ITV1’s special Duchess and Daughters only managed to secure 2.3 million average viewers between 9pm and 10pm last night.The ITV ‘tonight special’, which saw Sarah Ferguson and her daughters visit Romania and Turkey to expose conditions inside orphanages, picked up 2.6 million peak viewers and a 10.3% audience share.At the same time, Channel 4’s royal… Continue reading Fergie fails to impress

Microsoft has dismissed speculation that it may go in to takeover talks with Yahoo!.Yahoo! boss Jerry Yang indicated that he would be willing to consider a new bid from Microsoft, however, the software giant said it has “moved on”.Yahoo! turned down the £33-a-share deal that Mircosoft offered them in May, claiming it undervalued the company,… Continue reading Microsoft dismisses potential deal with Yahoo!

CondéNet UK is set to relaunch its fashion website, Glamour.com, in a bid to drive user loyalty and engagement.The revamped Glamour.com will feature additional sections, such as beauty, hair, health and lifestyle as well as increasing its celebrity and behind-the-scenes content.New features will offer users advice, galleries, a virtual beauty school and a blog, in… Continue reading Glamour.com set to relaunch

Analogue transmitters in the Scottish borders have been switched off, marking the UK’s first major transition to digital television.Arquiva, the broadcast technology company managing the transmitters in the area, which also covers Cumbria, tested the signals from the new transmitters early yesterday morning.A full switchover was completed at noon yesterday, which means around 52,000 households… Continue reading Scottish borders go digital

The Daily Star has cut its cover price by 15p to just 20p, making it the cheapest national daily newspaper.The price cut makes the title 30p cheaper than the Daily Mail, 20p cheaper than the Daily Express and Daily Mirror, and 10p cheaper than The Sun.The Sun slashed its national cover price to 30p in… Continue reading Daily Star slashes cover price

Five is set to become channel 105 on the free-to-air digital platform Freesat later this month.Freesat will now host the full range of PSB channels with Five the last to launch on the platform, following BBC1, BBC2, ITV1 and Channel 4.However, digital channels Fiver and Five US will not be available when Five launches on… Continue reading Five due to launch on Freesat

News International is set to re-launch its Sunday Times Magazine supplement with a new TV, press and outdoor advertising campaign.The re-launch, which follows on from the Sunday paper’s redesign earlier this year (see Sunday Times Set For Full-Colour Relaunch), will feature a revamped front cover, more features and investigations, a more image-focused contents page and… Continue reading Sunday Times Magazine relaunches with ad campaign

Bauer has announced that it will be closing its national digital music station Mojo at the end of the month.The station, which was launched in 2003 as a spin-off from the music magazine, has an average of around 260,000 listeners per week according to the latest RAJAR release (see Year on Year Rise In Reach… Continue reading Bauer set to close digital music station Mojo

Johnnie Walker’s ‘Keep Walking’ campaign picked up three top gongs at the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising Effectiveness Awards last night.The international campaign, created by Bartle Bogle Hegarty, has produced total sales growth up 48% for the whisky producer over the last eight years.The IPA awarded it with the grand prix, a gold award and… Continue reading Johnnie Walker campaign wins three IPA awards

Google and Yahoo! have made a final attempt to win approval for their proposed search advertising deal in a revised submission to the US Department of Justice.The two companies have adjusted their proposal, reducing the length of the deal from 10 years to two and putting a 25% cap on the percentage of Yahoo! search… Continue reading Google and Yahoo! make last attempt to win ad deal approval