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Sky’s broadband video download service, Sky Anytime, has reached one million downloads a year after its launch.The service, which was formerly known as Sky By Broadband, gives on-demand access to Sky Movies, Sky One entertainment and documentary series and Sky Sports news direct to PCs.Sky Anytime celebrated its one year anniversary on January 14 and… Continue reading Sky Anytime Reaches One Million Downloads

ITV has launched an Ad Innovations programme which will combine research into emerging advertising formats around the world, and concept testing research into new opportunities.The broadcaster has been trialling different advertising formats and rich media content opportunities over the past few months on broadband, exclusively with Opera and Decipher.The results will see Opera’s advertising clients… Continue reading ITV Launches Ad Innovations Programme

There is a clear case for a new provider of public service broadcast content in the UK, which would have its centre of gravity firmly in new media and with a remit designed for new forms of content provision, according to the chief executive of Ofcom.Speaking at last week’s Oxford Media Convention, Ed Richards announced… Continue reading Ofcom Set To Pave The Way For New Media Entity

Reports that James Murdoch is to quit as BSkyB chief executive in the summer and head to New York to work for News Corp have seen sources close to the Murdoch family deny the rumour. The Mail On Sunday originally reported that Murdoch will be replaced at Sky by the head of Sky Italia, Tom… Continue reading Sources Deny Murdoch Could Leave BSkyB

Rupert Murdoch has emerged as a potential bidder for Big Brother producer Endemol. A report in Spanish newspaper La Gaceta claims that Murdoch is interested in buying Telefonica’s 75% stake in the production company. Telefonica is expected to launch a formal auction for Endemol within weeks, says today’s Times, having tabled a meeting with Merrill… Continue reading Rupert Murdoch Could Bid For Endemol

The chief executive of BSkyB, James Murdoch, could leave in the summer in order to join his father, Rupert Murdoch, in the US.A report in yesterday’s Mail On Sunday, claims that James Murdoch will move to News Corp in the summer and will be replaced at Sky by the head of Sky Italia, Tom Mockridge.The… Continue reading James Murdoch Could Leave Sky

Last night saw the return of high concept drama 24 to Sky One’s schedules, with CTU agent Jack Bauer returning from China to help save the US once again from terrorist threats.The season’s opening double bill attracted an average adult audience of 624,000 and 557,000 for the first and second episode respectively.This was comfortably ahead… Continue reading Jack’s Back To Defeat Cowell

The Channel 4 board of executives will meet today to discuss the Celebrity Big Brother furore and the broadcaster’s handling of the controversial events in the house.As the escalating race row between reality TV figure Jade Goody and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty pushed this series’ viewing figures up – peaking at around 8.2 million adults… Continue reading Big Brother Controversy Could Force C4 To Rethink Remit

Sir Christopher Meyer, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), has announced that the organisation has reached an agreement with publishers which will see it regulate audio-visual content, such as podcasts, on newspaper websites.Meyer was being interviewed on BBC News 24 where he welcomed the newspaper industry’s agreement to extending the PCC’s regulatory field, calling… Continue reading PCC To Widen Online Remit

Another racism row has broken out over a Channel 4 reality show, with Shipwrecked now the subject of complaints to Ofcom following racist comments made on last night’s programme.Shipwrecked, which was recorded five months ago, began yesterday evening and since it aired well over 40 people have complained to Ofcom after one of the contestants… Continue reading New Reality Racism Row For Channel 4