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David Brennan, research and strategy director of Thinkbox, speaking at ISBA’s annual conference yesterday, pointed to the “serious growth” in use of TV over the internet (or Me TV as he labelled it), and described the advertising opportunities around this as a “real extension to broadcast TV”.Brennan bemoaned the lack of audience research data to… Continue reading Thinkbox uses ISBA platform to urge BARB to “get a move on”

Video-on-demand (VoD) libraries and widgets will be the first generation of video services driving adoption of connected television experiences in the U.S., according to a new report from Parks Associates. Parks Associates said that consumer electronics manufacturers and service providers will benefit from higher margins and ARPU generation in providing these web-like experiences via the… Continue reading Strong US interest in VoD libraries and TV widgets

Channel Five is set to make one in four staff redundant following a comprehensive restructuring plan in “the midst of one of the most difficult financial environments in history”.Five today announced plans to significantly change its organisation and management structures, which will involve merging a number of key departments such as marketing, creative, legal and… Continue reading Five to cut one in four workers

Grand Designs, Channel 4’s popular house-building programme, pulled in the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot last night.More than 4.2 million peak viewers tuned in to see the sixth episode of Kevin McClouds’ well-known design show, securing Channel 4 with the overall largest audience share (17.8%) during the peak hour.However, BBC One’s… Continue reading Grand Designs pulls in the highest ratings

There was little mercy being shown to a beleaguered ITV from ISBA director general Mike Hughes when he opened the annual conference this morning.Speaking about CRR (Contract Rights Renewal) which is being reviewed currently by Ofcom, Hughes stated that ISBA does not want CRR dropped, but would be open to seeing it amended. However, he… Continue reading ISBA and Ofcom restate CRR position as ITV hacks costs

ITV is set to slash a further 600 jobs, cut £65 million from its programme budget and sell Friends Reunited and SDN in a desperate attempt to recover finances following its 41% profit decline.The struggling broadcaster today reported an adjusted pre-tax profit fall of 41% in 2008 to £167 million and a 32% drop in… Continue reading ITV’s profits down by 41%

ITV remains confident in the long-term course set by its content-led strategy, but will it be able to survive in the short-term?ITV today announced total losses of £2.7 billion after a huge downward realignment of its asset valuation – the broadcaster reported a pre-tax profit fall of 41% in 2008 and a 20% decline in… Continue reading Can ITV survive in the short-term?

BSkyB has expressed interest in buying the recently re-branded UKTV portfolio, which is currently 50% owned and operated by rival Virgin Media.Speaking at a conference in Florida, Sky’s chief executive Jeremy Darroch said that content companies are in Sky’s sights, according to reports.“We will look at acquisitions if we think they can advance our strategy,… Continue reading Sky expresses interest in UKTV acquisition

ITV and Setanta are set to renegotiate the payment terms of their £425 million rights deals with the Football Association.Setanta is thought to of delayed making a payment of £10 million on its £150 million contract, while ITV has met its payments so far, but is attempting to reassess the schedule so that is has… Continue reading ITV and Setanta renegotiate football rights deal

Luke Johnson, chairman of Channel 4, has expressed confusion at a story in the Sunday Telegraph regarding merger talks between BT and Channel 4.Johnson told MediaWeek.co.uk: “I am not sure how the story came about, as we held a meeting with BT Vision more than a year ago.“The company might have submitted an interest in… Continue reading Johnson reacts to BT Vision/Channel 4 merger speculation