Italy claimed a 2 – 0 victory over France last night, knocking them out of the competition in front of a 6.9 million audience on BBC One.One of the pre-tournament favourites, France lost two key players in the first half after Franck Ribery was taken off with a serious injury and Eric Abidal was shown… Continue reading France Knocked Out Of Euro 2008

GCap Media’s Classic FM announced it will sponsor a series of classical concerts at London’s indigO2 and O2 arena in a new seven figure deal.Classic FM has teamed up with the owners and operators of the O2 – AEG – to be both the sponsor and media partner for the concerts, which are set to… Continue reading Classic FM Signs Major New Concert Deal

BskyB will be given licence fee money to supply low-cost set top boxes for older and disabled people in the first digital switchover region.The Digital Switchover Help Scheme has confirmed it will be handing the cash to Sky after it secured the SHS contract, seeing off competition from Freesat, according to a report by the… Continue reading Sky Wins Deal To Aid Digital Switchover

News International will shut its News Magazines unit that loses £10 million a year as the first step of widespread changes due to take place in the company.The News Magazines unit was launched by News International in 2005 and currently publishes the free monthly magazine SkyMag and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine.James Murdoch, who was… Continue reading News International Set To Close Magazines Unit

Bauer’s Kiss 100 is set to launch its first major marketing campaign for the Rickie and Melvin breakfast show.The campaign comes as part of a £1.5 million investment in to the radio station over the summer and is due to launch across London this month.ODD designed the creative – which features Rickie and Melvin having… Continue reading Kiss 100 Kick Starts A New Breakfast Show Campaign

The Big Brother Launch Show kicked started the ninth series of the reality TV show with 5.4 million peak adult viewers last night.In the biggest ever opening night line-up, 16 housemates entered the new and improved house, watched by an average 23.5% audience share.Davina McCall introduced the new contestants, which includes Big Brother‘s first ever… Continue reading Big Brother Is Back

A new study reveals that more than a quarter of people check the news on their mobile phone at the old-fashioned teatime TV news slot.The peak time to watch the news on a mobile phone in the UK is 6pm, followed by an equally familiar 9pm and 10pm, according to the report by Mediacells.Mobile phones… Continue reading Old Habits Die Hard In New Media

The Apprentice pulled in more than 7.5 million adult viewers to the penultimate show, seeing Lucinda being fired by Sir Alan Sugar for being “too zany”.In a twist he only got rid of one potential apprentice – following advice from his confidants after a series of gruelling interviews – leaving Lee, Alex, Claire and Helene… Continue reading Penultimate Apprentice Pulls In Over 7.5m Adults

The last in the current series of Traffic Cops pulled in 5.3 million adult viewers last night, a 25.6% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.Viewers tuned in to see officers of the Humberside Police traffic department take on their worst offenders, drunk drivers.ITV1’s The Great British Body, with Trinny and Susannah, only attracted 2.4 million… Continue reading Traffic Cops Race Ahead Of The Great British Body

The video-on-demand venture known as Project Kangaroo has appointed Daniel Best to head up its ad sales.Best has joined Vodco, the holding company set up by the partners developing the project – BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4.He will work on a consultancy basis to kick-start discussions for the VoD platform as well as focusing… Continue reading Kangaroo Hires New Advertising Chief