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BBC Two’s Catherine Tate Christmas Special performed well last night, notching up an average adult audience of 4.7 million to outperform all other broadcasters in the same time slot.ITV’s rival Abba’s All Time Greatest Hits failed to out-do Tate in the competing time slot, with an average audience of 4.3 million, although the musical extravaganza… Continue reading ITV Bothered By Catherine Tate Christmas Special

Maiden Outdoor’s announcement yesterday that advisors have been appointed to look into “strategic options” for the company has left rival Viacom Outdoor poised to retain the contract for Irish rail and bus operator, CIE.Maiden’s revelation that it would return an operating loss this year led the company to withdraw from bidding for the CIE contract,… Continue reading Viacom Hopeful For CIE Contract Following Maiden Withdrawal

Subscriptions to television programme content on mobile phones in the US is predicted to increase by almost 14 million over the next four years, hitting 15 million by 2009, up from just 1.2 million this year. According to the latest predictions from eMarketer, the rising popularity in entertainment content accessible though mobile phones could offer… Continue reading US Mobile TV Subscriptions To Hit 15 Million By 2009

Guardian Newspapers has confirmed a launch date for the Berliner-format Observer next year, with the redesigned title hitting newsstands on 8 January.The switch will bring the paper into line with weekday stablemate The Guardian, which adopted the compact format in mid-September.The redesign will reduce the size of each supplement within the newspaper, and deliver a… Continue reading Berliner Sized Observer To Launch Early January

Last night proved popular for the soaps, with ITV attracting an average of over ten million adult viewers for the first episode of Coronation Street, dipping slightly for the second showing, watched by an average of 9.6 million adult viewers.Elsewhere, Eastenders attracted a healthy average audience of 9.6 million, while the first episode of the… Continue reading Soaps Prove Popular On Monday Night

ITV will close its 24-hour news channel a month earlier than expected, with its final broadcasts airing this Friday following a consultation between the broadcaster, staff and suppliers.The decision to close before the end of the year was made following requests from ITN staff working on the channel, according to the broadcaster.Commenting on the closure,… Continue reading ITV To Close News Channel Early

ITV has secured the UK broadcast rights to Jim Jam & Sunny, a new childrens show from Entertainment Rights, for broadcast on its forthcoming kids channel, CiTV.The broadcaster has commissioned 260 episodes of the programme, each running for around 11 minutes, to be aired on both ITV1 and the new channel.“This agreement represents a significant… Continue reading ITV Signs Kids Shows For New Digital Channel

US advertising expenditure in 2005 is expected to reach $276 billion, a rise of 4.6% on 2004, with overseas adspend increasing by 5%, hitting a total of $293.8 billion, according to the latest forecasts from Universal McCann. Despite not achieving the predicted growth of 6.4% for US adspend and 5.8% for overseas, worldwide advertising expenditure… Continue reading McCann Expects US 2005 Adspend To Rise By 4.6%

Rival talent contests Strictly Come Dancing and X Factor went head to head on Saturday, and although both saw respectably high audiences, the BBC’s ballroom-based finale secured a resounding victory over ITV’s singing showdown.Securing average adult viewers of 9.6 million, BBC One’s Strictly… was head and shoulders above X Factor, which drew 7.7 million viewers… Continue reading BBC’s Strictly Wipes The Dance Floor With X Factor

Digital TV provider Homechoice has announced a new one year content deal with Entertainment Rights to secure additional titles for it’s pre-school video on-demand kids channel, Scamp.The deal will see Entertainment Rights supply Homechoice with new titles such as Budgie the Little Helicopter and The Cubeez for use on its on-demand platform.The new deal also… Continue reading Homechoice Signs Kids Programmes For Christmas