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ITV’s run of Emmerdale, Coronation Street and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! managed to secure ITV1 with the peak audience all evening.Emmerdale kicked off at 7pm with over 7.1 million viewers and a 33.3% audience share, followed by Coronation Street, which gained an impressive 43.3% average audience share between 7.30pm and 8.30pm.More… Continue reading ITV holds on to the top spot

Total UK advertising spend is set to fall by nearly 6% year on year in 2009, the worst of any developed country, according to a new GroupM forecast.UK national newspaper advertising is forecast to be down 12% year on year in 2009, regional titles down 13%, and the business-to-business magazine sector down 14%.TV advertising is… Continue reading UK ad spend to fall nearly 6% in 2009

The Joint Industry Committee for Internet Measurement Systems (JICIMS) is to restructure after ISBA and the IPA withdrew support.ISBA and the IPA resigned as JICIMS stakeholders after being unable to commit to the three years of funding that a full JIC model would require, leaving the IAB and the AOP to lead the initiative.A statement… Continue reading JICIMS to restructure after ISBA and IPA withdraw support

Scottish commercial broadcaster STV wants greater freedom from ITV to allow more scheduling flexibility.In response to Ofcom’s PSB review, STV said it rejects the idea of a single UK-wide Channel 3 licence as it won’t be in Scotland’s interest, according to reports.The broadcaster believes the retention of the Channel 3 network with dedicated licences, which… Continue reading STV wants more freedom from ITV

Bauer Media and Jacob’s Creek have announced a multi-platform campaign to promote the vineyard’s association with upcoming movie Australia.The ‘Our Favourite Places’ campaign will consist of print, radio and online activity across the brands Magic 105.4, Grazia, Empire, and the Big City Network.The campaign, brokered by Jess Subra and Toby Evea at Vizeum with Bauer… Continue reading Bauer Media campaign to promote Jacob’s Creek and Australia

October was a bad month all round, with across the board falls in revenue intake. Worst hit was Channel 4, which saw its revenue fall by 12.1% year on year to stand at £55.17 million.The next biggest fall was seen by the ITV1 Network, which went down to £118.7 million (10.3% on last year’s figures).… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 2008

The future of Project Kangaroo remains uncertain after the Competition Commission’s provisional findings reveal that the proposed VoD service will “restrict competition” in the UK.Ahead of the final report into the joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 (UKVoD), which is due to be published by February 8, the Competition Commission concluded that… Continue reading Competition Commission: Kangaroo “will restrict competition”

UKTV has appointed Keith Porritt to the role of executive director of commercial, replacing Laurence Dawkin-Jones.Porritt, who will report directly to UKTV’s chief executive David Abraham, will have overall responsibility for UKTV’s pay TV relationships, as well as programme supply relationships with the BBC and independent producers.Commercial activities, business development, as well as legal and… Continue reading UKTV appoints Porritt as commercial head

The former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller is thought to be in talks with investors about buying part or all of Yahoo!.Miller has been in contact with private equity firms and Middle Eastern wealth funds to raise as much as $30 billion for the search giant, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal.The report… Continue reading Former AOL chief set to bid $30bn for Yahoo!

T-Mobile is to become the first mobile operator in the UK to offer free ad-funded games.Customers can access at least one new game per week by joining T-Mobile’s Game Club. The first free game available to consumers is Poker Million II, which is funded by advertisers including Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, from Paramount Pictures.In exchange… Continue reading T-Mobile to launch ad-funded mobile gaming