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Michael Jackson’s death continued to dominate the media world last night – the coverage of his star-studded memorial service in LA pulled in more than 6 million terrestrial viewers in the UK alone.BBC Two’s Michael Jackson’s Memorial Live, which was broadcast in place of its usual line-up of early evening shows including Eggheads and Bargain… Continue reading Overnights: Michael Jackson’s memorial watched by over 8 million

BBC One’s new five-part Torchwood – Children of Earth programme, which is due to air every night this week, started on a high last night with more than 6 million peak viewers.The sci-fi drama, a Doctor Who spin-off starring John Barrowman, pulled in 5.9 million average viewers and a 25.8% audience share during the all-important… Continue reading Overnights: New Torchwood starts on a high

The Susan Boyle inspired ratings success of Britain’s Got Talent (see 18.5m watch Britain’s Got Talent results show), wasn’t enough to arrest ITV’s continued downturn in revenue. Despite the programme attaining ratings of over 11 million viewers from the initial audition stage, the commercial network broadcaster recorded a 16.7% year on year fall in revenue… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2009

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

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

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