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Eight out of 10 parents believe television has a positive effect on their child’s development, according to new research commissioned by Freeview.The report, created with the help of psychologist Dr Tanya Byron, found that 66% of parents indicated the positive effect of TV on their child’s numeracy and musical skills (66%), while just over a… Continue reading Parents believe TV has positive effect on child development

UKTV is set to introduce advertising within its online applications in a bid to create new revenue streams.The joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Virgin Media plans to create sponsorship opportunities around applications, to give advertisers the chance to target audiences on sites such as Dave, Watch and G.O.L.D.UKTV has already rolled out ten interactive… Continue reading UKTV set to introduce ads within online applications

Almost a quarter (24%) of respondents to the latest Olswang Convergence Consumer Survey are watching TV through the BBC’s iPlayer for at least one hour a week. Seventeen percent watch legitimate online TV services other than iPlayer for at least one hour a week and 9% (admit to) watching illegal online TV for at least… Continue reading iPlayer becoming more popular

ITV1 has unveiled its winter-spring 2009 schedule, including a campaign to fight obesity and a Saturday night vampire drama.The Feelgood Factor will tie in with the government’s Change4Life campaign and launches with an entertainment show in January, culminating with a follow-up programme at the end of March.Demons, meanwhile, is an ITV1 Saturday night show about… Continue reading ITV1 unveils winter-spring 2009 line-up

BBC One and BBC Two will be available to watch live online from next week, Jana Bennett, director of BBC Vision, announced today.The channels, streamed live from November 27, will join BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies and BBC News which are already simulcast.They can all be watched online via their channel sites on bbc.co.uk… Continue reading BBC channels to broadcast live online

The overall UK television viewing audience continues to show year-on-year growth, according to the latest IPA Trends in Television Report. Average hours of television viewing for the third quarter of 2008 was 3.54 hours, compared to 3.38 in 2007. This is the highest level recorded for this quarter since the start of the current BARB… Continue reading UK Television audience continues to grow

Most of the terrestrial channels saw declines in viewing share in October, although Five recorded a slight year on year rise, of 0.1 percentage points.The largest year on year fall in share came for ITV1, at 1.4 percentage points.All ViewingFive was up slightly year on year in October, by 0.1 percentage points to 5.1%. UEFA… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – October 2008

ITV has signed a new VoD deal with BT, the first of its kind for the broadcaster, to supply a range of programmes to BT’s digital TV service.BT Vision customers will have access to key episodes of ITV’s shows, including Coronation Street, Emmerdale and The X Factor, from next month.BT’s VoD customers will also be… Continue reading ITV signs VoD deal with BT Vision

BBC One’s Sunday classic Antiques Roadshow triumphed last night with over 11 million peak viewers, more than Strictly Come Dancing and ITV’s first instalment of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!.BBC One’s early evening programme, which saw its highest ever valuation in the series, pulled in over 10 million average viewers and a… Continue reading Antiques Roadshow triumphs with over 11 million viewers

BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 are planning to test launch their joint broadband TV venture Project Kangaroo in January, ahead of the Competition Commission’s ruling.Kangaroo’s backers are determined to go ahead with the project’s technical development, despite its launch being subject to the Competition Commission’s approval.It is understood that the project will go into… Continue reading Kangaroo is set to test launch in January