The BBC’s plans for delivery of on-demand content have been criticised by the RadioCentre, the commercial radio industry’s representative body.Whilst accepting that the BBC should play a role in introducing consumers to new means of receiving content, the RadioCentre has cautioned against gifting the BBC a blank canvas with which to dominate the future of… Continue reading BBC’s iPlayer Plans Criticised By The RadioCentre

Consumers are disinterested in using their mobile phones to view audio-visual content, according to the Olswang Convergence Consumer Survey 2006.In the 2005 survey, 70% of respondents did not want to watch TV on a mobile phone. Despite the launch of a range of mobile TV services in the past 12 months and despite the mobile… Continue reading Audio-Visual Content On Mobile Phones Proves Unpopular

Spooks on BBC One once again managed to outperform ITV1’s new drama, Vincent, gaining an average of 5.2 million adult viewers compared to 4.8 million for the Ray Winstone drama.Vincent has boosted its audience in the past few weeks (see Spooks Battles Vincent), last night taking a 23% audience share, compared to 24% for the… Continue reading 5.2 Million Tune In To Spooks

MediaTel Group, in association with Medionyx, will host its latest seminar on the ‘Future of Radio’, with top industry figures promising a lively and eventful session.With panellists including chief executive of GCap Media, Ralph Bernard, whose company’s Q3 results will have been released the previous day, the debate will undoubtedly be memorable, with valuable insight… Continue reading MediaTel Group Hosts ‘Future Of Radio’ Seminar

BBC radio is being listened to via the internet more than ever before, with latest monthly figures from the Corporation showing that 12.5 million requests were logged in September.The Archers on BBC Radio 4 was the most popular on-demand programme on the BBC Radio Player, with 682,304 listens over the month, while Chris Moyles on… Continue reading BBC Radio Listening Via The Internet Reaches Record Levels

Channel 4 Radio will become the first radio station to be based in the virtual society of online phenomenon Second Life.The move will give the fledgling station, channel4radio.com (see C4 Makes History With Radio Launch), access to the 1.2 million members of the online population, which continues to grow each month.Channel 4 Radio will also… Continue reading Channel 4 Radio To Broadcast Through Second Life

Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One gained more adult viewers on Saturday evening than The X Factor on ITV1, with 7.8 million on average compared to the singing contest’s six million.The X Factor took a 31% audience share in the timeslot, whilst the celebrity ballroom dancing competition took a 40% share. Come Dancing‘s results programme,… Continue reading Strictly Come Dancing Gains More Adult Viewers Than X Factor

ITV will this week move a step closer to finding a replacement for Charles Allen, the broadcaster’s former chief executive, after the board meets to review the list of candidates for the role.The board is expected to meet to review the list that city headhunters Zygos have drawn up. It should be presented to board… Continue reading ITV Board To Review Chief Exec Shortlist This Week

ITV is to launch a new research and development division, ITV Imagine, which will be central to generating new ideas for the broadcaster.Pele Cortizo-Burgess, the executive vice president and director of account planning at ad agency Foote, Cone & Belding in New York, will lead the team of around 14, which will be broken into… Continue reading ITV To Launch New Division To Bring In New Ideas

Sales of digital televisions, set-top boxes and recorders have overtaken sales of analogue equipment for the first time, according to market researcher GfK.In the three months to September, the company revealed that digital sales accounted for 51% of all television equipment sold. Information gathered from 20,000 stores showed year on year growth of flat screen… Continue reading Digital TV Sales Overtake Analogue For The First Time