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X Factor judge Simon Cowell claims he would be interested in buying the rights to the BBC’s Top of the Pops Christmas Special and airing it on ITV.Speaking at the National Television Awards last night, Cowell said he “would rather it came to us than just sit in the dustbin”.His comments came just days after… Continue reading Cowell Keen To Take TOTP To ITV

E4’s new horror series, Dead Set, attracted over 1.3 million peak viewers to the satellite channel last night, more than double the amount compared with the same time slot last week.The Dawn of the Dead style zombie series – on every night this week – is set in the Big Brother house. It pulled in… Continue reading E4’s New Horror Series Is A Dead Set

Universal Pictures has joined forces with the pay TV operator, Top Up TV, to launch a subscription based on-demand TV service in the UK.TVBox is the first extension of NBC Universal’s PictureBox, a subscription-on-demand service for feature films.The service, which will be a part of Top Up TV’s Anytime services, is set to offer programmes… Continue reading Universal Teams Up With Top Up TV To Launch New TVBox

ITV is set to relaunch its online video-on-demand service as ITV Player, following plans to increase its web activity.ITV.com, which offers live channel streaming and a 30-day catch-up service, has been criticised for not being as user-friendly as the BBC’s iPlayer, according to reports.The iPlayer has dominated the market since its launch, despite ITV being… Continue reading ITV To Relaunch VoD Service as ITV Player

The X Factor attracted more than 10.4 million viewers to ITV1 on Saturday night, dominating the weekend viewing figures once again.The swing night special, which saw Scott get booted off the show, pulled in over 9.6 million average viewers with a 39.6% audience share between 7.45pm and 9.25pm.The X Factor‘s BBC One rival, Strictly Come… Continue reading The X Factor Triumphs With Over 10.4m Viewers

Ofcom has deemed as inappropriate BSkyB’s campaign to get viewers to lobby Virgin Media not to “drop” the Sky Channels.BSkyB aired a number of controversial promotions in February and March 2007, urging customers to put pressure on Virgin Media during negotiations over the carriage of certain Sky channels on the Virgin Media platform.The on-air promotion… Continue reading Ofcom Criticises Sky For Its Virgin Media Campaign

The Digital Radio Development Bureau has appointed the BBC’s Tim Davie as vice-chairman.Davie is set to succeed Jenny Abramsky in the role, who was also his predecessor at the BBC as director of audio and music.His appointment comes just weeks after Channel 4 abandoned plans for its second national digital radio multiplex (see Channel 4… Continue reading DRDB Appoints New Vice-Chairman

Newsquest has reported a 23.6% year on year fall in its ad revenue in Q3.The regional publisher has also revealed a 29.1% year on year decline in its classified ad revenue, due to dips in real estate ads, employment ads and car ads.Newsquest operates 300 newspaper titles in the UK, including Scotland’s Sunday Herald and… Continue reading Newsquest Ad Revenue Falls By 24%

Channel five’s coverage of the Live UEFA Cup Football proved to be a winner last night, attracting a peak of over 2.4 million viewers.The channel raced ahead of its rivals ITV1, Channel 4 and BBC Two during the 9pm to 10pm peak time slot, as viewers tuned it to see Aston Villa beat Ajax 2-1,… Continue reading Channel Five’s UEFA Cup Proves To Be A Winner

Informa Telecoms & Media forecasts that there will be 56.1 million installed digital video recorders (DVR) around the world by the end of 2008. The Global DVR Forecasts report states that this represents 5% of TV households and 18% of digital TV homes. The forecasts claim 20 million added DVR homes in 2008, and 25… Continue reading 56m DVRs Worldwide By End Of 2008