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Cable TV set top box manufacturers enjoyed a record year in 2006 as cable operators around the world signed up millions of new digital cable subscribers, according to new research from In-Stat. Fuelled by a sharp rise in demand for cable set top boxes in China, worldwide digital cable set top box unit shipments increased… Continue reading Cable TV Enjoyed Record 2006 Worldwide

Total US advertising expenditures in 2006 increased 4.1% to $149.6 billion as compared to 2005, according to data released today by TNS Media Intelligence. Ad spending during the fourth quarter of 2006 was up by 4.2 percent against the same period in 2005, said TNS. Steven Fredericks, president and CEO of TNS, said: “Total advertising… Continue reading US Advertising Expenditures Show 2006 Increase

More than one million households converted to digital television in the three months to the end of December last year in the UK, according to a new report from Ofcom. According to the communications regulator, growth has been driven by another strong quarter for digital terrestrial television (DTT), with total sales of DTT equipment reaching… Continue reading Last Quarter Of 2006 Sees More Than One Million Get Digital TV

BBC One’s time travelling cop drama, Life On Mars, was watched by almost 4.9 million adults last night, giving the channel around a 22% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.The conclusion of ITV1’s crime drama Fallen Angel, also set in the 70s, failed to gain as many viewers, with a little over 4.6 million adults… Continue reading ITV1 Crime Drama Falls From Grace

GCap Media is launching DAB multimedia adverts across its portfolio of radio stations, including Classic FM, Capital Radio, Planet Rock and The One Network from March 19.The service will see radio commercials accompanied by synchronised messages (known as ‘DABverts’) which appear on the DAB radio screen whilst the ad is playing.The initiative follows successful trials… Continue reading GCap Launches DAB Text Ads

Richard Bacon, presenter of the Xfm drivetime show, is to leave the station at the end of the month, moving to BBC Radio Five Live.Bacon moved to Xfm in August last year (see Drivetime For Bacon In Xfm Reshuffle) having presented the drivetime show on Capital Radio.The presenter of the BBC Three Castaway spin-off, Castaway… Continue reading Five Live Gets Bacon

More than one million households converted to digital television in the three months to the end of December last year in the UK, according to a new report from Ofcom.According to the communications regulator, growth has been driven by another strong quarter for digital terrestrial television (DTT), with total sales of DTT equipment reaching 2.4… Continue reading More Than A Million UK Homes Switch To Digital TV In Q4 ’06

ITV Play, the quiz channel which has been under the spotlight recently because of concerns about premium rate phone-lines, has been axed and will be replaced by a new channel, ITV2+1.The channel was taken off-air last week as ITV carried out an internal review of its interactive services.Deloitte, the auditors carrying out the review, cleared… Continue reading ITV Axes Quiz Channel

Viacom Media is to sue search engine giant Google and its website YouTube for $1 billion, for illegal use of its shows.Viacom says that around 160,000 unauthorised clips have been uploaded to the video-sharing website YouTube and have been seen more than 1.5 billion times, meaning that the company has been deprived of advertising revenue.In… Continue reading Viacom Sues YouTube For Copyright Infringement

Flagship BBC One children’s programme, Blue Peter, has joined the ever-growing list of shows to be immersed in the premium rate phone-in scandal.It has emerged that the classic TV format faked the winner of a viewer competition to raise money for the Blue Peter Appeal in aid of Unicef, after the phone lines failed.A technical… Continue reading Blue Peter Fakes Winner, Joins Phone-In Blacklist