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ITV1’s popular crime-drama Whitechapel ended on a high last night with 7.7 million peak viewers – almost 30% of the audience share – between 9pm and 10pm.More than 7.5 million average viewers tuned in to see the series’ conclusion, which starred Rupert Penry-Jones and Steve Pemberton, taking ITV1 well ahead of its rivals during the… Continue reading Whitechapel finale pulls in 7.7 million viewers

Channel 4 is moving a step closer to a joint venture with BBC Worldwide, as the broadcaster plans to combine its digital channels with some of the BBC’s commercial businesses.The broadcasters are thought to be joining forces to create 4 Worldwide, a joint venture that will comprise Channel 4’s E4, More4 and Film4 digital channels… Continue reading BBC Worldwide and C4 join forces

The Office of Fair Trading has launched its review in to local and regional media ownership, with a focus on whether existing rules should be relaxed to help the struggling newspaper industry.Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, which was published last month (see Broadband for all by 2012), promised a review of local ownership rules and… Continue reading OFT launches local media ownership review

ITV1 stole the show this weekend by holding on the peak audience every evening during the all-important peak time slots with Trial & Retribution, Dancing on Ice and all-new Ant & Dec.Coronation Street and the last in the series of Trial & Retribution pulled in 8.8 million and 5.3 million peak viewers respectively on Friday… Continue reading ITV steals the show

ITV has reportedly put struggling social networking site Friends Reunited up for sale in a bid to scale back costs.The commercial broadcaster paid £120 million for the online friend-finding site in 2005, which has since struggled due to the rise and popularity of similar community sites such as Facebook and MySpace.Friends Reunited was originally founded… Continue reading ITV to sell Friends Reunited

The last in the series of Hustle, with Adrian Lester and Matt Di Angelo, attracted more than 5.7 million peak viewers last night.Around 5.6 million average viewers tuned in to see the series finale, which looks as though Mickey has finally been beaten at his own game, between 9pm and 10pm – securing BBC One… Continue reading Final Hustle wins over 5.7 million

This week’s edition of “The Inside Line” looks at the Competition Commission’s ruling on Project Kangaroo. Each week we will take a key media topic and ask the industry for their opinion.This week’s question:What is your view on the Competition Commission’s decision to block Project Kangaroo, the joint VoD venture from BBC Worldwide, Channel 4… Continue reading The Inside Line: Project Kangaroo

Virgin Media’s TV viewers watched over half a billion on-demand programmes in 2008, with the BBC’s iPlayer on the cable TV platform approaching 1 million views.Virgin Media said that it had a record-breaking 56 million views in December alone, with on-demand’s popularity growing by over 60% in the last 12 months.It added that 52% of… Continue reading Half a billion views for Virgin Media’s on-demand TV

Five USA has unveiled its new on-air look to support the re-branded channel, which is set to launch on Monday.Five’s creative services have work with DixonBaxi to create an on-screen campaign, which “reflects the channel’s strong American programming with a bold and vibrant series of brand spots, idents and promos,” according to the broadcaster.Most of… Continue reading Five USA unveils new look

ITV1’s football coverage managed to pull in an impressive 8.2 million peak viewers last night, despite last weeks disastrous technical hitch during Everton v Liverpool’s FA cup 4th round replay (see Is ITV’s FA Cup coverage jinxed?).More than 6.7 million average viewers tuned in to see Spain beat England 2 – 0, securing ITV with… Continue reading ITV’s International Football scores 8.2 million viewers