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Online video viewing in the US grew last year, with 31% of US adults online at home reporting that they view online video at least weekly, according to a new report from Leichtman Research Group. This figure is up from 25% of those online who viewed video online at least once a week last year.… Continue reading US Online Video Viewing Grows

David Attenborough’s Life In Cold Blood continued to perform well for BBC One last night, luring almost 5.2 million adult viewers to the channel between 9pm and 10pm.The programme this week looked at the intricate lives of lizards, with some surprisingly touching insights into their complex and often overlooked worlds.By far the most watched show… Continue reading Life In Cold Blood Leaves Competition For Dead

Donovan Data Systems (DDS), which has a stranglehold in the USA, similar to its dominant position in the UK, has suffered a rare but significant client loss. Advertising Age and the Wall Street Journal are reporting this week that Starcom MediaVest Group’s US business has moved its spending power from DDS to MediaBank, a software… Continue reading Starcom MediaVest Drops DDS in US

BSkyB will this week launch its appeal against the Competition Commission’s ruling that forces it to sell most of its 17.9% stake in ITV.The appeal comes three weeks after the government accepted the commission’s findings and recommendations, telling Sky it had to sell within a confidential time limit to bring its stake down below 7.5%… Continue reading Sky To Launch Its ITV Stake Appeal This Week

Ofcom has announced new measures to strengthen viewer protection in participation TV, introducing new mandatory licence conditions for television broadcasters.The new measures come after a host of phone-in scandals rocked the industry, with the watchdog handing out massive fines to Channel 4 (see Ofcom Fines Channel 4 £1.5m Over Phone In Quizzes) and GMTV (see… Continue reading Ofcom Announces New Licence Conditions For TV Phone-Ins

NME Radio, the new broadcast brand extension from IPC Media and DX Media, has gained two new members of staff ahead of its launch this summer.Joanne Burlando has been appointed head of operations, having spent more than four years at Xfm as music and programme manager, and Katie Torrie joins NME Radio as music and… Continue reading NME Radio Makes Key Appointments

BSkyB’s total advertising spend has increased more than 30% year on year, to as much as £160 million in 2007, according to new figures from Nielsen Media Research.BSkyB spent £115 million on above-the-line media, said Nielsen, a 60% year on year increase.Agency estimates put BSkyB’s total media spend for 2007 at close to £160 million,… Continue reading Sky’s Media Spend Could Reach £160m

Arsenal’s woeful display away to Manchester United in the fifth round of the FA cup attracted an average adult audience of almost seven million for Match of the Day Live on Saturday night.The game, in which the premier league leaders didn’t register a single shot on target, had a peak audience of 8.1 million for… Continue reading Nearly 7m See Arsenal Defeat

Following on from last week’s ABC results, MediaTel Group is to host the ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ in early March, looking at what’s next for the industry.The session, which will take place in London on Thursday 6 March, boasts the likes of Mike Soutar, chief executive of Shortlist Media, and Duncan Edwards, chief executive of… Continue reading Seminar To Examine Consumer Magazine Market

The BBC and ITV’s nationally available free-to-view satellite platform, Freesat, will have problems getting off the ground when it launches due to Sky’s dominance in the sector.According to Top Up TV chief executive officer Nick Markham, who was speaking at the Broadcast Building Audience Loyalty conference last week, the service, which is set to launch… Continue reading Sky Could Prove Problematic For Freesat