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December was a difficult month for terrestrial stations, with all channels recording a year on year decrease in commercial revenue. The worst affected was ITV1 network, which saw revenue fall by 19.5% compared to December 2007, to stand at £88.52 million.The next biggest fall was seen by Channel 4, with a year on year decline… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – December 2008

ITV has said that more users than ever would recommend its flagship website to friends.A visitor profile survey of 4,268 UK adult visitors to ITV.com in December 2008 has shown that most sections of the site had increased their Net Promoter scores – a measure of loyalty whereby visitors are asked if they would recommend… Continue reading ITV.com users “would recommend site to friends”

The Government has invited media organisations to submit plans for a new public service broadcaster to rival the BBC.Last month, Lord Carter suggested that Channel 4 should be at the heart of a separate public service broadcasting entity, outside of the BBC, in his long-awaited Digital Britain report.However, the report does not guarantee that a… Continue reading Media organisations invited to submit new PSB plans

The return of BBC’s popular drama Mistresses attracted more than 4.9 million peak viewers last night, securing BBC One with the highest ratings compared with its terrestrial rivals during the all-important peak slot.Around 4.8 million average viewers tuned in to see first episode of the second series, which is based around the tangled love lives… Continue reading New Mistresses attracts almost 5 million peak viewers

There were varying year on year declines in viewing share for all five of the main terrestrial channels in January, with BBC One and ITV1 falling by 1.0 and 1.1 percentage points respectively.All ViewingBBC One now has a viewing share of 20.7% following its year on year dip, while ITV1’s stands at 18.0%.There were a… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – January 2009

UKTV has signed a new marketing deal with clothes label Ted Baker to celebrate the much-anticipated relaunch of the UKTV People channel as Blighty.The marketing partnership, which is a first for Ted Baker and means the new channel benefits from exposure in the fashion retailer’s shop windows nationwide, is expected to run until March 23… Continue reading UKTV’s new Blighty launches with Ted Baker partnership

Channel 4 is set to be the first broadcaster other than Sky to offer the green button interactive service, in a bid to encourage viewers to watch more digital programming.The broadcaster is expected to market its upcoming shows through a ‘bookable trails’ service on Sky, which it hopes will encourage viewers to watch or record… Continue reading C4 set to launch green button ads on Sky

ITV1’s popular crime-drama Whitechapel ended on a high last night with 7.7 million peak viewers – almost 30% of the audience share – between 9pm and 10pm.More than 7.5 million average viewers tuned in to see the series’ conclusion, which starred Rupert Penry-Jones and Steve Pemberton, taking ITV1 well ahead of its rivals during the… Continue reading Whitechapel finale pulls in 7.7 million viewers

Channel 4 is moving a step closer to a joint venture with BBC Worldwide, as the broadcaster plans to combine its digital channels with some of the BBC’s commercial businesses.The broadcasters are thought to be joining forces to create 4 Worldwide, a joint venture that will comprise Channel 4’s E4, More4 and Film4 digital channels… Continue reading BBC Worldwide and C4 join forces

ITV has reportedly put struggling social networking site Friends Reunited up for sale in a bid to scale back costs.The commercial broadcaster paid £120 million for the online friend-finding site in 2005, which has since struggled due to the rise and popularity of similar community sites such as Facebook and MySpace.Friends Reunited was originally founded… Continue reading ITV to sell Friends Reunited