More Tv articles

A new Freeview channel is set to go up for auction, potentially kick-starting a bidding war among broadcasters.Arqiva is inviting bidders to make an offer for the channel before October 22, which it expects to award in January next year.Arqiva holds the licence for two of the six multiplexes that make up the UK’s digital… Continue reading Freeview Channel Set To Go Up For Auction

BBC One’s new comedy, Sunshine, proved to be a hit with almost four million viewers and a 16.7% audience share between 9pm and 10pm last night.The new comedy drama series, starring Steve Coogan as Bob ‘Bing’ Crosby, attracted the peak audience during most of the hour-long prime-time slot, with an average audience of 3.6 million… Continue reading Sunshine Proves Popular With Almost 4m Viewers

BBC One was the only one of the main terrestrial channels to record a year on year rise in viewing share, of 3.9 percentage points, according to the latest figures for August 2008.There was a relatively large decline for ITV1, of 2.2 percentage points year on year.All ViewingBBC One enjoyed a viewing share increase of… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – August 2008

Ofcom has launched a consultation on changes to TV advertising regulations, with the possibility of boosting the amount of TV advertising around peak-time shows.Television channels, including ITV, could be allowed to show an extra 20 minutes of adverts during some mass-audience shows, such as The X Factor, if the regulator agrees.If Ofcom favours this particular… Continue reading Ofcom May Change Peak Ad Time Rules

Michael Grade today underlined options for ITV’s future, following the release of Ofcom’s phase two Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) review two weeks ago.Speaking at the Royal Television Society this morning, Grade outlined two alternative options in response to Ofcom’s report.The first model would see ITV retain its public service status and provide guaranteed levels of… Continue reading Michael Grade Speaks Up About ITV’s PSB Future

Five’s programming is set to become available via the BT Vision on-demand television service, as the two companies sign a new deal.BT Vision will be the first on-demand TV service in the UK to feature Demand Five, allowing viewers to catch-up on Five’s programmes from the previous eight days.Demand Five is set to feature Five’s… Continue reading Five And BT Vision Sign New Catch-Up TV Deal

ITV has confirmed a number of senior appointments to its newly-reshaped commercial sales team, led by commercial sales director Gary Digby.Reporting directly to Digby, Mark Trinder and Jeremy Lawrence have been appointed as group account directors for ITV Commercial, responsible for managing senior relations with agencies and clients.Trinder and Lawrence will also be in charge… Continue reading ITV Announces Senior Commercial Appointments

Ofcom’s latest digital television update, for the second quarter of 2008, reveals that take-up of multichannel television on main sets in UK households increased by 0.8%, from 87.2% to 88% in Q2. The report found that over 22.5 million households had multichannel television equipment connected to their primary set by the end of Q2 2008.… Continue reading Digital TV Households In UK Up To 88%

ITV1’s The X Factor attracted over 10 million peak viewers this weekend, well ahead of other weekend viewing figures.On Saturday, almost 11 million peak viewers tuned into see the remaining 24 acts perform at their mentor’s mansions, while the second-part show on Sunday attracted over 10 million viewers.The judges were forced to make their final… Continue reading X Factor Stole The Show

Ofcom’s latest digital television update, for the second quarter of 2008, reveals that take-up of multichannel television on main sets in UK households increased by 0.8%, from 87.2% to 88% in Q2.The report found that over 22.5 million households had multichannel television equipment connected to their primary set by the end of Q2 2008.Now that… Continue reading Digital TV Households In UK Up To 88%