The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is set to provide an extra £7 million funding for the regional news pilots in Scotland, Wales and England.
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ITV1’s live UEFA Champions League coverage of the Inter Milan v Chelsea match scored a high of 7.3 million viewers during prime time last night.
Scottish ITV licensee STV saw pre-tax profits fall 55% year on year to £5.5 million in 2009, down from £12.3 million in 2008.
The Nielsen Company has launched a new system to measure how viewers engage with television advertising.
BBC One secured a peak run from 5.30pm onwards last night with the exception of just one 30-minute slot at 7pm.
ITV1’s new comedy drama Married Single Other attracted the highest ratings during the all-important peak-hour last night with almost 7 million viewers.
BSkyB has signed a new deal with Nokia that will see live coverage of Sky Sports and Sky News become available on selected mobile phones.
TV and radio requests on BBC iPlayer broke records once again in January, with a total of 120 million requests across all platforms.
BBC One’s Live Eastenders pulled in a massive 16.1 million peak viewers on Friday night.
Television advertising revenues are predicted to rise by more than 5% this quarter, according to latest agency estimates, which represents a £40 million boost to the industry