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The recent European Football Championships helped national speech based station talkSPORT see its audience increase by nearly half a million listeners, according to the latest research from audience measurement company GfK.According to GfK’s contentious National Broadcast Survey for the six months from 19 January to 18 July, the Wireless Group’s flagship radio station added 432,000… Continue reading GfK Finds Football And Music Topping Radio Charts

ITV chief executive Charles Allen has revealed ambitious plans to launch a raft of new channels over the next five years in an effort to compete more effectively against the BBC in the burgeoning multi-channel environment.The UK’s largest commercial broadcaster currently has one digital channel in the form of ITV2 and is planning to launch… Continue reading MGEITF 2004: ITV Reveals Plans To Launch Range Of New Channels

Influential BBC broadcaster and journalist John Humphrys has delivered a scathing attack on the corrupting influence of reality television, accusing shows like Big Brother and Wife Swap of being “meretricious, seedy and cynical”.Humphrys, presenter of BBC Radio Four’s flagship Today programme, criticised some of the most senior executives in British television for producing too many… Continue reading MGEITF 2004: Mind-Numbing Reality Television Comes Under Fire

Channel 4 has confirmed that it is looking to forge closer links with the BBC in an attempt to strengthen its position in the face of rapidly increasing competition from the growing number of digital channels entering the market. The broadcaster’s recently appointed chief executive, Andy Duncan, told delegates at the Edinburgh International Television Festival… Continue reading MGETIF 2004: Channel 4 Confirms Intention To Link With BBC

Commercial broadcaster, ITV, has said that its advertising revenue for the first half of this year is up 5%, as its top ten categories all experienced growth during this period. Despite tough advertising conditions caused by advertisers negotiating more competitive deals due to a fall in audience share, ITV said that it also expects September’s… Continue reading Growth Across Top 10 Ad Categories Pushes ITV Revenues Up 5%

Five’s director of programmes Dan Chambers has poured cold water on the prospect of the broadcaster launching a digital channel in the near future, claiming it would be “phenomenally” expensive to get off the ground. The UK’s smallest commercial channel is currently looking at ways to strengthen its position in the burgeoning digital market and… Continue reading Digital Offerings Too Expensive For Five

ITV’s sale of special effects house, Moving Picture Company, has attracted the attention of several major players, including Sir Martin Sorrell’s international advertising giant, WPP. The sale of MPC, undertaken as part of ITV’s £550 million disposal of non-core assets, is also understood to be of interest to former Carlton chairman, Michael Green, French electronics… Continue reading WPP Amongst Bidders For ITV’s Special Effects Group

UBC Media, the UK’s largest independent radio production company, has announced details of a development agreement with Channel 4 to create a radio station from the company’s existing Oneword digital radio station. In a statement this morning, UBC stated that it had agreed to work with Channel 4, as well as with third party companies,… Continue reading UBC Announces Plans For Radio With Channel 4

Britain’s largest commercial broadcaster, ITV, was seen in focus yesterday as investors renewed their confidences to push the company’s share price up by 2.69%.ITV closed at 105p yesterday after Citigroup told investors that shares had been oversold, and that 115p was “achievable in the near term, spurred by an improvement in advertising over the autumn”.… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Rises Following Advertising Upturn

OpenTV, owner of the PlayJam interactive TV channel, has signed a deal to provide a new games service for use on ITV’s channels accessed through Sky Digital.The new service, dubbed GTV, will be run by PlayJam on behalf of ITV. The interactive specialists will develop games for ITV based around the broadcaster’s best known brands,… Continue reading ITV Signs Playjam For Interactive Games Service