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ITV’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League match between Arsenal and FC Porto attracted over 4.2 million peak viewers last night.The game, which saw Arsenal win 4-0, pulled in an average 3.4 million viewers and a 15% audience share between 7.30pm and 10pm.However, it failed to win over the peak audience, with the exception of… Continue reading ITV1’s Football Kicks Off With 4 Million Viewers

BSkyB has failed in its attempt to overturn the Competition Commission’s original ruling that Sky must sell its controversial 17.9% stake in ITV.The Competition Appeal Tribunal, lead by John Hutton, rejected Sky’s appeal outright, forcing the company to reduce its stake in the UK biggest’s commercial broadcaster to below 7.5%.The Tribunal’s ruling is expected to… Continue reading Sky Forced To Reduce Stake In ITV

Freesat, the free-to-air digital satellite TV service from the BBC and ITV, has sold 100,000 set-top boxes during its first five months.Free HD services has reportedly enabled Freesat to achieve high sales since its launch on May 6 (see Freesat Launches Today).Emma Scott, managing director of Freesat, said she was delighted with the uptake in… Continue reading Freesat Sales Soar

Mark Wood, chief executive of ITN, is set to leave the news broadcaster next year to “pursue opportunities outside the company”.Wood, who took up the role as chief executive of ITN in June 2003 having been chairman of the company since July 1998, will remain is his role for an undisclosed period of time, according… Continue reading ITN Boss Set To Leave

Ofcom has released its review of the UK pay-TV market today, which says BSkyB has “market power” over Hollywood films and Premier League Football.The regulator has launched a consultation, running to December 9, which could rule that Sky has to make its football and film content available to rival pay TV operators at more competitive… Continue reading Ofcom’s Ruling May Force Sky To Sell Football And Films At Reduced Rates

BSkyB is hopeful of a deal that will see its five basic-tier channels return to Virgin Media from the start of next year.In March 2007, Sky One, Sky Sports News, Sky News, Sky Arts and Sky Real Lives were taken off Virgin Media’s cable service, following a dispute over costs.The row over how much Virgin… Continue reading BSkyB Set To Strike New Deal With Virgin Media

China has overtaken the United States as the country with the most broadband lines, growing twice as fast as America, according to new data from the broadband research company Point Topic. Point Topic found that China and the US both had around 78 million broadband lines at the end of August, but the number in… Continue reading China Overtakes America With Most Broadband Lines

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

Virgin Media has announced a massive increase in on-demand viewing, jumping from 34 million views in January to 45 million views in August on its TV platform.This 33% increase – in less than a year – takes total views of on-demand content to 314 million over eight months.For the first time, 50% of Virgin Media’s… Continue reading Virgin Media’s On-Demand TV Tops 45 Million Views

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