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BBC One’s late-night Wimbledon coverage secured the highest ratings by far with an impressive 11.8 million peak viewers.The channel rescheduled all of its programming to BBC Two last night in order to show Murray’s five-set victory over Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka under the new Centre Court lights.BBC One’s Wimbledon ratings increased steadily throughout the day, securing… Continue reading Overnights: Andy Murray’s late night victory pulls in 11.8m viewers

Five has unveiled plans for a multiplatform strategy for its coverage of the upcoming Ashes cricket series.The broadcaster will launch a stand-alone Ashes microsite, which is expected to feature exclusive shortform video content as well as longform highlights programmes.Each 45-minute programme presented by Mark Nicholas will be available to view online for seven days from… Continue reading Five to make Ashes highlights available online

ESPN is to use a channel that was previously occupied by Setanta to air English Premier League games on Freeview’s pay-TV service.ESPN will have the opportunity to sign up subscribers from Freeview’s 9.9 million homes, which would make its EPL investment worthwhile.Last week, ESPN America paid £250 million for its first live EPL TV rights… Continue reading ESPN strikes EPL deal with Freeview

Microsoft has reportedly put digital agency Razorfish up for sale, with Publicis Groupe one of the favourites to buy it.Razorfish was acquired by Microsoft when it bought parent company aQuantive for $6 billion in 2007.A report in the Financial Times quotes an unnamed analyst as valuing Razorfish at $600-700 million based on sales of about… Continue reading Microsoft to sell digital agency Razorfish

The government’s target of completing the digital radio switchover by 2015, as set out in Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, is “very ambitious”, according to the BBC’s director of audio.Speaking at The Radio Academy’s annual festival in Nottingham today, Tim Davie said that although Carter’s plans are ambitious, he is hopeful that the switchover “should… Continue reading BBC’s Tim Davie: Radio switchover plans are “ambitious”

ITV1’s last minute Michael Jackson tribute secured the highest ratings on Friday evening with 4.5 million peak viewers.The Michael Jackson Story, which was added to the commercial broadcaster’s schedule following Jackson’s unexpected death on Thursday evening, pulled in more than 4.4 million average viewers and a 21.2% audience share during the 9pm to 10pm peak-slot.At… Continue reading Overnights: Michael Jackson tribute triumphs

UK advertising expenditure dropped 4% year on year to £18.6 billion in 2008, according to the latest figures from the Advertising Association.The Advertising Statistics Yearbook 2009 reveals that this compares to positive annual growth of 4.3% in 2007.The largest medium was press, attracting 37% of all advertising expenditure, followed by TV with 24% and internet… Continue reading UK advertising expenditure down 4% in 2008

B2B publisher Emap Inform is to charge users to access its websites, starting from September or October this year.Simon Middelboe, Emap Inform chief executive, told Press Gazzette: “I think we will be moving away from free content towards having paywalls on all of our print subscription titles over the next few months.”Some content would still… Continue reading Emap Inform could charge users to access content

Sales of digital video recorders that allow viewers to pause, store and rewind live programmes are up by almost one million, according to Ofcom’s latest research.The media regulator’s Digital Progress Report for Q1 2009 found that almost nine million digital video recorders have now been sold in total, after sales soared by one million in… Continue reading Sales of digital video recorders up one million

Microsoft and Publicis Groupe have announced a partnership to cooperate on advertising and marketing opportunities in the digital world.A joint statement said that the partnership will centre on three key components of the digital marketing and advertising industry: Content: The creation, production and distribution of programming, across a wide array of capabilities, tools, and services… Continue reading Microsoft and Publicis announce digital partnership