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BBC One’s Any Dream Will Do went head to head with ITV1’s Grease Is The Word on Saturday night, with Joseph’s technicolour dreamcoat coming out on top.Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest brainchild, which follows on from last year’s successful search for Maria, gained an average adult audience of more than four million, a 27.3% viewing share,… Continue reading Joseph’s Technicolor Dreamcoat Smothers Greased Lightning

March saw viewing share in all TV homes fall for terrestrial broadcasters, with ITV1 faring worst with a drop of over one percentage point year on year.A similar pattern played out in digital homes as all terrestrial broadcasters lost share year on year.All ViewingITV1 had a poor month in March as the broadcaster continued to… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – March 2007

The Financial Times has undergone a redesign backed by a multi-million pound marketing push in order to make the newspaper more accessible and modern.The title now has a new masthead and more colour to its salmon pink pages, whilst The People section has been expanded and the Business Life and Arts pages have been moved… Continue reading Redesign And Marketing Push To Modernise Financial Times

Each week, NewsLine brings you a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.The main City news this week concerned Google as they acquired the online advertising company Doubleclick for £3.1 billion, more than they paid for the video-sharing website YouTube (Full Story).The search engine giant also signed an agreement with… Continue reading Media In The City

The latest CRR adjudicator’s record shows that ITV broke the Contract Rights Renewal rules once in the past 12 months.The adjudicator’s office was formally asked to rule on three cases involving ITV, ruling against the braodcaster in only one of them.Of the three, one concerned the terms offered by ITV on a line-by-line deal for… Continue reading ITV Broke CRR Rules Once In Past 12 Months

GMTV’s presenters have read out a statement saying the broadcaster had no idea of apparent irregularities by its phone line provider, Opera Interactive Technology, after BBC’s Panorama claimed tens of thousands of calls and texts had no chance of winning.Andrew Castle and Fiona Phillips read out a statement saying: “GMTV knew nothing of this and… Continue reading GMTV Claims It Had No Idea Of Apparent Phone-In Problems

Johnston Press has successfully completed the acquisition of Archant’s Scottish newspaper division for £11.2 million. The purchase was subject to regulatory clearance from the Office of Fair Trading and Johnston Press said today that all the necessary conditions have been satisfied. The purchase was first announced in January, with Tom Bowdler, CEO of Johnston Press,… Continue reading Johnston Press Completes Purchase Of Archant’s Scottish Titles

The results of a recent survey from Q Research show that only 32% of the British 11-20 year olds surveyed would be happy to receive advertising messages to their mobile phones. However, when these youngsters were asked if they would like tor receive advertising messages targeted to the individual recipient, this figure rose to 71%.… Continue reading Some British Teens Happy To Receive Mobile Ads

Hitwise has been purchased for $240 million by credit checking company, Experian Group Ltd. Hitwise is a leading marketing intelligence provider which tracks internet usage and reports on almost a million websites a day. Experian wants to shift its emphasis towards the internet following the purchase. Don Robert, Experian’s chief executive, said: “We have been… Continue reading Experian Purchases Information Company Hitwise

Response to Chrysalis’ auction of its radio operations has not reached the demand levels anticipated, according to reports in today’s Financial Times. Bids were expected from UTV as well as several private equity firms, however these have not materialised, while Guardian Media Group ruled themselves out from the bidding last month. Chrysalis had hoped the… Continue reading Little Interest In Chrysalis Auction