Britain’s Got Talent performed well in the weekend ratings war, pulling in the highest overall viewing figures despite competition from the big FA cup match.The second audition show, presented by Ant and Dec, even managed to beat its return ratings, with more than 12.3 million peak viewers compared to last week’s peak audience of 11.4… Continue reading Britain’s Got Talent performs well

The BBC is set to appoint its first Online Access Champion in a bid to bridge the digital divide, according to its chief operating officer Caroline Thomson.Speaking at the Digital Britain summit in London on Friday, Thomson announced that Seetha Kumar will take on the role to make sure the BBC plays its full part… Continue reading BBC steps up to bridge the digital divide

UK-listed shares in Independent News & Media are up over 20% amid claims that the new board will offload its loss-making Independent and Independent on Sunday titles.Experts have been called in to review the group’s books in the past few weeks with a view to creating a turnaround strategy for the heavily-indebted Irish media company,… Continue reading Independent share price up amid sale hopes

Newsquest Specialist Media has launched a new bi-monthly sports magazine called Fighting Fit.The new title is set to provide information and advice to combat sports enthusiasts on health, nutrition and training techniques, as well as product reviews, technical advice and fighter profiles.Newsquest said it aims to target readers with an interest in combat sports, from… Continue reading Newsquest launches new sports title

BBC One’s Traffic Cops pushed ahead of ITV1’s new Hell’s Kitchen series in the 9pm to 10pm peak-hour ratings war last night, with more than 4.5 million peak viewers.Over 4.1 million average viewers tuned in to see the Traffic Cops in South Wales deal with car-related crime, securing a 17.6% share for BBC One.Meanwhile, Marco… Continue reading Hell’s Kitchen loses out to BBC One’s Traffic Cops

Google has posted its first sequential decline in the first quarter of 2009, despite revenues being up 6% year on year.The search giant admitted that it is “feeling the impact” of the current recession and despite generating revenues of $5.51 billion in Q1, it suffered a 3% decline on Q4 2008.Google’s AdSense initiative, which generates… Continue reading Google posts first quarter revenue drop

London’s Magic 105.4 is set to launch its sixth series of user-generated content ‘Magic Good Mood Film’ television ad-campaigns.The TV ads, which return on April 17 to promote Neil Fox’s More Music Breakfast Show, aim to “capture and lift the mood of London by using listeners’ favourite images of the capital and their lives in… Continue reading Magic launches new TV ad campaign

Gordon Brown today backed broadband for all amid claims that universal broadband access is crucial for the future success of Britain’s economy.Speaking at the Digital Britain summit in London, Brown told the leading players from the media, music, telecoms and technology industries that blanket high speed internet access “lies at the heart” of Britain’s economic… Continue reading Gordon Brown calls for broadband for all

The government is looking at introducing a fast-track legislation later this year to relax ownership regulations in a bid to help local newspaper and radio companies.The quick-fix bill, which would have relatively few clauses, would allow the government to change existing laws without introducing new primary legislation, according to reports.However, it is unlikely to extend… Continue reading Government to relax local media ownership rules

IPTV platform Tiscali is set to launch an on-demand promotional channel in partnership with kids’ TV broadcaster Nickelodeon.Tiscali TV subscribers will have access to the new channel, Nick Extra, as part of their package on channel 316, which is next to Nickelodeon in the EPG.The channel will provide instant access to Nickelodeon via Tiscali TV’s… Continue reading Tiscali TV to launch on-demand promotional channel