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The BBC’s detective show New Tricks performed admirably last night, seeing off competition from The British Academy Awards on ITV1 with an average audience of 7.6 million adults.The Academy Awards scooped 3.8 million meanwhile, as Channel 4 aired the perennially popular Wife Swap to an average audience of 2.4 millionElsewhere, BBC Two debuted a new… Continue reading BBC’s New Tricks Tops Academy Awards

NTL has announced its Q1 2006 results, revealing a rise in revenues and success in converting existing customers into triple play subscribers, taking all three of its communication and entertainment offerings. The company states that revenue has increased by £6.9 million year on year, reaching £636.7 million, while the company claimed to have added 25,000… Continue reading NTL Sees Success With Triple Play Services

Satellite giant BSkyB has signed an agreement with rival broadcaster Setanta to allow pubs, clubs, sports centres and other commercial premises to receive Setanta’s live FA Premier League coverage as part of their regular Sky subscription.The deal will allow Sky’s commercial customers to receive all 138 live Premiership matches without the need for separate subscriptions,… Continue reading Sky Scores Premiership Pub Deal With Setanta

Hallmark is to boost the profile of its newest programme acquisitions with a £2 million marketing campaign, launching across outdoor and TV, in an attempt to drive viewer interest in the new shows.The first execution will promote the UK premiere of Blue Murder, a new police drama which – which launches on 17 May.The promotional… Continue reading Hallmark Backs New Programmes With £2 Million Push

The BBC will air its first high definition programmes this month, showing Bleak House and the first part of Planet Earth via Sky’s HD platform over the Whitsun Bank Holiday.The Corporation will also begin terrestrial HD broadcasts this week, marking the start of a 12 month trial across the London area.Bleak House and Blue Planet… Continue reading BBC Gears Up For High Definition Launch

New research conducted by GfK NOP for the BBC has found an overwhelming majority of viewers expecting high definition content from the broadcaster on all platforms, and free of charge in the near future. The survey, which questioned a representative sample of 1,500 respondents, revealed a high degree of knowledge concerning HD broadcasts amongst the… Continue reading Viewers Want Free HD From The BBC

Real magazine, published by Hubert Burda Media, has been forced to redesign its masthead following a last minute climb down in a trademark infringement clash with Hachette Filipacchi’s Red.The title was due to face off against Red in a trial this morning, but backed down at the last moment to avoid ending the long-running legal… Continue reading Masthead Redesign Leaves Real Red Faced

Newspaper publisher Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) has expanded its online operations with the acquisution of two websites offering dating and classified car sales services. The acquisitions, which were made by the company’s national newspapers division, Associated Newspapers, form part of its continuing strategy to invest in key areas of the online advertising market.… Continue reading DMGT Expands Online Advertising Operations

BBC One scored a ratings victory last night, with fact-based drama, Krakatoa: The Last Days, seeing off competition from ITV’s crime drama, If I Had You.ITV’s drama, staring Sarah Parish, drew just under 6 million adult viewers on average, securing a share of 28.23%. Krakatoa scored 6.2 million meanwhile, notching up a 27.97% share.There were… Continue reading ITV Crime Drama Blown Away By Krakatoa

Origin Publishing has appointed Kevin Cox as non-executive chairman of the company with immediate effect, just days after its sale by the BBC in a management buyout.Cox, a founding partner in the company, returns after resigning as chief executive in 2005. His reinstatement sees him take the reigns from Peter Phippen, managing director of BBC… Continue reading Origin Appoints Cox As New Chairman