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The final ever Prime Suspect, starring Helen Mirren as the alcoholic DSI Jane Tennison, lured an average of 7.6 million adults to ITV1 last night, taking a 36.5% viewing share between 9pm and 11pm.Prior to the long-running police drama, the final episode in the series of Heartbeat spin-off The Royal also proved a hit for… Continue reading 7.6 Million Adults Tune In To Prime Suspect Farewell

Thomson Intermedia plc, a leading provider of media intelligence, has signed a partnership agreement with WPP’s GroupM, the world’s leading media agency group which controls more than 25% of the UK’s media spend.The partnership will see GroupM and its agencies, including Mindshare, Mediacom and Mediaedge: CIA, use the enhanced and tailored Thomson Intermedia services and… Continue reading Thomson Intermedia Boosts Media Profile With GroupM

The makers of VOIP giant Skype are set to announce a new project aimed at distributing television and video over the internet.“The Venice Project”, which claims to combine the best things about TV with the social power of the web, is said to be announced at a television conference in New York by Fredrik de… Continue reading Skype Creators Develop New TV And Video Over Internet Project

Mobile phone operator O2 has announced that it is to offer a broadband service starting from spring 2007.According to reports in the trade press, O2 has begun talks with BT and Cable & Wireless about the offering but as yet no deal has been brokered.The reports quote CEO Peter Erskine as denying that the company… Continue reading O2 To Offer Broadband Service Next Year

September saw viewing shares fall year on year across most terrestrial channels, with ITV1 and Channel Four both seeing dips of over 1.5 percentage points.In digital homes, BBC channels fared well while ITV1 and Channel Four both saw dips in share, whilst Five and Multichannel viewing remained static.All ViewingITV1 saw its viewing share fall year… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – September 2006

ITV shareholders are urging the company to appoint a new chief executive by Christmas, according to a report in the Guardian.The shareholders are apparently unhappy at the slow progress of the search for a replacement for Charles Allen.The report says that headhunters Zygos have widened their search for a new CEO to include continental Europe… Continue reading ITV Shareholders Want New CEO By Christmas

Owners of Smooth FM, Guardian Media Group, have applied to communications regulator Ofcom requesting a change in the format of the station.The station wishes to covert from its current focus of jazz, soul, blues and R’n’B to an easy-listening station for the over-50s, with GMG promising to retain the 45 hours of specialist jazz programmes… Continue reading Smooth FM Applies For Format Change

Channel 4 programmes will be available on-demand to almost three million people after the broadcaster signed a deal with NTL Telewest.The three-year deal also means that there will be a seven-day catch up service for the majority of its primetime programmes, such as Hollyoaks and Deal Or No Deal.“It is a major step towards making… Continue reading Channel 4 Announces New On-Demand Service

The final episode of Ricky Gervais’ comedy Extras drew 3.4 million adult viewers on average to BBC Two last night, taking a 16.5% audience share at 9pm.That Mitchell And Webb Look followed with 2.3 million, indicating an 11% viewing share. On at the same time, Ancient Rome: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire on… Continue reading Last Episode Of Extras Gets 3.4 Million

Channel 4 has said that it is in advanced talks to sell its subsidiary Ostrich Media, which runs the TV channel Quiz Call, according to a report in the Guardian.Interactive channels like Quiz Call are currently being investigated by Ofcom to see whether their programming should be reclassified as advertising.In addition, the Gambling Commission is… Continue reading Channel 4 Could Sell Quiz Channel Subsidiary