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BBC Two controller Roly Keating is to leave the channel in October to take a new role as the broadcaster’s director of archive content.In his new role – reporting to Jana Bennett, director of BBC Vision – he will have responsibility for maximising public access to the BBC’s archive of television, radio and multimedia content.Working… Continue reading Roly Keating To Leave BBC Two

brothers and sisters has won a seven-figure advertising campaign with Sky Sports, celebrating five major sporting events including the Barclays Premier League.As part of their ongoing relationship with Sky, the creative agency will run a multi-media campaign to promote the UEFA Champions League, The Ryder Cup, British & Irish Lions Tour, The Ashes and Barclays… Continue reading Brothers and Sisters Wins New Sky Sports Ad Brief

The BBC iPlayer service on the Virgin Media platform recorded over 10 million viewings in June, according to new figures released by the cable company.Last month was the first full month the service was available to cable TV customers and it attracted half as many viewings as the BBC website.The iPlayer website had 20.4 million… Continue reading Virgin Media iPlayer Gets 10m Viewings In June

Last night saw ITV1’s Midsomer Murders defeat the BBC’s 60s cop show George Gently in the all important ratings war, grabbing a peak of seven million viewers.Both shows started at 8pm, with George Gently on BBC One picking up a peak of 4.6 million viewers – a 19.2% share of the audience.Midsomer Murders, with a… Continue reading 7m Tune In To Midsomer Murders

ITV1’s new glossy medical drama, Harley Street, lost out to BBC One’s On the Fiddle by over one million viewers last night.The pick of the day, starring Paul Nicholls, Suranne Jones and Kim Medcalf, only pulled in a 17.6% audience share between 9 and 10pm, with an average of 3.8 million viewers.ITV1’s new series, which… Continue reading On The Fiddle Leaves Harley Street Feeling Sick

Global IPTV subscriber numbers have more than doubled for the second year running with an increase of 53% in the 12 months to 31 March 2008, according to a new report from The Broadband Forum. It also found that worldwide broadband subscribers have reached over 370 million with DSL remaining the most dominant access technology… Continue reading Global IPTV Subscribers More Than Double

Demand Five, Five’s recently relaunched video on demand service has seen the number of visitors to the site more than double since its soft-launch three weeks ago, the broadcaster announced today.The 30-day catch-up service provides viewers with online access to a significant percentage of Five’s peaktime schedule including much of its hit acquired content such… Continue reading Visitor Numbers Increase For Five’s On-Demand Service

Following TNS clinching the BARB data contract at the end of the year, it has today bolstered its team with two new appointments.Chris Balch will become managing director of the BARB service team within TNS Media Research. Previously, he has held the role of director of operations at TNS Worldpanel UK for the last 11… Continue reading TNS Bolsters Team Ready for BARB

ITV1’s Emmerdale special, ‘You’ve been Framed’, pulled in 5.3 million adult viewers ahead of Eastenders 4.8 million last night.Emmerdale attracted a 32.9% audience share between 7 and 8pm, almost 5% more than it’s BBC One rival soap, which was on between 7.30 and 8pm.The one-hour episode centered around Viv trying to clear her name in… Continue reading Emmerdale Tops Soap Ratings War

Eurosport has launched a high definition channel in the UK and Ireland on Sky.The channel will show the last ten days of the Tour de France and the Beijing Olympic Games in high definition in the first month alone and will be available to the half a million Sky homes that subscribe to Sky’s HD… Continue reading Eurosport Launches High Definition