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Virgin Media added just 20,400 TV customers in the second quarter, giving the service a total of 3.7 million subscribers, while its broadband customer base was up by 5,100 to 3.7 million.BSkyB published its annual results last week, which showed that it is gaining subscribers at its fastest rate for five years, adding 462,000 customers… Continue reading Virgin Media adds 20,400 TV customers in Q2

ITV1’s Car Crime UK secured the highest ratings during the all-important peak-hour last night with 3.8 million viewers, a million more than its BBC One rival crime show.The third of six episodes, ‘Drugs, Drunks and Dogs’, pulled in 3.6 million average viewers and a 16.7% share between 9pm and 10pm, compared to The Truth About… Continue reading Overnights: ITV1’s prime time crime show beats BBC One

Analyst UBS says that ITV should consider changing to a subscription model to boost revenues.According to a report in today’s Independent, Daniel Kerven, analyst at UBS, said there was little upside even after a recovery and “given ongoing structural pressures, we have suggested that it should consider migrating to a subscription model”.A survey carried out… Continue reading UBS: “ITV should switch to subscription model”

Commercial broadcast television viewing had a record first six months of 2009, according to new figures from BARB.The average viewer in the UK is now watching 16.7 hours of commercial television every week, which is up by almost 10 minutes on the record set during the same period last year.The figures, which were published in… Continue reading Commercial TV viewing hits a new high

Jimmy McGovern’s The Street continued to secure the Monday evening top spot with more than 4.3 million peak viewers.The BBC One drama series with Joseph Mawle pulled in over 4.3 million average viewers and a 20% audience share during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-slot.At the same time, ITV1’s rival drama Monday Monday, starring Fay… Continue reading Overnights: The Street claims the top spot

BT Vision has agreed a deal with ESPN to air the American broadcaster’s new channel.The new channel will air 46 live Barclays Premier League matches in the 2009/10 season and 23 matches a season from 2010-2013 after it won the rights following the collapse of Setanta (see ESPN wins rights to 46 Premier League matches).ESPN… Continue reading BT Vision to show new ESPN sports channel

New research reveals that 62% of US adult internet users have watched online video on a video-sharing website, up from 33% in 2006. The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life project also found that 19% of US online adults use video-sharing sites on a typical day (compared with 8% in 2006). The April 2009… Continue reading Strong growth in US online video viewing

Jim Marshall, Starcom Mediavest’s executive director and chairman of the IPA Media Futures Group, questions the uncertainty surrounding the television industry and asks whether mergers are the answer…

BBC One’s ever-popular New Tricks secured the highest ratings during the Thursday evening peak-hour once again with more than 7.1 million viewers.The third episode in the eight-part series, starring Amanda Redman and Dennis Waterman, attracted over 6.9 million average viewers and a 29.6% share between 9pm and 10pm.At the same time, ITV1’s long-running police drama… Continue reading Overnights: New Tricks secures the top spot

Ofcom has launched a consultation on its plans to relax cross-media ownership and local radio rules.The media regulator wants to change the rules to allow local commercial radio stations in one area to be owned by the same company and media companies to be able to own a combination of TV, radio and newspaper assets… Continue reading Ofcom unveils plans to change local ownership rules