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Analogue transmitters in the Scottish borders have been switched off, marking the UK’s first major transition to digital television.Arquiva, the broadcast technology company managing the transmitters in the area, which also covers Cumbria, tested the signals from the new transmitters early yesterday morning.A full switchover was completed at noon yesterday, which means around 52,000 households… Continue reading Scottish borders go digital

NBC’s president of research, Alan Wurtzel, outlined a vision of the future where content is viewed on TV, online and on mobile, often simultaneously.NBC’s Olympics coverage reached over 215 million US adults, with over 50 million unique visits to nbc.com and 6.5 million mobile visits.Almost 1 in 5 US citizens, 18% consumed via at least… Continue reading asi Conference 2008: cross-platform consumption – NBC’s Olympic example

Speaking at the asi European TV Symposium in Lisbon, Bjarne Thelin, chief executive of BARB, presented forecasts for the share of viewing of non-TV platforms up until 2017.Thelin outlined BARB predictions for overall viewing across platforms. The current figure of 1% for PC, mobile and other viewing is estimated to grow to over 11% by… Continue reading asi Conference 2008: BARB predicts PC, mobile and other viewing to represent 11% of viewing by 2017

NBC’s president of research, Alan Wurtzel, explained how top US shows are measured across TV, Mobile and Online.Speaking at the asi European TV Symposium in Lisbon, Wurzel demonstrated how unique users for each platform are aggregated to provide total reach numbers, in order to demonstrate the overall figures for shows.Wurtzel used the latest series of… Continue reading asi Conference 2008: NBC top shows measured across all platforms

Five’s TV ad revenues declined year on year in the first nine months of 2008, with owner RTL Group saying that the total UK ad market fell 3.3%.RTL Group said that in the first half of 2008, UK TV ad spend was down 1% year on year, with Five’s TV ad revenues down 1.9%.RTL, owned… Continue reading Five’s TV ad revenues fall

Virgin Media added a net 8,300 new subscribers in the third quarter, according to a trading statement released today.Total net TV customer additions were 37,800 in Q3, up from 24,800 in the second quarter and 20,400 in Q3 2007.Broadband users reached 68,700, down from 115,800 in 2007, although Virgin said that 78% of them were… Continue reading Virgin Media adds 8,300 new subscribers in Q3

ITV has announced a 5% fall in broadcasting revenue in the first nine months of 2008, to £1.2 billion.The broadcaster’s total revenue to the end of September was down 1% year on year to £1.47 billion.There was a 2.5% drop in net advertising revenue in the first nine months, compared with a 3.2% fall for… Continue reading ITV reports fall in broadcasting revenues

Five is set to become channel 105 on the free-to-air digital platform Freesat later this month.Freesat will now host the full range of PSB channels with Five the last to launch on the platform, following BBC1, BBC2, ITV1 and Channel 4.However, digital channels Fiver and Five US will not be available when Five launches on… Continue reading Five due to launch on Freesat

Mark White, Five’s executive director of sales, has been promoted to the new role of managing director.The promotion follows White’s recent six month period as interim CEO during which he oversaw a number of projects including a refresh of Five’s on and off air identity (see Five Flagship Channel Gets New Look).Dawn Airey, Five’s chair… Continue reading Five appoints managing director

ITV is integrating its online assets into its programming operations, under the direction of Peter Fincham, director of television, channels and online.The restructure will see all of ITV’s online assets – which include video streaming and ITV programming, ITV.com, ITV Local, project Kangaroo, Friends Reunited, as well as interactive and gaming – fully integrated with… Continue reading ITV integrates online and programming operations