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RTL Group, which is rumoured to be interested in acquiring ITV, has announced that it has sold its remaining 25% shareholding in Sportfive, the European sports rights marketing firm, to Lagardère SCA. Last week it was reported that RTL, Europe’s largest broadcaster, was in talks with private equity backers on a possible £5 billion bid… Continue reading RTL Sells Sportfive Stake To Lagardère

More people in the US will watch more TV and video content in the future, not less, according to a new report from eMarketer. The US DVD and VOD Usage report explores the ways viewers watch television and states that viewers will consume content in a variety of different ways in the future, for example… Continue reading US Viewers Will Watch More TV And Video Content

The percentage of households with HDTV equipment had increased from 2% in February to 6% in July, an installed base of just over 1 million, according to a new report from Continental Research. Continental Research’s Autumn 2006 Digital TV Report says that over 1 million people already have HDTV-enabled TV sets, with another 3.5 million… Continue reading HDTV Households Increase To Over 1 Million

Personalisation and interactivity will be the key drivers of mobile TV according to a new report commissioned by Nokia and carried out by the London School of Economics (LSE). The report, titled This Box Was Made For Walking, predicts that the introduction and adoption of mobile TV will ultimately give way to a more personal… Continue reading Personalisation And Interactivity Key Drivers of Mobile TV

MySpace has taken a step closer to going mobile after Fox Interactive appointed its first European mobile chief in a bid to increase the social networking site’s audience by offering its services to mobile users.Jean-Paul Sanchez has been poached from his role as business development manager at Vodafone to become vice president of mobile for… Continue reading MySpace Takes A Step Closer To Going Mobile

BBC One’s Children In Need programme was watched by an average of around 6.2 million adult viewers over Friday evening, indicating the tried and tested format is still popular with the British public.I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here on ITV1 managed to take an average adult audience of 5.9 million, a 27% viewing… Continue reading Children In Need Proves Popular With TV Viewers

The BBC has unveiled its team to lead the Corporation’s new multimedia division, BBC Vision, which launches today.Simon Nelson will lead the team as controller of multi-platform and portfolio, having moved from his role of controller of radio and music interactive at the BBC. He will oversee the strategy for multi-platform services and content and… Continue reading BBC Restructures For Multi-Media Team

Ofcom today announced a total ban on advertisements for food and drink products which are high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) in all children’s programming, broadcast at any time of day or night, which hold particular appeal for children up to 16. Ofcom has estimated that the impact on total broadcast revenues could be… Continue reading TV Junk Food Ban Could See Channel’s Lose £39 Million Per Year

Arqiva has announced the signing of a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with BT to acquire the full-time service components of BT’s satellite broadcast services business for £25 million in cash. The deal will include long-term customer contracts, operations and personnel located in the USA, France, Italy and the Netherlands, as well as the UK.… Continue reading Arqiva To Acquire BT’s Satellite Broadcast Business

Merrill Lynch (ML) is again raising its US online ad forecasts, to account for the third quarter IAB results and its own higher fourth quarter growth estimate. ML is now forecasting Q4 growth of 30% year on year, up from 27%, and full year growth for 2006 of 34%, up from 31%. For the full… Continue reading Merrill Lynch Raises US Online Ad Forecast