Raymond Snoddy considers TV now and in the future with reference to Thinkbox, ITV and Charles Dickens…
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EastEnders was the most watched programme on Tuesday night, bringing an audience of 8.1 million to BBC One. The episode went out at 7:30pm and 36% of the available audience watched as Mandy accused Lorraine of stealing money from Walford’s version of Lord Sugar, Ian Beale.
Total TV advertising revenue in the UK increased by 2.2% in 2011 to reach a new record high of £4.36 billion, according to full year revenue figures provided to Thinkbox by the UK commercial TV broadcasters.
iPlayer general manager Daniel Danker has called on consumer electronic manufacturers to “go back to basics”.Speaking at the DTG Summit 2012 in London, the BBC manager said he believes that connected TV can make TV better – but manufacturers need to simplify products and services to make them more TV-like than PC-like.By 2015 he expects… Continue reading iPlayer boss urges manufacturers to simplify connected TVs
RTL has reported a 4.6% increase in pre-tax profits to €1.19 billion (£0.99 billion) for 2011 – mainly based on higher revenues from FremantleMedia.
Virgin Media has now added red button functionality to its TiVo service, starting with Sky Sports Red Button services.
Monday night’s TV viewing was dominated by the build up to Frank Foster’s murder in Coronation Street, which brought in a massive 10 million viewers.
Soaps were the main draw for viewers on Friday night with the first episode of Coronation Street securing the biggest audience of the entire weekend. A peak audience of 8.7 million viewers tuned in to see Sally Webster deal with the reality that relationships just might not be her thing.
Soaps were littered throughout Thursday night’s prime-time schedule with the top four most watched programmes of the day falling into the high-drama category.
The latest video-on-demand service for the UK launched this morning, called KnowHow, which as reported yesterday is intended to allows viewers to watch and buy from a library of films and TV shows directly from their TVs, smart phones, laptops and tablets. So how has launch day been?