Manchester United’s Champions League win over FC Copenhagen last night was watched by an average of 4.7 million adult viewers on ITV1, peaking at 5.7 million.The match took a 22.6% audience share for the broadcaster, whilst on BBC One, Eastenders proved popular with an average of 8.5 million adult viewers tuning in, a 43% viewing… Continue reading Man Utd Victory Lures Viewers To ITV1

New free newspaper, thelondonpaper, has won the contract to distribute copies of the title at Network Rail mainline stations in the afternoon.The News International title beat rival London Lite, published by Associated Newspapers, to the contract. Thelondonpaper can now use the Network Rail dump bins, at Kings Cross, Victoria, Waterloo, Liverpool Street, Cannon Street, Charing… Continue reading Thelondonpaper Wins Network Rail Contract

GCap Media has sold its two Manchester and Gateshead Century FM stations to Guardian Media Group for £60 million.The acquisition, which puts the chief executive of GMG Radio, John Myers, back in charge of the station he launched in 1994, gives GMG Radio coverage across the north east and north west of England.GCap will continue… Continue reading GCap Sells Radio Stations To Guardian Media Group

Titan Outdoor will switch its news content on its national ‘Transvision’ digital outdoor network of screens from the BBC to Sky News, giving Sky News an additional audience of around three million people each week.The BBC has broadcast on the Outdoor company’s 17 huge screens in Network Rail termini across the UK since 2003, and… Continue reading Titan Outdoor Swaps BBC For Sky News

Arqiva will manage and deliver content to Viacom Outdoor’s new network of digital advertising technologies across the London Underground, which will be the UK’s largest single digital advertising networkArqiva’s network will support Viacom Outdoor’s planned installation of more than 2,000 digital sites across the UK, made up of digital escalator panels, large format digital LCD… Continue reading Arqiva To Manage Content For Huge Digital Outdoor Network

BBC One’s Spooks was watched by more adult viewers last night that the first episode of ITV1’s new crime drama, Vincent.An average of 5.4 million adult viewers tuned in to the MI5 drama series, a viewing share of 25%, compared to an average of 4.6 million for the new programme starring Ray Winstone (22%).Emmerdale and… Continue reading Spooks Lures More Viewers Than New ITV1 Drama

Former Ofcom boss, Stephen Carter, has re-emerged as the frontrunner to take the top job at ITV.Carter, who was recently put on extended gardening leave (see Carter Stuck On Gardening Leave), is said to have his name at the top of the list for the role of chief executive at the broadcaster, which Charles Allen… Continue reading Carter Is Favourite For Top ITV Job

Strictly Come Dancing‘s results programme on BBC One on Saturday night gained more adult viewers on average than ITV1’s X Factor results show.The ballroom dancing comp’s second instalment of the evening managed an average of almost 6.5 million adult viewers (a 30.8% audience share), whilst the X Factor‘s 9pm show took almost 6.3 million (30.1%).… Continue reading Strictly Come Dancing And X Factor Go Head To Head

Virgin Atlantic airline passengers will shortly view adverts with Pearl & Dean credits before every in-flight film, after the cinema advertising giant signed a deal with Spafax and Virgin Atlantic.Sky has already signed up as the first brand partner for the service in a deal running from December this year to February 2007.This deal should… Continue reading Pearl & Dean Signs Ad Deal With Virgin Atlantic

National newspaper ABCs for September are released today, with MediaTel.co.uk subscribers able to access the data in the Press database as soon as it becomes available.NewsLine will provide full analysis of the results shortly after the figures are released. September’s results should provide interesting reading, with newly-launched free newspapers thelondonpaper and London Lite submitting ABCs… Continue reading National Newspaper ABCs For September Released Today