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Five’s Controller of features and entertainment, Ben Frow, is to leave the broadcaster.During his three years at Five, Frow created and launched some of the channel’s most popular series with shows such as The Hotel Inspector; Diet Doctors; How To Be A Property Developer and Build A New Life In The Country.Five’s managing director, content,… Continue reading Frow Leaves Five

The decision to move popular US import drama Grey’s Anatomy to Sunday night hasn’t seen the show pick up any extra viewers for Five.The two-hour double bill opening for the second season attracted ratings of 746,000 and 768,000, down by nearly a million compared to 1.7 million for the opening episode of the first season.Channel… Continue reading Schedule Reshuffle Does No Favours For Five

Julian Bellamy, controller of BBC3, has returned to Channel 4 as head of programmes, whilst Kevin Lygo has been promoted to the new role of director of television and content at the channel.Bellamy, who joined BBC3 in 2005 following two years with Channel 4, will report directly to Lygo and have commissioning responsibility for programming… Continue reading Bellamy Returns To Channel 4

The BBC and IBM have made a strategic alliance which follows the signing of an agreement for a framework outlining several joint projects between the two companies.The BBC says that one of the first projects will focus on applying state-of-the-art image/video search technologies to CBeebies and CBBC programmes.This IBM research system, code-named “Marvel”, has the… Continue reading BBC Strikes Deal With IBM

The latest episode in the ongoing saga between Virgin Media and Sky has taken place today, with Virgin Media saying that it will take the satellite broadcaster to court if the carriage dispute is not resolved.Virgin Media customers are unable to receive Sky’s basic channels after talks between the two companies broke down over the… Continue reading Virgin Media Threatens Legal Action Over Sky Channel Dispute

Tony Chambers has been promoted to the position of editor-in-chief of Wallpaper*, the iconic design, fashion and lifestyle magazine.Chambers is currently a member of the senior editorial team and will take up his new post on 26 March. As the style bible’s creative director, Chambers’ achievements at Wallpaper* include the introduction of a new design… Continue reading Chambers Becomes New Editor-In-Chief Of Wallpaper*

Each week, NewsLine brings you a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.There were several big financial releases, with Virgin Media announcing that its revenue increased to £1,081.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2006, up from £1,024.9 million in Q3.Of course, Virgin Media has been in the news for… Continue reading Media In The City

Virgin Media has said that it will give its customers until the end of the month to cancel their agreements after the transmission of Sky’s basic channels was stopped for Virgin cable customers last week.However, Sir Richard Branson’s company insists that not offering the channels, which includes flagship Sky One, does not constitute a breach… Continue reading Virgin Promises To Cancel Subs For Unhappy Customers

TNS has announced that it achieved underlying revenue growth of 2.5% for the full year 2006, with the majority of its businesses performing well. Underlying revenue growth for Europe as a whole was 3.2%, with TNS saying that this represents an acceptable performance given slower market growth in developed markets in Western Europe. The UK… Continue reading TNS Records 2006 Revenue Growth

United Business Media’s (UBM) revenues from continuing operations grew by 17% to £739.1 million in 2006, up from £633.7 million in 2005, whilst operating profit rose by 18% to £149 million, up from £126.7 million in 2005. By the end of 2006, the proportion of revenues and profits generated from events was 29% and 43.3%… Continue reading UBM 2006 Revenues Grow