Five’s digital channel, Fiver, is to air the two fly-on-the-wall series Living Lohan, starring celebrity mum Dina Lohan and daughter Ali Lohan, and Denise Richards: It’s Complicated.Living Lohan is a reality series from E! Entertainment Television starring celebrity mum and manager Dina Lohan and her youngest daughter, up-and-coming teen star Ali Lohan.In Denise Richards: It’s… Continue reading Fiver Gets Two New Reality Shows

Lee Bartlett is to replace Dawn Airey as ITV’s managing director of global content.Bartlett will be responsible for overseeing ITV plc’s UK and international production and distribution businesses, including ITV productions.Bartlett joined ITV Global Content as chief operating officer for the division at the start of April this year and has been acting as interim… Continue reading Bartlett To Replace Airey At ITV

Jamie Theakston has signed a three-year extension to his current deal presenting the Heart 106.2 breakfast show, which will see him remain in place until the start of 2011.Heart’s owner, Global Radio, has also signed a similar deal with Nick Ferrari, presenter on London speech station LBC 97.3.Theakston and co-host Harriet Scott saw the weekly… Continue reading Theakston Gets Three More Years At Heart 106.2

Google has integrated Google Analytics with its Google TV Ads programme to allow marketers to track the impact their TV ads are having on site traffic.Users can upload their TV ad as a video file to their AdWords account and then start a campaign by choosing TV stations to air the ad on. Advertisers can… Continue reading Google Analytics Integrates TV Ads Programme

Informa, publisher of Lloyd’s List, is holding preliminary talks with United Business Media (UBM) over a merger that could create a business-to-business giant valued at around £3 billion. Following press speculation, Informa confirmed in a statement it was discussing an “all-share merger”. Informa, owner of market research firm Datamonitor, has been seen as vulnerable to… Continue reading Informa Holds Merger Talks With UBM

UK advertising expenditure reached £19.4 billion in 2007, up 4.2% year-on year, according to figures published today in the Advertising Association’s Advertising Statistics Yearbook 2008. This figure compares to annual growth of only 0.7% in 2006. UK Advertising Expenditure at current prices, 2007        Total Advertising Expenditure (£ Millions) Press     7,716… Continue reading UK Adspend Grew 4.2% In 2007

Currently 19% of UK households consume online video on a regular basis, up 8% from August 2007, according to new research. The Deloitte Digital Index forecasts that in five years’ time this figure could realistically grow to more than 50%. The research provides detailed commentary on 12 key metrics, including mobile TV, MP3 players, online… Continue reading 19% Of UK Households Watch Online Video

MTV Networks UK is to relaunch its MTV News service with a new look website as part of its strategy to better engage with its youth audience.The relaunch, which will see an increase in multi-platform content, will include updated graphics and a brand new MTV News logo.The new look website will give users access to… Continue reading MTV To Relaunch News Service

ITV’s managing director for brand and commercial, Rupert Howell, has said that restrictions on advertising airtime is limiting the potential revenue of weekend shows.Speaking at a Royal Television Society dinner on ‘The New Economics of Television’, Howell cited the example of Sunday evening detective show Lewis having no ads in its second-half because the station’s… Continue reading Ad Restrictions Limiting ITV’s Potential Revenue

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily national newspaper market was down by 1% year on year overall in May, according to the latest ABC figures, with just one daily title in our report showing a year on year circulation increase.The Sun was up by almost 106,000 copies year on year, although the Daily Mail remained relatively static… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: May 2008