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Channel 4 has signed a landmark agreement with Twentieth Century Fox to acquire the rights to content for its family of channels, marking the largest deal of its kind for Fox in the UK, and securing content for FilmFour’s relaunch as a free-to-air channel.The new agreement will see Channel 4 air blockbuster titles such as… Continue reading Channel 4 Signs Largest Ever Fox Content Deal

BBC One’s slick drama series Hotel Babylon continued to perform well for the broadcaster last night, notching up an average adult audience of 5.1 million to see off ITV1’s similarly polished Footballers’ Wives.The sensationalist ITV drama drew an average adult audience of 3.7 million in the same time slot, with its share of 17.53% proving… Continue reading Hotel Babylon Floors Footballers Wives

Global advertising company, WPP, has acquired 65% of the issued share capital of Sapphire Bright Limited, extending its reach into China. Sapphire Bright, owns two of the leading promotional and merchandising companies in the People’s Republic of China; Shanghai Always Marketing Services and Shanghai Power Force Marketing Services. The deal will see clients including Unilever,… Continue reading WPP Continues To Develop Networks

Bjarne Thelin, chief executive officer of BARB, has revealed responses to its Future into View Consultation, saying the TV ratings body is committed to providing a clear and decisive method of measuring ratings in an increasingly fragmenting TV arena.Following the consultation in June (see BARB Launches Future Into View Consultation), BARB is looking into three… Continue reading BARB Reveals First Findings Of Future Into View Survey

Specialist magazine publisher, Future, has warned investors that the market remains challenging, with recent conditions holding back prospects for the current financial year to September 2006. Bearing this in mind, the board expects that profit for 2006 will suffer a decline of bewteen £4 and £5 million. This loss steams from a poor performance in… Continue reading Future Warns Challenging Market Will Continue

The Financial Times put in a healthy performance last month, seeing its circulation increase by 5.1% year on year, outperforming not only every rival quality title, but every national newspaper in the country in terms of growth.The success follows the departure of editor, Andrew Gowers, who handed in his resignation at the end of last… Continue reading FT Strong As Tabloids See Circulations Dip

Capital Radio has secured Thorpe Park as the six-figure sponsor of its drive time show, fronted by Richard Bacon, for the six months from 13 March to 8 September.The deal will see the theme park receive coverage on the show’s “Friday Feature,” two drive time promotions and two outside broadcasts.Aired between 5pm and 8pm, the… Continue reading Capital Signs Thorpe Park For Bacon Sponsorship

Total digital reception in UK households is at 64.2%, up by 10% from 54.4% at the beginning of 2004, according to the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising’s (IPA) latest Trends in Television Report. Non-terrestrial viewing remained at 30% for the second successive quarter, seeing a year on year increase of 2.5%. The strong bias of… Continue reading UK Digital Penetration At 65%

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) enjoyed strong growth in 2005, with new estimates from TeleGeography forecasting VoIP enabled lines to reach over 19 million by 2010 in the US. Total VoIP subscribers grew by a massive 284% year on year in the last quarter of 2005, reaching 4.5 million, compared to just 1.3 million for… Continue reading VoIP Lines To Hit 19 Million By 2010

BBC Two’s new series of The Apprentice put in a strong performance last night, drawing 3.8 million adult viewers on average, topped only by ITV1’s film, About A Boy, which pipped the BBC show by 13,000.BBC One displayed a less impressive schedule for the night, meanwhile, with chat show Davina drawing a disappointing 2.3 million… Continue reading BBC Two’s Apprentice Presents Challenge To ITV