
Viacom Digital 8,426 0.2% 7.0
Source: comScore

April 2nd, 2009

Videogame revenues to reach $41.9 bln in 2009

Posted by AM @ 1:17 pm

Categories: General

Tags: AM

IbisWorld said videogame industry revenue is set to reach $41.9 bln in 2009, having risen from $27.2 bln in 2004, with over 37 mln consoles sold in the United States alone in 2008.

April 2nd, 2009

Enterprise software to grow 0.3% in 2009

Posted by AM @ 12:22 pm

Categories: General

Tags: Revenue, Enterprise Software Revenue, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Finance, Software, AM

Worldwide enterprise software revenue is forecast to total $222.6 bln in 2009, reflecting a flat 0.3% growth rate from 2008 revenue of $221.9 bln, according to Gartner.

April 2nd, 2009

Fastest-growing sites in Gemany in January 2009

Posted by NB @ 6:07 am

Categories: General

Tags: Site, Internet, NB

Property Jan-2008 Jan-2009 % Change
Total Internet : Total Audience 33,904 37,646 11%
Yasni.de 323 2,037 530%
Facebook.com 556 3,143 465%
Pennergame.de 697 1,793 157%
Quoka Verlag 1,118 1,977 77%
The Mozilla Organization 4,205 7,219 72%
Deutsche Post AG Sites 2,752 4,033 47%
Preisroboter.de 1,184 1,674 41%
United Online, Inc 2,222 3,018 36%
Gameforge Sites 1,805 2,442 35%
ZDF Sites 1,824 2,342 28%
Source: comScore

March 31st, 2009

Top-visited Web brands in February 2009

Posted by NB @ 1:04 pm

Categories: General

Tags: Brand, Branding, Wiki, Marketing, Online Communications, NB

Brand Audience, 000 Time Per Person
1. Google 127,142 1:27:40
2. Yahoo! 113,564 3:27:12
3. MSN/Windows Live 102,069 2:21:40
4. Microsoft 98,360 0:42:13
5. YouTube 83,429 0:50:49
6. AOL Media Network 83,083 3:45:59
7. Facebook 65,704 2:59:54
8. Fox Interactive Media 64,288 1:24:46
9. Wikipedia 57,561 0:17:08
10. Apple 52,037 1:13:35
Source: Nielsen

March 31st, 2009

$400 mln spent on delivering video via CDNs in 2008

Posted by AM @ 12:56 pm

Categories: General

Tags: Video, Frost & Sullivan, Corporate Communications, Marketing, AM

In 2008 an estimated $400 mln was spent on delivering video via CDNs, according to Frost & Sullivan. That number is expected to grow to more than $1.4 bln by 2012.

March 31st, 2009

Top search engines in Japan in February 2009

Posted by NB @ 12:13 pm

Categories: General

Tags: Search Engine, Site, Internet, Search, NB

Jan-08 Jan-09 % Change
Total Internet 6,219 6,795 9
Yahoo! Sites 3,096 3,489 13
Google Sites 2,481 2,596 5
Rakuten Inc 111 153 38
Microsoft Sites 119 113 -5
NTT Group 93 103 11
Amazon Sites 80 69 -14
Excite Japan 11 52 362
NEC Corporation 58 44 -25
MIXI 40 23 -42
Nifty Corporation 19 22 14
Source: comScore

March 31st, 2009

37% of US adults visit SNS sites daily

Posted by NB @ 6:14 am

Categories: General

Tags: Adult, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB

How often do you visit your primary online social network profile?

% Profile owners
Every day 37%
Every few days 23
Once a week 15
Less often 23
Source: Pew Internet Project

March 31st, 2009

US Internet ad revenues reached $6.1 bln in Q4 2008

Posted by AM @ 1:56 am

Categories: General

Tags: Revenue, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Internet Advertising, Operational Accounting, Internet, Finance, AM

US Internet advertising revenues remain strong, topping $23 bln, according to Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). Full-year 2008 revenues totaled a record $23.4 bln, exceeding 2007’s performance, itself the former record of $21.2 bln, by $2.2 bln or 10.6%. Q4 2008 revenues of $6.1 bln mark the first time the interactive advertising industry achieved, and surpassed, $6 bln in a single quarter. The figures represent a $154 mln or 2.6% increase from Q4 2007, which had revenues of $5.9 bln. This is the fifth consecutive year of record results.

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