The third instalment of Heroes was on BBC Two last night at 9pm, with the audience down from last week’s double-bill.Episode three saw the pace move up a notch as Hiro managed to convince Ando that he transported himself five weeks into the future.A peak of 2.8 million adults watched Heroes, a 15.4% share of… Continue reading Viewers Leave Heroes

GCap Media’s new Gold network has released its on-air schedule, which will come into effect from Monday 6 August, featuring a new national Breakfast Show, a national Drivetime Show and a series of weekend specialist music shows.David Jensen takes over the coveted weekday Breakfast Show slot, which he will present alongside co-host Erica North from… Continue reading New Gold Network Releases Schedule

The Evening Standard, which has seen competition from the free afternoon papers in London over the past year, is to cut around 30 vendors from the capital’s streets.The move would see the paper’s street sales workforce shrink by about 8%, whilst parent company Associated Newspapers is said to be calling for voluntary redundancies among drivers… Continue reading Evening Standard Cuts Vendors In London

Sky has teamed up with News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of the Sun and News Of The World, to launch 24-7 Football, a new on-demand service that offers video highlights and goal clips from the Barclays Premier League and UEFA Champions League on mobile phones.In addition, each of the 92 Barclays Premier League matches broadcast… Continue reading Sky And News Group Launch Mobile Football Highlights

Trinity Mirror has announced that its operating profit for the 26 weeks ending July 1 increased by 5.9%, reflecting the benefit of a more stable advertising environment and tight cost management. Revenue was broadly flat for the period, reflecting improving market conditions, with underlying digital revenues growing by 23.7%. However, the group said that expectations… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Operating Profit Up

US online consumer spending was up 23% year on year in the second quarter of 2007, according to new figures from comScore. The biggest gains were enjoyed by sales of consoles and video games, up by 159% year on year, with sports and fitness (58%), consumer electronics (51%) and event tickets (44%) also experiencing year… Continue reading US Online Consumer Spending Increases

US outdoor advertising industry revenue sustained last year’s strong growth trend with an 8% increase in the first three months of 2007, accounting for $1.6 billion in total spending, according to figures from the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA). Stephen Freitas, chief marketing officer for the OAAA, said: “The industry’s growth has remained consistent… Continue reading US Outdoor Ad Revenue Sustains Strong Growth

By 2011, eMarketer estimates there will be more than 200 million broadband internet users in the US, 92% of whom will regularly watch video online. At that time the broadband audience will be two-thirds the size of the total US TV audience, up from less than half the TV audience in 2006, says the online… Continue reading Traditional TV Model To Change Significantly

Reports are breaking that Channel 4 is to cut all profit-making phone-in competitions with the exception of Deal or No Deal, where its share of future profits will go to charity from August 13.The move is the latest in the ever-unfolding phone-in competition scandal, which has now claimed two top execs from GMTV.The controller of… Continue reading Channel 4 To Axe All Profit-Making Phone-In Comps

The repeat showing of forensic crime series, Waking The Dead, once again proved to be the Tuesday night ratings winner for BBC One in the 9pm to 10pm slot, gaining an adult audience of more than 3.4 million on average.The channel had a 17.3% viewing share in the timeslot for the thrilling drama programme, with… Continue reading BBC One Repeat Proves More Popular Than Big Brother