There were some great shows on the box last night, with the first episode of the new ITV1 documentary series Commando: On The Front Line going head to head with BBC One’s Who Do You Think You Are?The BBC One family history show came out on top in the epic struggle to be crowned Thursday… Continue reading ITV1’s Commando Beaten By BBC One

If you have a minute to spare this afternoon, you might want to go on YouTube and check out the rather amusing video of Mike Soutar, editor of the new free men’s magazine ShortList, giving some expert advice to his distributors.Soutar, decked out in a very fetching ShortList waterproof jacket, tells his distributors to be… Continue reading Soutar Gives ShortList Distributors Some Tips

A phased return of competitions on BBC programmes and online is to begin in November following a review of its programming aimed at finding further evidence of viewer deception.BBC director general Mark Thompson revealed yesterday that four more examples of editorial breaches had been discovered.In a statement, the BBC Trust said: “These breaches, and other… Continue reading Phased Return For BBC Competitions

ZenithOptimedia’s team of sporting gurus recorded their third straight win at the annual MediaTel Group charity sports quiz held on Wednesday evening.Competing against teams including Starcom Mediavest, News International, Vizeum, CBS Outdoor and GMTV, ‘The Sporting Spudguns’ consisting of Gareth Pugh, Seb Biggins, Pete Williams, Darren Berry and Iain Ogilvie, won by a remarkable 27… Continue reading ZenithOptimedia Bags Third Straight Sports Quiz Win

Associated Newspapers’ Evening Standard is launching a cashless payment card that its readers will be able to swipe at sales points to pick up their copy.The Eros card, so called because it utilises the logo on the paper’s masthead, will initially be available at Waterloo station on Monday, before rolling out across zone 1 in… Continue reading Evening Standard Gets Cashless Payment Card

In a shock announcement, ITV has revealed that it will not be broadcasting this year’s British Comedy Awards, after yet more allegations over dodgy phone voting.Although the December ceremony will still go ahead, ITV will not film the proceedings. It is understood that production company Michael Hurll Television is attempting to secure another broadcaster for… Continue reading ITV Will Not Screen Comedy Awards

UKTV is to replace UKTV G2 with a comedy and factual entertainment channel called Dave, launching on October 15.The channel is aimed at a young male audience and will be available on all platforms including Freeview.UKTV said that the core aim of the name change is to create viewer affinity among a key target audience… Continue reading Hello Dave: UKTV To Launch New Channel

US advertising spending for the first half of 2007 was down 0.5% year on year, with internet spending showing the strongest performance (+23.6%) of any category, according to a new report from the Nielsen Company. According to preliminary figures from Nielsen Monitor-Plus, categories apart from internet advertising that showed an increase during the first half… Continue reading US Adspend Down 0.5% Year On Year

More than two-thirds of US adult mobile users can send and receive text messages, according to new research from InsightExpress. The company found that while Gen Y (18-34) texts the most, three-quarters of 45-to-54-year-olds can also text. Joy Liuzzo, director of mobile research at InsightExpress, said: “”Mobile technology is pervasive, impacting the lives of consumers… Continue reading New Research Looks At US Text Messaging

US advertisers are increasingly shifting ad dollars to social networking websites from portal sites, reports eMarketer. Many of those ad dollars are going to MySpace and Facebook, which together hold a 72% share of the US market for social network advertising, according to eMarketer. “Social networking is proving to be a true revenue driver,” said… Continue reading US Ad Dollars Moving To Social Network Websites