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BSkyB has teamed up with Sony to launch a video-on-demand service on Sony’s handheld console, PSP, called Go!View.PSP users will be able to access video content via their PC by going to the Go!View website.The service has already secured content partners including Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, BBC Worldwide, Sony Pictures Television International, NBC Universal International Television Distribution,… Continue reading Sony and BSkyB Launch Go!View On PSP

BBC1’s police drama series New Tricks continues to prove very popular with viewers.Last night’s episode, which featured the team reopening the case of a murdered actor, pulled in Monday night’s highest ratings with 7.9 million adults (average viewing share of 37.3%). This comfortably beat ITV1’s latest edition of Police, Camera, Action!, which was only watched… Continue reading New Tricks Keeps Hold Of Viewers

UKTV has announced the new channel brands for three of its key channels as Watch, GOLD and Alibi, which will launch on Tuesday 7th October.As announced in NewsLine in June, UKTV Gold is being rebranded as GOLD (see All UKTV Channels To Be Rebranded), which will stand for Go On Laugh Daily. It will become… Continue reading Watch, Alibi and GOLD: UKTV Rebrands Channels

BT Vision has tied up with Setanta to offer its premium sports channel for free with certain BT viewing packages.Its Bronze, Silver and Gold packages will now include Setanta Sports 1 as part of its offering – viewers will simple need to pay the one-off viewing card cost of £10 to Setanta.The tie-up brings Premiership… Continue reading BT Vision Ties Up With Setanta

ITV’s shares rose this morning by 8% to 41.4p following reports in the weekend papers linking Endemol to ITV.John de Mol, co-founder of Dutch production company Endemol, responded to weekend reports that Endemol might be interested in ITV by saying that a combination with ITV could make sense, but all would depend on the numbers.This… Continue reading ITV Shares Rise On Back Of Speculation

BBC1’s George Gently failed to get the better of ITV1’s Midsomer Murders, in the battle of Sunday night drama. Postponed from last week due to the epic conclusion of the men’s final at Wimbledon, the Martin Shaw programme pulled in 4.2 million adult viewers. Over on ITV1 Midsomer Murder attracted over 2 million more viewers,… Continue reading Viewers Prefer Murder To Gentle Offerings

The football season edges ever closer as Sky Sports and Setanta both release their fixtures lists for the first few months of the year, with more matches to be confirmed as the season progresses.Sky is pleased that the top three from last season are all live on the channel in the first weekend of the… Continue reading Football Schedule Kicks Off

ITV is set to launch a £10 million marketing push for Friends Reunited, so it can compete with other social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.The campaign will include a TV ad and online drive, promoting the fact that the site is now free to sign up to, according to reports in the trade… Continue reading ITV Launches Friends Reunited Marketing Drive

BBC Two has unveiled its Autumn line-up, with a focus on factual programmes such as its new documentary The Fallen, by filmmaker Morgan Matthews.The Fallen will remember every serviceman and woman who has died in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, with testimonies from families and an archive of events, in a three-hour documentary.Roly Keating, controller… Continue reading BBC Two Unveils Autumn Line Up

Over two-thirds (68%) of the 60 million television sets in the UK are now digitally linked via cable, satellite or digital terrestrial, according to new figures from Ofcom published today.The Digital Progress Report for the first quarter of 2008 shows that the total number of digitally-linked sets has grown by around seven million from 33.5… Continue reading 68% Of UK TV Sets Now Digital