BBC Two scored a surprise victory over rival terrestrial broadcasters last night, as genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are trumped the competition, including MP George Galloway’s spectacular exit from Channel 4’s Celebrity Big Brother.The family history show, featuring Stephen Fry tracing his grandfather back to modern-day Slovakia, drew an average adult audience of… Continue reading History Beats Hysteria As BBC Two Tops Big Brother

Iconic darts gameshow, Bullseye, is to be revived by Challenge TV, albeit without gravel-voiced host Jim Bowen, and will return to screens in the spring.The Flextech-owned entertainment channel has seen success airing the original series, and hopes to capitalise on the nostalgia value attributed to the modern day remake.The updated show will retain many elements… Continue reading Challenge Brings Back Bully For Ratings Bullseye

Viacom Outdoor has announced an expansion of its national rail business following new contract wins with FirstGroup plc. The new contracts will see Viacom Outdoor manage all poster sites at stations operated by First Greater Western and First Capital Connect, franchises of FirstGroup. The FirstGroup contract was previously held by poster specialist, Maiden Outdoor, which… Continue reading Viacom Outdoor Wins Rail Contract From Maiden

Internet advertising in Europe is growing rapidly, with eMarketer revealing that internet adspend in the five largest nations in Western Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK reached €1,863 million in 2005. According to the analyst’s new Europe Online Advertising: Spending Trends & the Target Audience report there will be 154.1 million internet users… Continue reading Europe Online Adspend Sees Strong 2005

The recruitment advertising industry enjoyed a strong 2005 in both online and print adverts, with even the newspaper industry enjoying double digit gains in help-wanted classified. According to a new study from Borrell Associates, new trends emerging in the recruitment industry look set to make 2006 an interesting and prosperous year for the market. The… Continue reading Online Recruitment Advertising Forecast To Rocket

Online advertising expenditure looks set to continue expanding its presence in the advertising arena, with a research note from Piper Jaffray claiming that estimates of 24% growth in online adspend for 2006 are likely to prove “conservative”. The report, from Safa Rashtchy, senior analyst at Piper Jaffray, claims that agencies are facing increasing demand for… Continue reading Online Ad Growth To Surpass Expectations In 2006

Cable operators are pushing ahead with their broadband and voice offerings, enabling them to offer customers the increasingly popular “triple-play” service that looks set to enjoy a surge in popularity over the coming years. Despite figures suggesting that cable operators are losing subscribers to DSL line adoption, Doug Shapiro from the Banc of America Securities… Continue reading Cable Providers Push Triple Play Offerings

H. Bauer’s TVChoice magazine is to increase its cover price from 30p to 33p later this month, increasing the title’s retail sales value (RSV) by a massive £1.8 million, bringing the total to £19.5 million per annum.The change, effective from 31 January, will help Bauer capitalise on the success of TVChoice, which has seen its… Continue reading TVChoice Ups Cover Price To Boost RSV

Channel 4 scooped prime time victory last night, with almost 5 million adult viewers tuning in to see fireworks erupt between the Celebrity Big Brother contestants.An average audience of 4.9 million for Channel 4 secured victory over ITV1’s Holiday Showdown, with 3.2 million, and BBC One’s Surviving Disaster with 2.6 million.The effects of Big Brother‘s… Continue reading Big Brother Fireworks Secure Ratings Win

Some of the world’s largest mobile technology firms have joined forces to create a new mobile TV alliance, promoting the technology and seeking to foster growth in the fledgling technology around the globe.Promoting the growth and evolution of the DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld) standard, the new organization, called the Mobile DTV Alliance, is… Continue reading Mobile TV Group Formed To Drive Standards