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Channel 4’s Grand Designs pulled in the highest ratings during the all-important peak hour last night, racing ahead of ITV1’s live coverage of the FA Cup Football.The fifth episode of the popular house-building series with Kevin McCloud pulled in an impressive 4.4 million peak viewers and a 17.6% average audience share, well ahead of the… Continue reading Grand Designs comes up trumps

Guardian.co.uk is set to launch its first optimised mobile site, following an increase in mobile users visiting the website.The site, which will be named M.guardian.co.uk, will be relaunched next month and is expected to be optimised for all phones including the Apple’s iPhone and the BlackBerry, according to reports.The Guardian hopes its new mobile content… Continue reading Guardian is set to relaunch mobile site

The average American watches more than 151 hours of TV per month, while those who watch video on the internet consume three hours online, according to data from The Nielsen Company. The Nielsen Q4 A2/M2 Three Screen Report also reveals that those who watch video on their mobile phone or other device do so nearly… Continue reading Average American watches more than 151 hours of TV per month

ITV1’s coverage of the Live UEFA Champions League match between Inter Milan and Manchester United stole the show last night, beating BBC One’s Mistresses to the top spot during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot.More than 8.3 million peak viewers tuned in to see the goalless draw, securing ITV1 with a respectable 26.7% average audience… Continue reading Live UEFA Champions League steals the show

Virgin Media’s content business recorded revenues of £118.8 million in the three months to the end of December, up from £114.1 million a year previously.Ad revenue at the content arm, which houses Virgin Media TV, its 50% share in UKTV, and shopping broadcaster Sit Up TV, was up 10% year on year.It was reported yesterday… Continue reading Virgin Media’s content business sees Q4 revenue increase

ITV has reportedly drawn up a plan for a three-way merger with Channel 4 and Five to create one broadcasting giant that would rival the BBC but failed to seek approval from the other two broadcasters involved.The single commercial broadcaster plan, which is one of several “radical ideas” that ITV has put forward to the… Continue reading ITV proposes merger with Channel 4 and Five

Five’s chief executive Dawn Airey is expected to announce more than 100 job cuts next Thursday.Around a third of the broadcaster’s workforce will be affected by the cuts, which are thought to be part of Five’s new efficiency drive, according to reports.Airey warned staff last year that redundancies were a possibility as part of a… Continue reading Five to slash a third of its workforce

ITV1’s new British version of the popular American crime drama Law & Order kicked-off to a good start last night with 6.8 million peak viewers.More than 6.3 million average viewers (a 26.2% audience share) tuned in to see the highly-anticipated new glossy production, which stars Bradley Walsh, Bill Paterson and Freema Agyeman, securing ITV with… Continue reading Law & Order:UK premieres with 6.8 million viewers

Virgin Media could begin the sale of its content division within the next few weeks.A sales memorandum is expected to be issued following a board meeting later this week after publication of its fourth quarter results on Wednesday, said a report in MediaWeek.Virgin Media’s content division, thought to be worth about £500 million, includes assets… Continue reading Virgin Media could sell content division in next few weeks

UKTV History is to relaunch next Monday as Yesterday, accompanied by a new website, visityesterday.co.uk.The channel, which aims to present history in a more accessible form, will go live at 9am via Freeview, Sky Digital and the Virgin Media cable platform.The channel proposition and name was developed in-house, with Red Bee creating its on-screen identity,… Continue reading UKTV History relaunches next week