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The Inspector Morse detective spin-off, Lewis, managed to retain its viewing audience of around 7.2 million from the series debut last week, giving ITV1 a 32% share between 9pm and 11pm last night.Adult viewers remained with star Kevin Whately as the super sleuth detective, now teamed up with a new partner, as he and his… Continue reading Lewis Remains Strong Whilst Primeval Sheds A Million

Channel 4 has held talks with Emap about launching a joint venture to run the publishing company’s music TV channels.According to a report in the Guardian, Channel 4 is not interested in buying Emap’s seven music channels, but has held talks over the possibility of a joint venture.The report quotes an unnamed source as saying:… Continue reading Channel 4 And Emap Discuss Music TV Partnership

The dispute between rival broadcast giants Virgin Media and BSkyB has taken yet another turn, with Sky claiming that it does want its channels to be available to Virgin Media customers.Earlier today, Virgin Media released a statement insisting that Sky was about to pull its basic package of channels from the newly launched quadruple-play operation… Continue reading Branson Vs Murdoch: Round Five

WPP’s pre-tax profits rose by 14.5% to £766.3 billion in 2006, with the company reporting total revenues of £5.9 billion for the year, up 10%. WPP’s like-for-like revenue growth was up by 7.2% in the fourth quarter of 2006. In a statement, the group said: “The group’s financial performance in the year more than mirrored… Continue reading WPP Records Profits Rise

Worldwide advertising and marketing services spending is set to rise by at least 4% this year, according to advertising giant WPP. It said that worldwide economic conditions seem set to continue to show steady growth in 2007, although concerns remain over the Middle East, oil and commodity prices and the twin deficits of the US… Continue reading Global Advertising Spend To Rise This Year

The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has said that it is disappointed by Ofcom’s decision to extend the restrictions for HFSS advertising aimed at children, claiming the new rules are flawed.Marina Palomba, IPA’s legal director, said: “The IPA is disappointed but not surprised at Ofcom’s decision to extend the broadcast advertising scheduling restrictions from… Continue reading IPA Claims New Ofcom HFSS Rules Are Flawed

Five has restructured its programming team and is searching for a director of programmes for its main channel.The new director of prgrammes will report directly to Five managing director of content, Lisa Opie, with the restructure intended to simplify the reporting structure under her.Sport, news and current affairs, factual entertainment, comedy, and children’s programming will… Continue reading Five Restructures Programming Team

BBC One’s over-the-top drama, Hotel Babylon, had a peak of 6.5 million viewers last night, a 31.9% share of viewing, in its 9pm timeslot.The show, which attracted an average of 6.3 million adults, featured David Walliams, star of Little Britain, in a guest appearance.Hotel Babylon added over a million to the audience figure for the… Continue reading Walliams Brings The Viewers To Hotel Babylon

The controversy currently raging over the alleged Richard and Judy phone quiz scam has taken a new twist, with reports claiming that it could have been going on for over four years.The quiz scam claims began when the Mail On Sunday reported that a woman who phoned in and was chosen as a contestant for… Continue reading Richard & Judy Phone Quiz Controversy Takes New Twist

Sky is to remove its major channels from Virgin Media at the end of this month after talks between the two broadcasters broke down.The two companies had been negotiating a rate which Virgin Media would pay for the satellite broadcaster’s basic channels, which include Sky One, Two, Three, Sky News and Sky Sports News (see… Continue reading Sky Channels To Be Removed From Virgin Media