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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has decided against investigating the BBC and ITV over allegations relating to the broadcasters’ phone-in programmes and competitions.Earlier this year, Ofcom fined the BBC a record £400,000 for faking winners and misleading audiences in the phone-in competitions on shows including Comic Relief and Children in Need (see Ofcom Fines The… Continue reading BBC And ITV Escape Phone-In Fraud Investigation

Virgin Media Television has announced two new senior appointments to strengthen its commercial team, including Ivan Ali-Khan to the newly-created position of head of digital.David Cuff has also joined the company as commercial director, having previously worked at Flextech Television and Initiative Media as well as running his own consultancy business, Cuff Media.Cuff will be… Continue reading Virgin Media TV Appoints First Head Of Digital

The Pride of Britain Awards proved to be a winner for ITV1 last night, pulling in close to 6 million peak viewers.The annual awards ceremony, hosted by Carol Vorderman and featuring celebrities such as David Beckham, Paul McCartney and Michael Caine, attracted an average of 5.5 million viewers and secured the peak audience between 8pm… Continue reading The Pride Of Britain Awards Is A Winner

ITV’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League match between Arsenal and FC Porto attracted over 4.2 million peak viewers last night.The game, which saw Arsenal win 4-0, pulled in an average 3.4 million viewers and a 15% audience share between 7.30pm and 10pm.However, it failed to win over the peak audience, with the exception of… Continue reading ITV1’s Football Kicks Off With 4 Million Viewers

The total number of consumers watching video streaming through a browser in the US has doubled over the past year, going from 32% to 63%, according to a new survey of US online households by ABI Research. ABI Research said that this is due to the growth in the amount of rich content available in… Continue reading Number Of US Households Watching Online Broadband Video Has Doubled

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China has overtaken the United States as the country with the most broadband lines, growing twice as fast as America, according to new data from the broadband research company Point Topic. Point Topic found that China and the US both had around 78 million broadband lines at the end of August, but the number in… Continue reading China Overtakes America With Most Broadband Lines

BSkyB has failed in its attempt to overturn the Competition Commission’s original ruling that Sky must sell its controversial 17.9% stake in ITV.The Competition Appeal Tribunal, lead by John Hutton, rejected Sky’s appeal outright, forcing the company to reduce its stake in the UK biggest’s commercial broadcaster to below 7.5%.The Tribunal’s ruling is expected to… Continue reading Sky Forced To Reduce Stake In ITV

Freesat, the free-to-air digital satellite TV service from the BBC and ITV, has sold 100,000 set-top boxes during its first five months.Free HD services has reportedly enabled Freesat to achieve high sales since its launch on May 6 (see Freesat Launches Today).Emma Scott, managing director of Freesat, said she was delighted with the uptake in… Continue reading Freesat Sales Soar

Mark Wood, chief executive of ITN, is set to leave the news broadcaster next year to “pursue opportunities outside the company”.Wood, who took up the role as chief executive of ITN in June 2003 having been chairman of the company since July 1998, will remain is his role for an undisclosed period of time, according… Continue reading ITN Boss Set To Leave