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ITV1’s new British version of the popular American crime drama Law & Order kicked-off to a good start last night with 6.8 million peak viewers.More than 6.3 million average viewers (a 26.2% audience share) tuned in to see the highly-anticipated new glossy production, which stars Bradley Walsh, Bill Paterson and Freema Agyeman, securing ITV with… Continue reading Law & Order:UK premieres with 6.8 million viewers

The BBC Trust has confirmed that it has refused permission for the Corporation’s online local video service after concluding a public value test.The final decision follows a public consultation on the Trust’s provisional conclusions, published in November (see BBC Trust rejects local online video proposal) to reject local video because it would not improve services… Continue reading BBC Trust confirms rejection of local video plans

Virgin Media could begin the sale of its content division within the next few weeks.A sales memorandum is expected to be issued following a board meeting later this week after publication of its fourth quarter results on Wednesday, said a report in MediaWeek.Virgin Media’s content division, thought to be worth about £500 million, includes assets… Continue reading Virgin Media could sell content division in next few weeks

Trinity Mirror is set to cut 70 journalists, almost a third of its editorial staff, from its Glasgow-based Scottish newspapers, including the Daily Record and Sunday Mail.As part of a radical shakeup at the publisher, editorial operations for Trinity Mirror’s Glasgow papers will be integrated, with the Daily Record editor appointed to the newly created… Continue reading Trinity Mirror set to make 70 redundancies

Online pre-roll advertising works alongside television campaigns to extend reach among those in broadband homes, according to new research.The UK based research, conducted by Utarget.Fox and MediaCom, measured how online video extends the reach of television campaigns.The pre-roll campaign, conducted with Mediacom’s technology advertisers, ran online from Nov 26-Dec 26 in tandem with the client’s… Continue reading Online pre-roll ads extend reach of TV campaigns

Redwood has signed a new contract with IT service company Fujitsu Services to launch a quarterly customer magazine and website to target the chief information officer (CIO) community.The first edition of the magazine, I, global intelligence for the CIO, will launch in April 2009 and will be delivered direct to CIOs across 10 European countries.Redwood… Continue reading Redwood to launch Fujitsu CIO magazine

UKTV History is to relaunch next Monday as Yesterday, accompanied by a new website, visityesterday.co.uk.The channel, which aims to present history in a more accessible form, will go live at 9am via Freeview, Sky Digital and the Virgin Media cable platform.The channel proposition and name was developed in-house, with Red Bee creating its on-screen identity,… Continue reading UKTV History relaunches next week

Living’s controversial reality programme following Jade Goody attracted more than 416,000 peak viewers on Sunday, which was also the day of her wedding to on-off boyfriend Jack Tweed.Almost 240,000 average viewers (a share of 0.99%) tuned in to see the episode of Jade between 8pm and 9pm last night, which was actually filmed two weeks… Continue reading Living’s Jade attracted over 416,000 viewers on her wedding day

Microsoft has denied reports that it plans to resurrect video-on-demand service Project Kangaroo.Reports in the trade press had suggested that the company was in discussions with Kangaroo shareholders as part of a strategy to boosting the Microsoft’s audio-visual offering.However, a statement from Ashley Highfield, MD and VP of Microsoft Consumer & Online UK, said: “While… Continue reading Microsoft denies planning to resurrect Kangaroo

Channel 4 and Five are bidding for the final high-definition slot on Freeview.Channel 4 and S4C have made a joint application to Ofcom that would see an HD version of Film4 broadcast between 11am and 4am, with an S4C children’s service shown between 7am and 11am.The broadcaster said that the remaining three hours could then… Continue reading Channel 4 and Five bid for final Freeview HD slot