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The start of the new series of The Apprentice attracted around six million adults to BBC One last night, giving the channel a 26% viewing share between 9pm and 10pm.The programme, which divided the final 16 hopefuls into teams of girls versus boys to sell a van load of fresh fish, was the most watched… Continue reading The Apprentice Bags Six Million

The BBC has signed a new five-year contract giving it the rights to broadcast the Wimbledon tennis championship for a further five years from 2010 to 2014.The new contract will let viewers catch all the key matches via BBC iPlayer, for up to seven days after broadcast, and have the opportunity to watch Wimbledon on… Continue reading BBC Renews Wimbledon Rights

Ofcom’s latest digital television update, for the fourth quarter of 2007, reveals that there were 524,500 net UK household conversions to digital television (DTT), following 361,700 additions in the previous quarter.Freeview experienced its strongest quarter so far, with four million units sold, while the digital cable and satellite platforms together added over 280,000 digital households,… Continue reading 524,000 UK Households Went Digital In Q4 2007

A quarter of Freeview households in Wales and Northern Ireland – and a fifth in the Meridian and Anglia regions of England – will not have full access to the digital terrestrial TV channels after analogue switchoff, according to media regulator Ofcom.The coverage of Freeview’s three commercial multiplexes – home to Five’s network of channels… Continue reading Ofcom Reveals Switchover Problems

A new forecast from Magna Global predicts that US DVR subscriber households will number 42.7 million (36.3% of TV households) by 2012. This is up from Magna Global’s original estimate of 24.6 million (22.1% of TV households) as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2007. By 2012, Magna expects that video-on-demand will reach… Continue reading US DVR Subscriber Households To Reach 42.7m

Ofcom’s latest digital television update, for the fourth quarter of 2007, reveals that there were 524,500 net UK household conversions to digital television (DTT), following 361,700 additions in the previous quarter.Freeview experienced its strongest quarter so far, with four million units sold, while the digital cable and satellite platforms together added over 280,000 digital households,… Continue reading 524,000 UK Households Went Digital In Q4 2007

Kangaroo, the forthcoming video-on-demand service from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, is said to be in the final stages of development and looking for an ad sales house.The search is reported in the trade press as being the last hurdle for the venture, which is due to launch in the summer.Ad space on the… Continue reading Kangaroo “In Final Stages” Of Development

Channel 4 has unveiled its spring line-up, with a new series of The Charlotte Church Show and shows featuring innovative chef Heston Blumenthal.Blumenthal has been signed on an exclusive two year deal understood to be worth around £400,000, which will see him star in one show, Big Chef, Little Chef, where he will attempt to… Continue reading Channel 4 Unveils Spring Line-Up

The late Anthony Minghella’s adaptation of the novel The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency managed to attract over 6.2 million adults to BBC One on Sunday night.The programme gave the channel a 28.1% audience share between 9pm and 10.30pm, easily beating the first part of ITV1’s new drama, He Kills Coppers.Set in London in 1966,… Continue reading Minghella’s Swan Song Attracts Over 6.2 Million

Five was the only terrestrial channel to boost its weekly viewing share in all homes year on year in February, increasing its share to 5.5%.BBC Two and Channel 4 saw the biggest downturns in their share for the month, losing almost 1.5 percentage points each year on year, whilst BBC One kept its lead as… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – February 2008