BBC One’s New Tricks did as well as ever last night, luring a peak audience of 8.8 million adults with its gripping blend of crime and intrigue.The show, featuring ex-Minder star Dennis Waterman, had an average audience of 8.4 million adults (a 38.4% share) throughout its hour long running time.ITV1’s offering of Greatest Britons 2007… Continue reading Ageing Cops Continue To Shine
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New DAB digital radio station theJazz has teamed up with PURE Digital and Marks & Spencer to launch the PURE ONE ‘theJazz’ edition portable DAB and FM radio.‘theJazz’ edition of ONE will be promoted online and on-air at theJazz and will be available exclusively from Marks & Spencer stores nationwide and online for £49.50.Darren Henley,… Continue reading theJazz Launches Branded DAB Radio
A new report from Media-Screen says that US broadband users are spending 48% (approximately one hour and 40 minutes) of their spare time online in a typical weekday, with the trend increasing across all age groups. Additionally, the report entitled Netpop | Play, finds that when users are online, 54% of that time is spent… Continue reading US Broadband Users Spend Almost 50% Of Spare Time Online
The Radio Times, the BBC’s long-running weekly television and radio programme listings magazine, has undergone a makeover in an effort to boost flagging sales.According to publisher BBC Magazines, the new look offering, which is in retail outlets from today, has been redesigned to give readers the “UK’s best-ever guide to digital TV and radio, with… Continue reading Radio Times Gets Revamp For Digital Age
Emap has announced that pre-tax profits have fallen 13% for the year ending March 31, to £193 million. The company’s underlying revenues were also down, by 1% to just over £1bn in the year to the end of March. Revenues at the company’s digital division increased by 32%, whilst overall (continuing) group revenues rising 4%… Continue reading Emap Sees Pre-Tax Profits Fall
A new report from Continental Research forecasts that 7.9 million UK adults will use VoIP at least once a year in 2010. It adds that over the next 12 months, 43% of those ever using VoIP in the UK, Germany, Japan and the US expect to increase their usage. In addition, 17% of those not… Continue reading Convergence To Increase
BSkyB is to get rid of its monthly Sky+ subscription charge in an attempt to increase take-up and loyalty amongst its digital customers.The decision comes ahead of the launch of Freeview Playback (see Freeview Overtakes Sky), a new rival in the hard-drive recorder market.Sky has already dropped the £10-a-month subscription fee for customers signing up… Continue reading Sky+ Subscription Charge To End
A private equity consortium headed by the US group Providence Equity Partners could make a £7.5 billion bid for Virgin Media.A report in yesterday’s Observer said that the consortium is considering whether to take advantage of Virgin Media’s current share price of £24.Providence Partners is apparently in talks with its partners Blackstone, KKR and Cinven… Continue reading Consortium Could Bid For Virgin Media
Virgin Media has rebuffed Sky’s attempts to end the channel carriage dispute after James Murdoch, BSkyB CEO, wrote to Steve Burch, chief executive of Virgin Media, suggesting that the companies “meet in the middle”.In a letter released by Sky, dated May 10, Murdoch said: “The speedy return of Sky One, Sky News, Sky Sports News… Continue reading Virgin/Sky Channel Dispute Continues
Five has announced the launch of a new primetime TV quiz programme, which will transmit on weekday nights from Tuesday 29 May at 6.30pm.Produced by Two Four Productions and hosted by radio star Colin Murray, Payday will give eight players the chance of winning one of their fellow contestants’ annual salaries.“What excites me about Payday… Continue reading Five Launches New Weekday Quiz Format