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BBC One’s final Mistresses attracted the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-hour last night, with more than 4.1 million viewers and a 17.6% average audience share.The last episode in the second series of the drama, based around a group of four female friends and their often-eventful love lives, came to a dramatic… Continue reading Mistresses finale pulls in the highest ratings

The specialist magazine publisher Future is set to relaunch its gadget title T3 with a host of new features in a bid to distinguish the title from its rival, Stuff magazine.The revamped May issue, which is due to hit newsstands next week, will place Future’s gadget title as a “broadsheet” alternative to Stuff‘s “tabloid magazine”,… Continue reading Future revamps T3 magazine

The BBC Trust has reaffirmed its view that a partnership approach from the BBC is the best way to deliver a wide range of public service broadcasting.In a response to the government’s Digital Britain report (see Broadband for all by 2012Broadband for all by 2012Broadband for all by 2012 ITV and BBC could share regional… Continue reading BBC Trust emphasises support for BBC partnerships

Vodafone UK has made Shan Henderson, its head of mobile advertising and industry development, redundant and merged his responsibilities into a global role.Henderson’s UK ad role has been axed as the telecom operator is looking to take advantage of the increasing number of global ad campaigns, according to reports.Erik de Kroon, head of marketing for… Continue reading Vodafone makes UK mobile advertising role redundant

The Society of Editors has written to culture secretary Andy Burnham asking him to support the struggling regional newspaper industry.In the letter, which outlines how the Government could help the regional press industry, the society has requested that Burnham look at ways of preventing content aggregators from profiting from third-party news content, without paying the… Continue reading Editors ask Burnham to back regional papers

Digital Rights Group (DRG) has today announced a new content deal with Hulu, the News Corp and NBC Universal-owned US online TV platform.The deal will give Hulu access to DRG’s C4i and Portman catalogues, which includes shows such as Green Wing, Peep Show, Rude Tube and Traffik, for free.DRG will become the first British television… Continue reading Digital Rights Group signs content deal with Hulu

Nearly a third of US agencies (31%) believe they will reduce their ad spending over the next six months, according to a new tracking study from Advertiser Perceptions. The study also reveals that 42% of US marketers believe they will reduce their spending over the same time-frame. Looking at media categories, 35% of agency executives… Continue reading US ad agencies pessimistic about short-term spending

Global fixed broadband subscriptions stood at 422 million at the end of 2008, adding nearly 68 million subscriptions in the year and 16 million in the final quarter, according to new figures from Informa Telecoms & Media. Western Europe has seen broadband growth stagnate, said the research firm, as all but five of its 30… Continue reading Global fixed broadband subscriptions hit 422m in 2008

ITV1’s Law & Order: UK retained the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak hour last night.The fifth episode in the seven-part crime drama, starring Bradley Walsh and Freema Agyeman, attracted more than 6.4 million peak viewers and a 26.1% average audience share – almost double the amount of BBC One’s ratings.At the… Continue reading Law & Order:UK holds the peak audience

Independent News & Media’s Belfast Telegraph will become a compact newspaper across all of its afternoon editions from tomorrow (March 25).The paper, which has been printed as a broadsheet since 1870, introduced the compact format in February 2005 with a new Saturday morning edition. This was followed by the daily morning edition in March 2005.… Continue reading Belfast Telegraph goes compact