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Report: Europeans Using Their Music Phones More Than Americans

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 17, 2005 - 3:09am.
San Francisco - Europeans who own cell phones equipped with an MP3 player are four times more likely to use their phone to listen to music than their American counterparts, according to a report from market research firm Telephia. The survey found that 14% of European wireless subscribers now own a music phone; of these, 36% listen to music on their music phones, while the same is true for just 8% of Americans with music phones. "The advanced infrastructure and the higher availability of music-capable devices in Europe are key factors behind the bigger growth in adoption. The U.S. market is still waiting for higher bandwidth networks that would support faster full track music downloads," said Telephia vice president Kanishka Agarwal. The study also tracked the most popular music phone models, and found the Nokia 6230 leading among Europeans with a 26.6% market share, followed by the Samsung SGH-D500 (11.5%), Sony Ericsson K700 (9.6%), Nokia 6630 (7%) and Sony Ericsson K750 (3.7%). In the U.S. market, the Motorola V710 led with 22% of the market, followed by the Motorola MPX200 (17%), Handspring Treo 650 (16.8%), Sony Ericsson Z500 (7.9%) and Sony Ericsson S700
tags: Reports | Music Phones | Americans | Europeans |

Report: Europeans Flock to Gambling and Sweepstakes Sites

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 18, 2005 - 8:54am.
Paris -- New research from market analysis firm Nielsen/NetRatingsshows that Internet gambling websites are becoming increasingly popular in Europe. More than 14 million Europeans visited gambling and sweepstakes websites in February, representing about 14% of all Europeans with Internet at home. Nielsen/NetRatings said such sites were most popular in France and Sweden. The trend has yet to catch on in southern Europe, however, as fewer than 10% of Spaniards and Italians gamble online. The report also found that more than 3.2 million Britons visited online sites over the same month, a 45% increase compared February 2004. The National Lottery was the most popular gambling and sweepstake site in the U.K., attracting more than 1.3 million visitors, or about 35% of the overall market, followed by William Hill (6.3%), Partypoker.com (6.2%) and Ladbrokes (5.6%).
tags: Gambling | Reports | Europeans | Sweepstakes Sites |

Report: 100 Million Europeans Now Online; Broadband Use Up 60%

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 3, 2004 - 4:37am.
London -- The number of European Internet users has grown 12% over the last year to 100 million, spurred by dramatic broadband penetration data that shows over half of European users now have a high-speed connection, according to a report from New York-based Internet audience measurement firm Nielsen/NetRatings. The report found that 54.5 million Europeans had broadband in October, an increase of 60% from the 34.1 million reported a year earlier. The number of broadband users leapt 120% in Italy, 93% in the U.K. and 70% in France. "Twelve months ago high speed Internet users made up just over one third of the audience in Europe, now they are more than 50% -- and we expect this number to keep growing," said Nielsen European analyst Gabrielle Prior. "Websites will need to adapt, update and enhance their content to retain their visitors and encourage new ones."
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Report: Europeans Watch Less TV, Spend More Time Online

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 2, 2004 - 4:47am.
Paris -- According to a new report by market analysis firm JupiterResearch, about 27% of Internet users in Europe said they spend less time watching TV because of the increasing amount of time they spend online. The report, entitled "Evolution of Media Use in Europe: Web Impacting Consumption", said about 17% of European respondents in a similar survey conducted in 2001 admitted to watching less TV in order to surf the Internet. JupiterResearch said the Internet was having an especially harmful effect on TV viewing in France, Spain and the U.K. "In these markets, higher broadband penetration is a key driver of cannibalisation as broadband users tend to spend more time online compared with dial-up users," the report said.
tags: Internet | TV | Reports | Online | Europeans |

IFPI to Sue Another 24 Europeans for Music Copyright Infringement

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 8, 2004 - 2:48pm.
London -- The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an international record label trade group, announced on Tuesday that it plans to sue an additional 24 individuals in Denmark for copyright infringement, with further actions in countries including France, Sweden and the U.K. on the horizon. In March, the IFPI sued more than 200 alleged file-swappers in Denmark, Germany and Italy, adding today that 17 Danish residents have settled their suits for an average of several thousand euros, while one German defendant will pay compensation of 8,000 euros ($9,800). The IFPI also quoted data from a recent survey that found that 70% of residents in France, Denmark, Germany and the U.K. are now aware that unauthorized file-sharing of copyrighted music is illegal. "Today's results show that litigation, combined with the rollout of new legal online music services, is having a real impact on people's attitudes to illegal file-sharing, and this in turn is affecting levels of file-sharing activity," said IFPI chairman and CEO Jay Berman. "On the strength of the developments in Denmark, Germany and Italy, we can confirm that there will be more legal actions in other countries in the near future."
tags: Law | IFPI | Sue | Europeans | Music Copyright Infringement |

Report: Europeans Willing To Pay For Digital Content

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 7, 2003 - 7:24am.
London -- In a piece of bright news for Europe's struggling online content providers, European online users are willing to pay for digital content, according to a new survey by Jupiter Research. Jupiter said consumers are more willing to pay for news online, but cautioned: "Subscriptions will not replace online advertising as the largest revenue stream any time soon." Jupiter interviewed 10,000 Internet users in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Sweden.
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