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Spooks on BBC One once again managed to outperform ITV1’s new drama, Vincent, gaining an average of 5.2 million adult viewers compared to 4.8 million for the Ray Winstone drama.Vincent has boosted its audience in the past few weeks (see Spooks Battles Vincent), last night taking a 23% audience share, compared to 24% for the… Continue reading 5.2 Million Tune In To Spooks

The biggest spenders on online content are 16-24 year olds, averaging £5.34 per month (£64 per year) according to new research from Nielsen//NetRatings.According to Nielsen//NetRatings, the average Briton online spends £3 a month (£36 per year) no streaming/downloading audio and video content.Although the majority of this spend (57%) still goes on audio content, video content… Continue reading Teens Are Biggest Online Content Spenders

The board of ITV met yesterday to run through a list of potential candidates to become its chief executive. According to a report in today’s Financial Times, the informal meeting ran through names believed to include Stephen Carter, head of Ofcom; Stewart Till, chief executive of United International Pictures; Michael Jackson, former head of Channel… Continue reading ITV Board Meets To Discuss Allen’s Successor

MediaTel Group, in association with Medionyx, will host its latest seminar on the ‘Future of Radio’, with top industry figures promising a lively and eventful session.With panellists including chief executive of GCap Media, Ralph Bernard, whose company’s Q3 results will have been released the previous day, the debate will undoubtedly be memorable, with valuable insight… Continue reading MediaTel Group Hosts ‘Future Of Radio’ Seminar

Publicis has reported third quarter revenue of $1.3 billion for the third quarter of 2006, of which $550 million was attributed to its businesses in North America. Organic growth was 2.6%, which is slower than in previous quarters. Maurice Levy, chairman of Publicis said that this was due to the cancellation of some campaigns over… Continue reading Slow Growth For Publicis In Q3

BBC radio is being listened to via the internet more than ever before, with latest monthly figures from the Corporation showing that 12.5 million requests were logged in September.The Archers on BBC Radio 4 was the most popular on-demand programme on the BBC Radio Player, with 682,304 listens over the month, while Chris Moyles on… Continue reading BBC Radio Listening Via The Internet Reaches Record Levels

Channel 4 Radio will become the first radio station to be based in the virtual society of online phenomenon Second Life.The move will give the fledgling station, channel4radio.com (see C4 Makes History With Radio Launch), access to the 1.2 million members of the online population, which continues to grow each month.Channel 4 Radio will also… Continue reading Channel 4 Radio To Broadcast Through Second Life

US internet video ad spending will grow by 82.2% this year, and 89.0% in 2007, according to a new report from eMarketer. The Internet Video report analyses the fast growing online trend, with eMarketer saying that spending is low as testing new methods of video delivery and marketing are more the rule than full-play campaigns… Continue reading US Internet Video Adspend To Soar

ITV will this week move a step closer to finding a replacement for Charles Allen, the broadcaster’s former chief executive, after the board meets to review the list of candidates for the role.The board is expected to meet to review the list that city headhunters Zygos have drawn up. It should be presented to board… Continue reading ITV Board To Review Chief Exec Shortlist This Week

ITV is to launch a new research and development division, ITV Imagine, which will be central to generating new ideas for the broadcaster.Pele Cortizo-Burgess, the executive vice president and director of account planning at ad agency Foote, Cone & Belding in New York, will lead the team of around 14, which will be broken into… Continue reading ITV To Launch New Division To Bring In New Ideas