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Channel 4’s Big Brother pulled in nearly 3.3 million peak viewers last night, ahead of BBC One’s Colin Jackson – The Making of Me and ITV1’s Harley Street.The daily round-up of events from the Big Brother house, which saw Maysoon leaving and the housemates failing their weekly shopping task, gained an average 14.8% audience share… Continue reading Big Brother Tops BBC And ITV With 3.3 Million Viewers

The Government has published a new consultation document, which includes plans to regulate product placement and video-on-demand services on British television.Current regulations state “that all EU members must prohibit product placement, but they may decide to allow certain exemptions”.However, product placement is banned on any UK made programmes and the Government has already said its… Continue reading Product Placement Proposals To Be Considered

Total commercial impacts will rise by nearly 17% over the next five years, according to a new report.Media analyst Attentional also forecasts that commercial impacts for adults in the ABC1 socio-economic demographic will rise even more sharply at 19.5%.Share of commercial impacts (SOCI) is expected to decrease slightly for the main commercial terrestrial networks, with… Continue reading TV Commercial Impacts Set To Rise 17% By 2012

ITV1’s Midsomer Murders pulled in more than 6.5 million viewers last night, beating Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise to the top spot.The ITV1 murder series attracted an average 29.6% audience share between 8pm and 10pm, with a peak audience of 6.7 million viewers at 9.30pm.BBC One’s film premiere of Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, starring… Continue reading Midsomer Murders Rockets With 6.5 Million Viewers

Jeremy Kyle is set to host a weekly programme on TalkSport, called the Jeremy Kyle’s Sports Show, from September this year.The presenter currently hosts his own daily talk-show on ITV1 at 9.25am, discussing and debating problems with guests.Kyle is due to present a Sunday show between 12pm and 2pm on TalkSport, which promises to deal… Continue reading TalkSport Hire Jeremy Kyle

A leaked Ofcom blueprint suggests that ITV may be allowed to reduce its public service commitments, saving the company up to £40 million a year.If the proposals go ahead ITV will be able to reduce its regional news output, cut back on its current affairs programmes and halve its regional programming in England and Wales,… Continue reading ITV Set To Reduce Public Service Role

Mobile internet devices will grow to 1.2 billion by 2012 according to new research carried out by chip maker Intel. Speaking as the company announced a new series of chips for mobile internet products, Gadi Singer, head of Intel’s mobility group, said: “The demand is there and the need is there and our technology can… Continue reading 1.2bn Mobile Internet Devices By 2012

ITV1’s Harley Street failed to win over viewers with the second episode in the series, losing one million viewers since last weeks poorly-received debut show.The new glossy medical drama only managed to pull in 2.8 million viewers between 9pm and 10pm last night, an average 13.8% audience share, slipping 4% in a week (see On… Continue reading Harley Street Failed To Impress Again With 2.8 Million Viewers

June was a terrible month for all terrestrial stations, with year on year revenue falls seen amongst all stations. The failure of England to qualify for Euro 2008 had been predicted to impact on ITV1’s revenue, and that proved to be the case, with the network recording a year on year decline of 1.8% on… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – June 2008

Ofcom has published a “shorter and simpler Code” on television ads, removing rules that require 20 minute intervals between ad breaks.The new code, released today by Ofcom, will also allow broadcasters to transmit one ad break every 30 minutes of a film, instead of one every 45 minutes.However, Ofcom has made it clear that the… Continue reading Ofcom Set To Change Ad Break Rules