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Worldwide subscriptions to IPTV services are on pace to reach 19.6 million subscribers in 2008, a 64.1% increase from 12 million subscribers in 2007, according to the latest Gartner research. The report found that worldwide IPTV revenue is projected to total more than $4.5 billion this year, a 93.5% increase from $2.3 billion total revenue… Continue reading Worldwide IPTV Subscriptions Are Set To Grow 64% This Year

BBC Ones’s Strictly Come Dancing and ITV1’s The X Factor continued to battle it out for the highest viewing figures this weekend.On Saturday evening, Strictly Come Dancing with Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly, attracted over 9 million peak viewers and an average 41.3% audience share between 6.45pm to 8.05pm.ITV1’s rival show, The X Factor, pulled… Continue reading BBC One and ITV1 Continue To Battle It Out For Weekend Viewers

Culture secretary Andy Burnham has revealed that the list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air television is to be reviewed.Giving the keynote speech at the Royal Television Society conference in London, Burnham said that the list – which was last reviewed 10 years ago when Test match cricket was removed – has to “move with… Continue reading Government To Review Free-To-Air Sport List

ITV’s share price was up by more than 8% this morning, after Ofcom revealed that it proposes reducing ITV’s public service broadcasting commitments.According to reports, ITV shares soared to 46.25p this morning and were trading at 45.75p at 10am, an 8.28% increase from yesterday’s close of 42.25p.ITV has identified around £40 million of savings it… Continue reading ITV Share Price Soars Following Ofcom’s Review

Channel Five is set to revamp its 7pm evening news bulletin, in an attempt to appeal to more men.The new show will have its own identity, which will differentiate it from the 5pm news bulletin – broadcasting different stories and a new format.The 5pm news slot currently focuses on a daytime audience, while the 7pm… Continue reading Five News Set For Revamp

BBC One’s popular family history programme banked over 6.2 million viewers last night, more than double the figures of ITV1 and other rival channels between 9pm and 10pm.The penultimate Who Do You Think You Are?, which saw the former model Jodie Kidd go to Canada to research her family history, attracted more than 6.4 million… Continue reading Jodie Kidd’s Who Do You Think You Are? Steals The Show

Ofcom has today published the second phase of its review into Public Service Broadcasting (PSB), unveiling plans for an extra £145 – 235 million in replacement funding by 2012.The review found that in order to sustain PSB programmes on channels other than the BBC, “replacement direct or indirect funding is likely to be necessary”.Ofcom also… Continue reading Ofcom Publishes Second Phase of PSB Review

Endemol, producer of reality TV show Big Brother, is to launch a new sports division.The firm has hired two senior executives from sports marketing agency IMG to head the new division, Lawrence Duffy, former head of development at IMG Sports Media, and Gregg Oldfield, former vice-president of network ventures at IMG Media.Duffy and Oldfield will… Continue reading Endemol To Launch Sports Division

The last in the series of Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire banked more than 3.5 million peak viewers last night.The programme, with millionaire Caroline Marsh, attracted an average of 3.3 million viewers and a 15% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.BBC One’s Mutual Friends drama with Marc Warren came a close second with 3.1 million… Continue reading The Secret Millionaire Finale Draws In Over 3.5 Million Viewers