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BBC One’s Sweeney Todd outperformed all rivals last night, slaughtering competition from ITV’s Teenage Tourettes Camp and the return of Shameless to Channel 4.The grizzly crime drama netted BBC One an average of 6.2 million adult viewers, while ITV’s obscenity-ridden Tourettes documentary drew 3.5 million in the same time slot.Channel 4’s evening was topped by… Continue reading Sweeney Todd Slaughters Competition For BBC

The UK has overtaken France as the largest broadband country in Europe, with the latest estimates from Point Topic suggesting that the UK will have 9.8 million broadband lines by New Year’s Day 2006 compared to France with 9.7 million. The expected strong performance comes on the backend of a healthy third quarter for DSL… Continue reading UK Overtakes France As Largest European Broadband Country

Havas has this morning denied a report by the Daily Telegraph which claimed Fernando Rodes Vila, head of the company’s Media Planning Group, is being groomed as its next group chief executive.The French media firm moved to quash speculation over the report, which claimed closer links between Havas and Aegis Group would be forged by… Continue reading Havas Denies Reports Of Management Change

News Corporation has announced the promotion of Jeremy Philips to the position of executive vice president, office of the chairman, overseeing the company’s internet activities following its recent string of online acquisitions.The new role will see Philips assume responsibility for the company’s internet investments as well as focusing on continuing acquisitions and strategy. He will… Continue reading Philips New Online Boss For News Corp

Vincent Bollore, chairman of French advertising giant Havas, has outlined plans to appoint the company’s Fernando Rodes Vila, currently head of Havas’s media planning arm, as the next group chief executive, potentially forging closer ties with Aegis.According to a report in today’s Telegraph, Bollore, who also holds a 25% stake in Aegis, has already asked… Continue reading Havas Mulls Aegis Links Through Management Reshuffle

Mobile phone giant Orange has signed as the sponsor of Virgin Radio’s new Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show, marking the firm’s biggest-ever radio sponsorship deal, and the largest on-air and online brand marketing deal in the Virgin Breakfast’s history.The scale of the deal, Virgin claims, is testament to the appeal of Sony Award winning O’Connell, who… Continue reading Virgin Signs Largest Ever Breakfast Sponsorship

IPC Advertising has appointed Caroline McDevitt as its new managing director with immediate effect, seeing the media boss take a seat on the IPC Media Board.McDevitt joined IPC last May as director of group advertising (see IPC Picks McDevitt For Group Ad Director Role), and will now chair the IPC Advertising Executive, leading the company’s… Continue reading IPC Advertising Appoints McDevitt As New MD

US media owner, Viacom, has spilt itself into two companies, CBS Corp and Viacom, with investors getting one CBS share and one Viacom share for each two of Viacom they own. The division will see Viacom own the MTV cable business and the Paramount Pictures studio, while CBS owns Simon & Schuster, Showtime and Paramount… Continue reading Viacom Splits Into Two

ITV’s drama Rebus performed well last night, attracting an average adult audience of 8.1 million to dominate prime time viewing.Going head to head with BBC One’s film Catch Me If You Can, with a comparable audience of 5.6 million, ITV’s crime drama secured a share of 33.94% compared with BBC One’s 23.73%.However, The BBC’s earlier… Continue reading Rebus Reaps Rewards For ITV

Cinema admissions in November received a massive boost from the latest film in the Harry Potter series, with the Goblet of Fire fuelling a 4.3% rise in admissions year on year, as well as becoming 2005’s biggest film to date.The movie quickly stormed Britain’s box offices, grossing £31.6 million during November and smashing numerous records… Continue reading Potter Enchants Moviegoers To Smash Cinema Records