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A Labour MP has asked the government to step in as the football row continues between Setanta and the free to air broadcasters today.MP John Grogan said the culture secretary should put football in the category of listed events to guarantee football highlights on free to air television, following doubts over whether England’s World Cup… Continue reading MP Calls For Government To Step In As TV Football Row Continues

Broadcasters are working on an ultra-high definition format called Super Hi-Vision, which has a resolution 16 times higher than a full HD image.The IBC show in Amsterdam is staging the first demonstration delivered by satellite, which is a collaboration between public broadcasters NHK of Japan, RAI in Italy and the BBC in the United Kingdom.The… Continue reading Broadcasters Demonstrate Super Hi-Vision

Little Britain USA, Matt Lucas and David Walliams’ American version of the hit comedy show, is launching on BBC One this autumn.Filmed entirely in the States, the series features familiar Little Britain characters in new sketches, as well as brand-new characters, all performed by Lucas and Walliams.Simon Fuller, executive producer, said: “Little Britain USA is… Continue reading Little Britain USA To Air On BBC One This Autumn

More than 70% of UK digital video recorder (DVR) owners say that they cannot live without their machines, according to a new survey commissioned by NDS.According to the survey, which asked respondents to rank relative importance of a list of household appliances, apart from the washing machine and the microwave oven, no other household item… Continue reading 70% Of DVR Owners Say They Can’t Live Without It

More than 70% of UK digital video recorder (DVR) owners say that they cannot live without their machines, according to a new survey commissioned by NDS. According to the survey, which asked respondents to rank relative importance of a list of household appliances, apart from the washing machine and the microwave oven, no other household… Continue reading 70% Of DVR Owners Say They Can’t Live Without It

An average of just 887,000 viewers tuned in to see the England v Andorra match on Setanta Sports 1, the only channel airing the game on Saturday, securing them a 4.7% share of multi-channel homes.Last week, the channel controversially failed to reach a deal with ITV or the BBC over the rights to broadcast the… Continue reading 887,000 Tune In For England v Andorra On Setanta

ITV Customer Relations has teamed up with British Gas’s Generation Green initiative to develop a new programme on CiTV called Green Up Your Life and online content across itv.com and citv.co.uk.Starting this autumn on CiTV, the 10 episode series of five minute shows, produced by Initial Kids, will feature sponsorship idents for the British Gas… Continue reading ITV And British Gas In Green Initiative

The latest analysis from Screen Digest reveals a TV industry in a downward spiral of economic slowdown, advertising recession, deflated prices and audience fragmentation. Three of the big markets are suffering the most. In the UK, despite outperforming a sluggish advertising market in the first six months of the year, ITV’s full year guidance points… Continue reading New Report Looks At Challenging Times For TV Markets

Channel 4 came out on top in the all important 9pm slot last night, with The Secret Millionaire grabbing a peak of 4.5 million viewers.The show had an average audience of 4.2 million viewers – an 18.6% share of viewing – for its hour long duration.Mutual Friends, on BBC One at 9pm, saw Martin attempt… Continue reading 4.5m Tune In To The Secret Millionaire

July was another tough month revenue wise for the terrestrial stations, with only GMTV bucking the downward trend year on year. The ITV1 breakfast station managed to achieve a 14.6% increase of revenue, compared to July 2007.The biggest year on year fall came from ITV1 network, with revenues dipping by 6.2% to stand at £88.18… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – July 2008