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US broadcaster ESPN is launching a new UK channel on 3 August to show its 46 Premier League football matches.ESPN bought the rights for the games after Setanta failed to keep up its payments to the league (see ESPN wins rights to 46 Premier League matches).The channel, which will also show some US sports which… Continue reading ESPN to launch UK sport channel in August

Roger Federer’s record-breaking victory at Wimbledon pulled in an impressive 11 million peak viewers yesterday.BBC One’s Wimbledon 2009 coverage ended on a high as Federer won his 15th Grand Slam title after beating Andy Roddick in this year’s final.More than 7.1 million average viewers tuned in to see Federer come through 16-14 in the final… Continue reading Overnights: Federer’s victory attracts over 11m viewers

New figures from BARB for June 2009 show that 25% of all UK adults have watched TV on the internet, an 8% year on year increase, while 10% watched TV online in the past week.The figures, revealed by BARB chief executive Bjarne Thelin at last week’s IEA Future of Broadcasting Conference, also showed that 38%… Continue reading 25% of UK adults have watched TV online

The European Commission has revised the rules on public funding for broadcasters to ensure that commercial broadcasters are not at a disadvantage.Commercial broadcasters have argued for more public money in recent months to offset the decline in ad revenues, which has had an impact on the industry across Europe.Additional funding is a necessity for most… Continue reading European Commission to change rules on public funding for broadcasters

More than one-third of Americans (37%) say that TV ads are most helpful to them in making a purchase decision, while nearly half say they ignore internet banner ads, according to a poll from AdWeekMedia and Harris Interactive. In second place, 17% of Americans said that newspapers are most helpful, while 14% say the same… Continue reading Americans find TV ads most helpful

BBC One stole the show last night with a peak-run of Eastenders, Celebrity Masterchef, The Best Job in the World and Question Time.The Best Job in the World, a one-off documentary about a dream job on a Great Barrier Reed island with a £70,000 salary and luxury accommodation, secured the highest ratings during the all-important… Continue reading Overnights: BBC One banks a peak run

Freeview claims it will take on BSkyB with next generation digital TV services, as it announces plans to roll out high definition to more than 60% of the UK by next Christmas.The free-to-air digital firm outlined plans for a “reach out and reach up” strategy, which will focus on delivering HDTV, on-demand and enchanced personal… Continue reading Freeview pledges to take on Sky

ITV1’s popular Cops with Cameras series secured the highest ratings during the peak-hour last night with 3.1 million viewers.The penultimate episode, which followed police in Aberdeen on the last Friday before Christmas, pulled in more than 3.1 million viewers and a 16% average audience share.Meanwhile, BBC One’s two-part special of Waking the Dead, with guest… Continue reading Overnights: Cops with Cameras races to the top spot

Five’s long-running CSI:Miami series secured the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot last night with almost 4 million peak viewers.The crime drama, which has performed consistently well for channel Five, attracted 3.7 million average viewers and a 18.1% audience share, putting it ahead of its rival terrestrial channels throughout the peak-hour.At the… Continue reading Overnights: Five’s CSI tops the ratings

Our weekly columnist Raymond Snoddy witnessed the UK TV industry getting together yesterday… but only in the sense of being in the same room. “It was just like the good old days with terrestrial broadcasters attacking each other and Sky attacking everyone in sight. There was not a partnership to be seen.” It was once said… Continue reading Broadcasting partnerships… a new dawn?