ITV2’s Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, starring Billie Piper, brought in a peak of 1.8 million adults last night, an 11.7% share of the audience.The raunchy new series, on at 10pm, had an average audience of 1.6 million adults glued to their screens watching Piper lead a seriously saucy double life.Over on BBC One… Continue reading Almost Two Million Tune In To Secret Diary Of A Call Girl

BBC Countryfile magazine, the BBC’s new guide to rural living, is to make its newsstand debut next Tuesday.Covering all aspects of country life and green, sustainable living, the 140 page full-colour glossy magazine will be published 13 times a year with an initial print run of more than 73,000 copies.The magazine’s target audience is people… Continue reading New BBC Magazine Launches Next Week

The website of popular national newspaper, the Sun, has broken the 10 million unique user (as defined by ABCe) barrier , with a record figure for August.Whilst the print incarnation saw its circulation fall to under 3.2 million in August (see ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: August 2007), the ABCe said the site attracted almost 10.6… Continue reading Sun Website Gets 10 Million Unique Users

SMG is understood to have postponed plans to float Virgin Radio this autumn, adding that there is significant interest in the business. The group has also appointed Richard Huntingford as executive chairman of Virgin Radio. SMG revealed plans to float the radio business in April (see SMG To Float Virgin Radio), however, this has been… Continue reading SMG Postpones Virgin Radio Floatation

The latest report from EUROFRAME – European Forecasting Network reveals that the economic upturn in the Euro area lost some momentum in the first half of 2007. Quarterly real GDP growth in the Euro Area slowed to 0.3% in the second quarter of 2007, down from a stronger than expected 0.5% in the first quarter.… Continue reading European Economic Upturn Loses Some Momentum

Digital television in Western Europe is reaching a decisive milestone this month, overtaking the analogue system for the first time, according to new research from e-Media Institute. There are now about 83 million households in the region’s 20 countries receiving digital television signals out of a total of 166 million TV households, says e-Media Institute.… Continue reading Half Of families In Western Europe Now Receive Digital TV

Thomson Intermedia has brought in a new management team in Michael Greenlees and Nick Manning to accelerate the growth in its business.Greenlees, who joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in April 2007, will become chief executive with effect from 10 October 2007.At the same time, Steve Thomson and Sarah Jane Thomson will step down… Continue reading Thomson Intermedia Hires New Senior Management Team

Simon Nelson, controller of portfolio & multimedia for BBC Vision, has announced a new strategy for multiplatform commissioning, content creation and delivery.Speaking at an in-house multiplatform day for programme-makers from the BBC and the independent sector, Nelson stressed the role of multiplatform – web, red button and mobile platforms – in delivering the BBC’s public… Continue reading New Multiplatform Strategy For BBC Vision

Channel 4 could be in line to broadcast this year’s British Comedy Awards following ITV’s decision not to show the event.It is understood that Peter Fincham, controller of BBC One, met today with the show’s producers but decided against airing the ceremony.This leaves Channel 4 as the only remaining terrestrial network still interested in showing… Continue reading Channel 4 Could Get Comedy Awards

More than 40% of people who had engaged in some form of participation TV in past year have now stopped doing so, with more than 60% either stopping or reducing their participation substantially, according to a new report from Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates.The value of the market to broadcasters, which was worth up to £400… Continue reading Engagement In Participation TV Plummets