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The BBC and BSkyB have signed a deal to make iPlayer programming available through the satellite broadcaster’s online TV service Sky Player.From today, visitors to sky.com/skyplayer will be able to access the 400 weekly hours of BBC shows that are available through the iPlayer, including Dr Who and EastEnders.BBC programmes will be shown free of… Continue reading iPlayer Launches On Sky’s Online TV Service

ITV1’s new drama Wired pulled in over 5 million peak viewers, with an average 21.3% audience share, last night.The first in the new high-finance drama series, with Jodie Whittaker and Charlie Brooks, secured a decent average audience of 4.8 million viewers between 9pm and 10pm.At the same time, BBC One’s Crimewatch banked 4.1 million average… Continue reading Wired Attracts Over 5 Million Viewers

Thinkbox, the television marketing body for the main UK commercial broadcasters, has launched a new ‘Televisionaries’ blog to help encourage informed debate around key issues in commercial TV and set the context and agenda before its Televisionaries event on 20 November.The new blog at www.televisionaries.tv will enable users to keep up to date on the… Continue reading Thinkbox Launches Televisionaries Blog

ITV could be fined 7% of its annual net advertising revenue if it gives its public services broadcasting licences back to Ofcom.Under the 1990 Broadcasting Act, PSB licence holders who fail to provide the service they are contracted for face a financial penalty of whichever amount is larger: £500,0000 or 7% of the qualifying revenue… Continue reading Ofcom Could Fine ITV If It Ditches PSB Licences

UBS media analyst Michael Morris has forecast US advertising spending of $172 billion in 2009, down from $183 billion in 2008. Overall, TV ad spending is expected to drop 8% to $44 billion from 2008. Local TV stations, in particular, will be getting the brunt of the drop said Morris – down 12% to $26… Continue reading US Adspend To Reach $172bn In 2009

More than nine million US households are not ready for the upcoming transition to all-digital broadcasting and would be unable to receive any television programming at all if the transition occurred today, according to new research from The Nielsen Company. Another 12.6 million households have at least one television set that will no longer work… Continue reading Over 9m US Households Not Ready For Digital Switchover

Discovery Communications is set to launch a new channel brand in the UK next year, after buying a Freeview slot at auction.The broadcaster, which currently owns channels including Animal Planet and The Discovery Channel, will offer the channel free of charge as it attempts to step away from its pay-TV model, according to reports.Content on… Continue reading Discovery Channel Set For Freeview Launch

Ofcom has confirmed that the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 will all be allocated slots on Freeview to provide HD services in time for the 2010 World Cup.The broadcasting regulator today revealed the results of the tender process to launch the first three HD channels, starting with the Granada region from the end of next… Continue reading Ofcom Allocates Freeview HD Slots To BBC, ITV And Channel 4

Channel 4 is launching targeted advertising via one of the UK’s main IPTV services, Inuk.A deal between Packet Vision, an IPTV ad technology provider, Channel 4 and Inuk Networks’ Freewire IPTV service means that targeted ads will be carried around Channel 4 content on the IPTV network, according to a report on Brand Republic.The Freewire… Continue reading Channel 4 Launches IPTV Targeted Advertising

ITV1’s new drama Wired pulled in over 5 million peak viewers, with an average 21.3% audience share, last night.The first in the new high-finance drama series, with Jodie Whittaker and Charlie Brooks, secured a decent average audience of 4.8 million viewers between 9pm and 10pm.At the same time, BBC One’s Crimewatch banked 4.1 million average… Continue reading Wired Attracts Over 5 Million Viewers