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Ofcom has deemed as inappropriate BSkyB’s campaign to get viewers to lobby Virgin Media not to “drop” the Sky Channels.BSkyB aired a number of controversial promotions in February and March 2007, urging customers to put pressure on Virgin Media during negotiations over the carriage of certain Sky channels on the Virgin Media platform.The on-air promotion… Continue reading Ofcom Criticises Sky For Its Virgin Media Campaign

The Digital Radio Development Bureau has appointed the BBC’s Tim Davie as vice-chairman.Davie is set to succeed Jenny Abramsky in the role, who was also his predecessor at the BBC as director of audio and music.His appointment comes just weeks after Channel 4 abandoned plans for its second national digital radio multiplex (see Channel 4… Continue reading DRDB Appoints New Vice-Chairman

Newsquest has reported a 23.6% year on year fall in its ad revenue in Q3.The regional publisher has also revealed a 29.1% year on year decline in its classified ad revenue, due to dips in real estate ads, employment ads and car ads.Newsquest operates 300 newspaper titles in the UK, including Scotland’s Sunday Herald and… Continue reading Newsquest Ad Revenue Falls By 24%

Channel five’s coverage of the Live UEFA Cup Football proved to be a winner last night, attracting a peak of over 2.4 million viewers.The channel raced ahead of its rivals ITV1, Channel 4 and BBC Two during the 9pm to 10pm peak time slot, as viewers tuned it to see Aston Villa beat Ajax 2-1,… Continue reading Channel Five’s UEFA Cup Proves To Be A Winner

Manchester United’s 3-0 win over Celtic had a peak audience of 6.6 million viewers last night on ITV1 – a 28.7% share of the audience.The coverage of the Champions League match was live from 7.30pm to 10pm and had an average audience of 5.3 million viewers.Comedy-drama Sunshine, on BBC One for an hour at 9pm,… Continue reading 6.6m Watch United Dominate Celtic

Ofcom has outlined plans which could see Londoners receive HD TV on the Freeview platform as early as 2010.The regulator has launched a consultation to look at temporarily reassigning Freeview spectrum, allowing some high density population areas to receive services such as HD TV earlier than planned.London was going to receive Freeview HD services in… Continue reading London Could Get Freeview HD By 2010

Five had a relatively good September, seeing its viewing share rise very slightly year on year, by 0.1 percentage points.The largest fall, of 1.8 percentage points year on year, came for BBC One.All ViewingFive’s viewing share was up slightly, by 0.1 percentage points to 5.1% in September, while Channel 4’s share was down by 0.1… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – September 2008

Celia Taylor, director of programmes for Virgin 1, Bravo, Trouble and Challenge, has quit her role.Virgin Media TV staff were informed of Taylor’s decision via an email from director of television Claudia Rosencrantz.It is understood that Taylor, currently on maternity leave, is looking for a new challenge.Virgin Media TV said that it is now recruiting… Continue reading Director Of Programmes Leaves Virgin Media TV

Informa Telecoms & Media forecasts that there will be 56.1 million installed digital video recorders (DVR) around the world by the end of 2008. The Global DVR Forecasts report states that this represents 5% of TV households and 18% of digital TV homes. The forecasts claim 20 million added DVR homes in 2008, and 25… Continue reading 56m DVRs Worldwide By End Of 2008

The BBC and Five have reached an agreement for Five to be carried on one of the BBC’s multiplexes in the early switchover regions.The agreement allows Five’s main service to be carried on the BBC’s Freeview Multiplex B when the switchover begins in the border region.The agreement means that Five will be received as widely… Continue reading BBC And Five In Freeview Deal