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The first part of Sir David Attenborough’s new series, Life In Cold Blood, was enjoyed by more than 6.4 million adults last night, giving BBC One a 28.4% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.However, the intriguing programme, which examined the fascinating world of reptiles, looking at the lives of crocodiles, chameleons and turtles to name… Continue reading Viewers Warm To Life In Cold Blood

Over six million adults saw beaten World Cup finalists England self implode against Wales, in their first match of the RBS 6 Nations on BBC One.The match, which saw England at one point lead by 16-6, had a peak audience of 7.7 million during the last 15 minutes of the match where the Welsh fought… Continue reading Over 6m See England Drop The Ball Against Wales

The Six Nations rugby tournaent, which starts tomorrow, will be the first major sporting event to be shown on BBC iPlayer since its marketing-supported launch in December 2007.The BBC iPlayer is the BBC’s online on-demand service that allows viewers to catch up with the past week’s programmes.Every single match in the championship will be available… Continue reading BBC iPlayer To Show First Major Sporting Event

Future has announced a new partnership with Sky Movies to launch the UK’s first national movie preview event for film fans.Future’s Total Film will partner with Sky Movies to present the inaugural ‘Total Film and Sky Movies Red Carpet Preview’.The Total Film and Sky Movies Red Carpet Preview takes place on Wednesday March 19 at… Continue reading Future And Sky Movies Team Up For Movie Previews

The latest EMS 2007 Winter Survey shows that the most watched pan-European TV channel was Eurosport, with MTV in second place.The survey, produced by Synovate, records international media consumption among the 39 million highest income earners in Western Europe.The 2007 survey shows that Eurosport had a weekly reach of 31.2%, down from 32.4% in 2006,… Continue reading Eurosport Is Most Watched Channel In Europe

The latest EMS 2007 Winter Survey shows that the most watched pan-European TV channel was Eurosport, with MTV in second place. The survey, produced by Synovate, records international media consumption among the 39 million highest income earners in Western Europe. The 2007 survey shows that Eurosport had a weekly reach of 31.2%, down from 32.4%… Continue reading Eurosport Is Most Watched Channel In Europe

Five’s new series of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation continued to grip viewers last night, with almost 3.4 million adults on average tuning in to the show.The forensic investigative hit gave the channel a 15.2% audience share, narrowly beaten by ITV1’s share of 15.3% for the tawdry Ladette To Lady.Remarkably, 3.4 million adults on average tuned… Continue reading Five’s CSI Continues To Challenge ITV1

The Office of Fair Trading has begun its review of the Contracts Rights Renewal (CRR) mechanism, following a long running debate in the industry over the formula.ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has long requested a review of CRR (see ITV Refers CRR To OFT) – which compensates advertisers when ITV1’s audience share dips – a… Continue reading OFT Review Of CRR To Take ‘About A Year’

ITV1 was the only terrestrial channel to keep its viewing share static year on year in all homes for December, at 18.4%.BBC One retained its top position, with a 22.4% share for the month, despite a drop of 0.8 percentage points year on year.All other terrestrial channels lost share in all homes in the month,… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – December 2007

The government has told BSkyB that it must reduce its stake in ITV from 17.9% to under 7.5%.Business secretary John Hutton accepted the Competition Commission’s recommendation to reduce the stake (see Competition Commission Recommends Sky Sell Down ITV Stake)The ruling gives Sky until Monday 25 February to lodge an appeal against the decision.The satellite broadcaster… Continue reading Sky Told To Reduce ITV Stake To Below 7.5%