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Last night saw The Apprentice go head to head with the second Britain’s Got Talent live semi-final, with the ITV1 show emerging the victor in the ratings war.Britain’s Got Talent, which ran from 8.30pm to 10pm, had a peak audience of 8.6 million adult viewers, a 36.5% share of viewing.Appearing again on Saturday’s final will… Continue reading Britain Beats The Apprentice

The first semi final of Britain’s Got Talent proved to be a big hit with the viewers, making ITV1 the most watched channel last night.Nearly 10 million adults tuned in to see dance act Signature as well as Kate Nicholas and her dog Gin make it through to the final. An average of 9.7 million… Continue reading Britain Gets Viewers

A new report from Screen Digest reveals that total pay TV penetration will increase rapidly in Central and Eastern European countries, from 40% at the end of 2007 to 60% by 2012 with a total of 63 million homes subscribing to pay TV services. The impressive growth will be driven by a strong pay TV… Continue reading Eastern European Pay-TV Penetration To Increase Rapidly

A new report reveals a surge in online searches in the UK, following the film premiere of Sex and the City in London this month.Internet searches for ‘sex and the city’ has increased by 223% since the premiere on May 12, according to the report published today by Hitwise – an online competitive intelligence service.The… Continue reading Sex and the City Mania Hits London

Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the world’s second largest advertising group WPP, has said that the advertising market in Western Europe has bounced back from its March downturn.Sorrell was talking at A Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York via video link, where he said that advertising revenue for April was… Continue reading Ad Market Performed Better In April Says Sorrell

Ofcom’s new report shows that rural areas in the UK are now better connected to broadband than urban areas. The report shows that 59% of rural homes now have broadband, compared with only 57% of urban homes. This follows concerns of a ‘digital divide’ between country and built-up areas when the service was first released.… Continue reading Number Of Rural Broadband Households Now Tops Urban

Sales of DAB digital radios have topped seven million, according to the latest figures from GfK, the industry’s marketing service.At the end of April, cumulative sales stood at 7.05 million following a record Christmas period and growth of 28% year-on-year in quarter one, 2008.DAB radios are now selling at more than two million a year… Continue reading DAB Radio Sales Top Seven Million

Ofcom’s new report shows that rural areas in the UK are now better connected to broadband than urban areas.The report shows that 59% of rural homes now have broadband, compared with only 57% of urban homes. This follows concerns of a ‘digital divide’ between country and built-up areas when the service was first released.Households in… Continue reading Number Of Rural Broadband Households Now Tops Urban

MediaTel Group is holding a new event on June 10 giving the industry a unique chance to see a number of new media technologies and debate the business models and opportunities they offer.The Media Playground Exhibition will showcase new media opportunities in IPTV, mobile, ad-serving, behavioural targeting, digital screens, social networks and their associated advertising… Continue reading MediaTel Group Hosting New ‘Media Playground’ Event

Specialist magazine publisher Future has reported a like-for-like 17% year on year rise in profit for the six months to March 31. Revenue for the half year was £78.3m, compared with £79.2m on a like-for-like basis a year ago. Advertising revenue was up 4% in constant currency, while online advertising was up 31% and now… Continue reading Future Reports Rise In Profit