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ITV1’s World Cup football coverage scored the highest ratings last night and managed to knock Alan Sugar’s new Apprentice off the top spot with almost 9 million peak viewers.The England V Ukraine qualifier, which saw the home team triumph 2-1 after a winning goal from Chelsea’s John Terry, pulled in more than 7.8 million average… Continue reading The Apprentice fails to compete with the Football

Five’s chairman and chief executive Dawn Airey claims that the government “has begun to recognise” the potential value of a merger between Five and Channel 4.Speaking at the Royal Television Society last night, Airey said that she believes the financial benefits of a tie-up between the two broadcasters would go well beyond just solving Channel… Continue reading Airey claims government “recognises” value of C4/Five merger

In the first of a new series of TGI reports for Newsline, media analyst James McCombe looks at TV viewing via different platforms…Following the BBC iPlayer’s strong performance in 2008, TGI reveals that one-third of British adults now use TV On Demand services.Two-thirds of TVOD users access it through a PC, 62% through a TV,… Continue reading TGI: Multi-platform TV viewing

BBC One’s new Debbie Horsfield drama starring Sarah Lancashire and Neil Pearson pulled in just under 5 million peak viewers last night.All the Small Things premiered with 4.6 million average viewers and a 20% share during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot, securing BBC One with the highest peak-hour ratings.Meanwhile, the last in the series… Continue reading BBC One’s new peak-hour drama steals the show

ITV1’s penultimate Law & Order: UK secured the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot last night with more than 5.6 million peak viewers.The second to last episode of the hit US re-make, which stars Bradley Walsh and Freema Agyeman, attracted over 5.3 million average viewers and a 23% share during the peak-hour,… Continue reading Penultimate Law & Order: UK secures the top TV ratings

The BBC’s remit and licence fee should be reduced over time to only include programmes and services that the market would not provide, according to a new report.A rightwing thinktank, the Centre for Policy Studies, has published a PSB report by former BSkyB head of public affairs Martin Le Jeune, which suggests freezing the BBC’s… Continue reading Thinktank: “Cut BBC remit and set other channels free”

The free-to-air satellite service Freesat is launching its first TV ad campaign.Freesat, a joint venture between the BBC and ITV, is launching two ads with the message “Brilliant entertainment for everyone”, with the first ad broadcasting on ITV1 during coverage of the England v Ukraine World Cup qualifier tomorrow night.The 30-second ad uses time-lapse photography… Continue reading Freesat launches first ad campaign

Despite the proliferation of computers, video-capable mobile phones and similar devices, TV in the home still commands the greatest amount of viewing in the US, even among those aged 18-24, according to new research. The study, conducted on behalf of the Nielsen-funded Council for Research Excellence by Ball State University’s Center for Media Design and… Continue reading Home TV viewing still popular in the US

ITV1 managed to hold the peak audience from 3pm onwards yesterday, with an impressive run of The Boat Race 2009 coverage, a Harry Potter film, all-new Lewis and Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.Craig Doyle hosted this year’s Oxford Vs Cambridge boatrace, which kick-started ITV’s peak-run with more than 3.7 million peak viewers and a 20.2% average… Continue reading ITV1 secures a spectacular peak-run in the weekend ratings war

BBC One stole the show last night, securing the highest ratings from 7.30pm onwards, with a straight peak run of Eastenders, Rogue Traders, Traffic Cops and The Hottest Place on the Earth, as well as BBC News at Ten and Question Time later on in the evening.The channel’s flagship soap Eastenders kicked-off the peak run,… Continue reading BBC One steals the show