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Lord Carter claims that a tie-up between BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 was “not a firm proposal” in his Digital Britain report and said that subsequent descriptions of the option as a merger were “very unhelpful”.Speaking at the MediaGuardian Changing Media Summit in London today, the communications, technology and broadcasting minister said: “It is not… Continue reading Lord Carter plays down C4/BBC Worldwide proposals

ITV1’s new three part documentary series, about life inside Holloway women’s prison in north London, pulled in the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot last night.More than 4.3 million peak viewers tuned in to get an insight into a day in the life of officers and medical staff, as they cope with… Continue reading ITV’s new Holloway secures the peak-time ratings

The BBC plans to extend its HD service to nine hours a day, the maximum amount of output allowed under its current BBC Trust service licence.The corporation’s HD channel was previously airing around six to seven hours of high definition content a day, but now plans to extend its hours from 4pm to between 12.20am… Continue reading BBC extends HD offering

A new survey has revealed that US consumers are confident in the uptake of mobile TV and video, with 78% expecting an increase in usage by 2010. According to the results of QuickPlay Media’s second annual independent Market Tools survey, the number of people watching TV and video content on their mobile device has remained… Continue reading US consumers confident in the uptake of mobile TV and video

GMG warns that the proposed tie-up between BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 would have a “damaging effect” on the commercial market.In its response to Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, the Scott Trust owned company urged ministers to dismiss the idea – “put simply, we believe that the market should be given the opportunity to deliver… Continue reading GMG warns against C4 and BBC Worldwide tie-up

‘Catch-up’ on-demand viewing via digital cable (DCab) is to be incorporated into BARB reporting.This is being achieved with the continued rollout of Unitam meters from AGB Nielsen Media Research, which have been used by BARB since 2006.Only playback content which is an exact match to the original broadcast will be included in the published data,… Continue reading BARB to incorporate on-demand viewing via digital cable

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

January 2009 data from comScore shows that the total UK online video viewing audience has grown 10% during the past year to 29.6 million unique viewers age 15 and older. Google Sites once again ranked as the top online video property in the UK, said comScore, with 23.7 million viewers (up 14% versus a year… Continue reading UK online video viewing audience grows 10%

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