Nielsen Online has announced continued investment to support its growth in the UK and EMEA with the addition of four senior staff.Stephen Brooks becomes the new managing director for the UK, joining from EMAP Communications, where he was digital director for magazines. Prior to that Stephen spent seven years as the publisher in charge of… Continue reading Nielsen Online Recruits Wealth of Talent
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More than 42 million programmes have been accessed on the BBC’s online catch up TV service, the iPlayer, in the first three months of 2008.The total number of requests for downloads and streams of BBC programmes in March were 17.2 million, rising from 14 million in February and 11.2 million in January. There were 1.1… Continue reading Over 42 Million Shows Accessed On iPlayer
Sir Alan’s clutch of incompetents once again lured viewers to The Apprentice last night, with over 6.4 million adults tuning in to BBC One.The boys’ team made a pig’s breakfast out of their attempts at turning a north London pub into an Italian restaurant for the night, but thankfully they dismissed someone’s idea of fake… Continue reading The Apprentice Attracts Over 6.4 Million To BBC One
The advertising industry’s business model is outdated and must change as it faces increasing competition from the likes of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!, according to Maurice Levy, chief executive of Publicis Groupe.Speaking at an advertising industry conference sponsored by the International Advertising Association, Levy said: “The very model of our industry is being called into… Continue reading Ad Industry Must Change, Says Maurice Levy
Ofcom today warned that public service programming could become unsustainable in the near future, as it unveiled new proposals that could see the major commercial broadcasters allowed to drop their obligations to such content.In the regulator’s second review of public service broadcasting (see Ofcom Begins Second Review Of PSB In UK), it warned that the… Continue reading Ofcom Warns Public Service Programming Could Be Unsustainable
Flickr, the photo-sharing website, has introduced video sharing, confirming months of speculation that this would be the next step for the service.Announcing the new function on the Flickr blog, community manager Heather Champ said that videos would be limited to 90 seconds and 150Mb in size.“While this might seem like an arbitrary limit, we thought… Continue reading Flickr Adds Video Sharing To Site
Jenny Abramsky, the BBC’s director of audio and music, is leaving the corporation after almost 40 years to chair the board of the National Heritage Memorial Fund.Gordon Brown today announced that Abramsky would join the fund in September, bringing to an end the BBC career of one of its longest-serving senior executives.Abramsky joined the BBC… Continue reading Abramsky Leaves BBC After Almost 40 Years
Last night’s controversial Champion’s League match between Arsenal and Liverpool was a big winner for ITV1, with the game’s coverage attracting an average of almost seven million adults to the channel.The quarter final second-leg, which saw Liverpool beat their southern rivals following a ‘dodgy penalty’, gave the channel a 31% viewing share between 7.30pm and… Continue reading Champion’s League Scores For ITV1
Channel 4 has signed Nintendo, Dyson and Smart Car for the broadcaster’s first themed ad break to run in peak time.The ad break has its own design-themed indents and voiceover and will run during the launch show of Grand Designs Live, which is part of C4’s new season schedule (see Channel 4 Unveils Spring Line-Up).The… Continue reading Channel 4 Creates Themed Ad Break To Attract Advertisers
Ofcom has ruled that the BBC must admit to viewers that it breached broadcasting regulations following the airing of repeated swearing during Live Earth coverage on BBC One and BBC Two.This is one of the regulator’s harshest measures to date on the BBC, with the watchdog saying that the corporation was guilty of a “serious… Continue reading BBC Guilty Of Live Earth Broadcasting Breach