The big winner in the ratings battle last night was The Inspector Lynley Mysteries on BBC One at 8pm.The return of the detective show had a peak of 4.3 million adult viewers (a 23% share of the audience) and an average of 4.1 million stayed tuned throughout its hour and a half running time.On ITV1… Continue reading New Series Of Inspector Lynley Gets 4.3m Adults

About 1,000 offshore gambling websites, including William Hill Casino, Betfred Casino and Poker and Littlewoodscasino.com, have been banned from advertising in the UK.The ban comes into effect on 1 September when the Gambling Act comes into force and applies to any gambling companies operating outside the European Economic Area.Culture Secretary James Purnell said: “I make… Continue reading Government Bans Offshore Gambling Websites

IPC Media has launched a new online women’s lifestyle portal called Goodtoknow.co.uk, which will act as the central portal of IPC Connect’s weekly titles Pick Me Up, Woman’s Weekly, Now and Woman’s Own.The launch of the site, which is being edited by June Smith Sheppard, follows the launch of IPC’s home portal housetohome.co.uk in May… Continue reading IPC Unveils Women’s Online Lifestyle Portal

A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project claims that the growing adoption of broadband combined with a push by content providers to promote online video has helped to pave the way for US mainstream audiences to embrace online video viewing. According to the report, 57% of online adults in the US… Continue reading US Audiences To Embrace Online Video

The European business-to-consumer e-commerce market will reach nearly €323 billion over the next five years, up from €106 billion in 2006, according to a new report from eMarketer. The European B2C E-Commerce: Spotlight on the UK, Germany and France shows that these three countries dominate European e-commerce, accounting for 72% of total online sales. The… Continue reading European E-Commerce Market To Reach £323bn

ITV1’s controversial film Malcolm and Barbara: Love’s Farewell finally hit our screens last night, but it was beaten in the 9pm ratings battle by Waking The Dead and Big Brother.The ITV documentary, which had a peak of three million adult viewers (a 16.4% audience share), has been much mentioned in the news recently, with claims… Continue reading Three Million Watch Malcolm And Barbara

Alex Salmond, Scotland’s first minister, is to create a new commission intended to implement a strategic way forward for TV broadcasting and production in the country.In a speech given yesterday at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Salmond announced that Blair Jenkins will leave his current job as BBC Scotland head of news and… Continue reading Scotland To Get TV Commission

iTouch, the operator of the phone services for Deal or No Deal, has been fined £30,000 by Icstis, the premium rate phone line regulator, for misleading viewers.Icstis issued iTouch with a formal reprimand after it found that the Deal or No Deal competition had mislead viewers because the show had been pre-recorded but the competition… Continue reading Deal Or No Deal Phone-In Operator Dealt £30k Fine

Digital UK is announcing a number of measures to help retailers improve the quality of advice to customers on switching, after completing a national retail audit programme which found that while 69% of stores were using the ‘digital tick’ symbol, only 32% could accurately explain the logo.This news comes after research published shows many electrical… Continue reading Digital UK To Help Retailers Improve Switchover Advice

The Daily Mail & General Trust’s national newspaper division, Associated Newspapers, has bought a network of job sites for £10 million plus a three-year earn-out. The acquisition of JobsGroup.net, which operates a portfolio of successful niche job sites such as JustEngineers.net, JustConstruction.net, and JustRail.net, will form part of the Associated Northcliffe Digital (AND) network of… Continue reading Associated Newspapers Buys Job Sites Network