It was a great weekend for Team GB at the Olympics, with gold medals galore pushing them into third place in the overall medals table.The BBC’s comprehensive coverage meant that not a moment was missed, with Saturday morning on BBC One proving particularly alluring for viewers.There was a pretty consistent viewing share of around 50%… Continue reading Olympics Coverage Gets Gold For BBC One
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Digital channel Dave is to get a new range of onscreen idents to celebrate its one year anniversary since being rebranded from UKTV G2.The UKTV channel is launching a new range of promotional idents on October 15, the first anniversary of its relaunch as Dave, according to a report on MediaGuardian.co.uk.The branding refresh will also… Continue reading Dave Gets New Idents For Birthday
BBC One’s Traffic Cops raced ahead of its ITV1 9pm rival Harley Street last night, pulling in almost double the number of viewers.The popular reality crime show attracted more than 4.8 million viewers between 9pm and 10pm, while ITV1’s medical drama failed to impress with its penultimate episode, pulling in just 2.5 million at the… Continue reading Traffic Cops Races Ahead Of Harley Street
ITV1 has published its new Autumn line-up for 2008, which promises lots of sport, a number of new and classic dramas as well as a host of entertainment programmes, including a new-style variety show.The programme, For One Night Only, has been produced by the team behind The Royal Variety Performance and is set to be… Continue reading ITV1 Announces New Autumn Line-up
Bauer Consumer Media’s weekly More magazine is being relaunched for the second time in a year to appeal to an older, more sophisticated readership. The £5 million redesign will hit shelves in September and will involve a change in format and content to include more features and more pages. The magazine will remain a weekly… Continue reading ITV1 Announces New Autumn Line-up
The last in the series of BBC One’s Bonekickers pulled in nearly 4.5 million peak viewers last night, with a 19% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire triumphed again with over 4 million peak viewers, gaining just 3% less of the audience share than BBC One during the hour-long slot.ITV1’s Trinny and… Continue reading Bonekickers Ends On A High
The BBC is launching a new Gaelic digital television channel on September 19 called BBC ALBA.Going on air at 9pm, the channel has been co-funded by MG ALBA, formerly known as the Gaelic Media Service.It will cost £14 million with £10 million from MG ALBA and £4 million from the BBC.BBC ALBA will broadcast on… Continue reading BBC To Launch Gaelic TV Channel
Carphone Warehouse is to sponsor the fifth series of ITV’s talent show The X Factor.The company sponsored the show last year having previously sponsored Channel 4 show Big Brother.However, it ended its association with the reality show following the Celebrity Big Brother racism row in January 2007 (see Carphone Warehouse Hangs Up On Big Brother).The… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse Secures The X Factor Sponsorship
BBC One stole the show last night, gaining the highest number of viewers compared to its rival channels from 8pm onwards, with only a short break for the second episode of ITV1’s Coronation Street between 8.30pm and 9pm.New Tricks continued to dominate the 9pm Monday evening slot, pulling in more than 8.3 million viewers with… Continue reading BBC Stole The Show With New Tricks
Commercial broadcast TV had a record-breaking first six months of 2008, according to the latest figures from the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB).The first half of the year saw total commercial impacts up 6% on the same period last year – 15% growth over the last five years.The UK watched 2.4 billion broadcast TV ads… Continue reading Record Six Months For Commercial TV
