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ITN has appointed John Hardie, a senior executive at Disney and former ITV commercial director, as its new chief executive.Hardie is expected to take up his role with ITN in June, after he leaves Disney, where he has been executive vice-president and managing director across Europe, Middle East and Africa for eight years.Prior to that,… Continue reading ITN appoints ex-ITV director as chief exec

Virgin Media TV is set to close its pay-TV channel Trouble within the next few months in a bid to start off-loading its content business.The broadcaster’s parent company Virgin Media will close the teenage-oriented channel, which is well-known for shows such as Veronica Mars and Kyle XY, and launch a new version of Living in… Continue reading Virgin is set to close Trouble and launch new Living channel

BBC One’s spectacular Comic Relief 2009 pulled in more than 12.7 million peak viewers on Friday evening.The fund-raising extravaganza, presented by Davina McCall and David Tennant, attracted more than 10.3 million average viewers and an impressive 42.7% share between 7pm and 10pm on Friday.The charity special switched to BBC Two for a short break for… Continue reading Comic Relief dominates the weekend ratings

Four of the main five terrestrial channels suffered dips in viewing share in February, with BBC Two managing a slight year on year rise of 0.1 percentage point.All ViewingBBC One’s viewing share has fallen to 21.8% following a year on year fall of 0.6 percentage points, while ITV1’s has dropped to 18.7% after a fall… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – February 2009

Revenue from traditional television spot ads will account for just 25% of TV advertising by 2019, according to new research from Generator Research. The result will be a market worth $13.1 billion in the US, down from $57.8 billion in 2008, the research firm said Andrew Sheehy, head of research at Generator, said: “This could… Continue reading Traditional TV ad revenue predicted to fall 75% within 10 years

BBC One’s Comic Relief special shows attracted the highest ratings last night and helped the channel secure the peak audience from 7.30pm onwards, ahead of its terrestrial rivals.Eastenders started off BBC One’s peak run – with more than 8.6 million average viewers and a 39% audience share between 7.30pm and 8pm.Comic Relief’s one-off documentary, Kilimanjaro… Continue reading Comic Relief wins over viewers

ITV and the BBC have signed a memorandum of understanding that could see the pair co-locating regional news centres and sharing technical facilities.ITV said that it estimates that there is the potential for a saving of £1.5 million in 2011 rising incrementally to around £7 million per annum by 2016.According to ITV, the current cost… Continue reading ITV and BBC could share regional news centres

ITV chief executive Michael Grade has attacked the government’s decision to rule out product placement on UK television.Grade said: “Given the extraordinary economic pressures ITV, and others, face, we can’t let a decision like this simply go through without trying to fight it.“We are considering our next steps and I am consulting my legal team… Continue reading ITV attacks government ban on product placement

Secretary of state for culture, media and sport Andy Burnham has ruled out product placement on UK television.In a statement released today, Burnham said that there is a lack of evidence of economic benefits, coupled with “serious concerns about blurring the boundaries between advertising and editorial”.The statement follows a three month government consultation on the… Continue reading Government rules out product placement on UK television

A peak of 6.4 million viewers – a 25.5% share of the audience – tuned in to ITV1 last night to see Liverpool thoroughly outplay Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League.An average of five million viewers watched the football coverage, from 7.30pm to 10pm, which ended with Liverpool beating the Spanish… Continue reading 6.4m watch Liverpool humble Madrid