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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

September was a bad month all round, with across the board falls in revenue intake. Worst hit was ITV1 network, which saw its revenue fall by 21.8% year on year to stand at £106.39 million.The next biggest fall was seen by Channel 4, down to £ 54.51 million (20% on last year’s figures).Five saw its… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – September 2008

Freeview is launching a £6.5 million national television ad campaign to promote its PVR service Freeview+, kicking off on November 6.The campaign, created by Beattie McGuiness Bungay (BMB), saw 4Creative and ITVCreative collaborate on the activity.Celebrities featuring in the campaign include Antony Cotton, Jennie McAlpine and Tupele Dorgu of Coronation Street; comedian Alan Carr; chef… Continue reading Freeview launches Freeview+ ad campaign

BSkyB and Virgin Media have agreed two new channel carriage deals that will last until 2011.The new agreements will see Sky’s basic channels, including Sky1, Sky News and Sky Sports News, return to Virgin’s cable TV service on November 13.Virgin TV’s basic channels, including Living, Bravo and Trouble, will feature on Sky’s retail channel line-up… Continue reading Sky channels will return to Virgin

The heaviest users of the internet are also among the heaviest viewers of television, according to new US research from the Nielsen Company. Nielsen found that the top fifth of US internet users spend more than 250 minutes per day watching television, compared to 220 minutes of television viewing by people who do not use… Continue reading Research Finds TV Viewing And Internet Use Complementary

ITV1’s live coverage of the Brazilian Grand Prix attracted a massive 12.5 million viewers yesterday afternoon.An average of more than 8.7 million viewers tuned into see Lewis Hamilton overtake on the last corner to finish in fifth place, winning the world championship at just 23 years old.The motor racing secured ITV1 a 41.9% average audience… Continue reading Hamilton’s win pulls in more than 12.5m viewers

The controversy surrounding Russell Brand this week delivered column inches but not significant audiences for the debut of his Ponderland show last night.Around 983,000 viewers tuned in to see the programme at 10.30pm last night, delivering a 6.8% audience share for Channel 4 based on overnight figures from BARB.This compares to figures of 779,000 viewers… Continue reading Brand’s Ponderland Debuts With Less Than A Million

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has rejected an appeal from Virgin Media which could have seen BSkyB forced to sell all of its 17.9% stake in ITV.In September, Virgin Media lodged an appeal which said that the Competition Commission did not properly consider rules governing the plurality of UK media ownership when it decided that… Continue reading Virgin Media Appeal Over Sky’s ITV Stake Rejected