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A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that music, games and mobile TV will be the major contributors to the global entertainment market which will rise from just over $20 billion in 2006 to more than $64 billion by 2012. The report says that mobile music will remain the largest single sector of the mobile… Continue reading Music, Games And Mobile TV To Grow

Government plans for a pre-9pm ban on TV junk food advertising have been shelved, and it will instead spend some of the £300 million anti-obesity strategy budget on a campaign highlighting the problem.The Department of Health lost the battle for a pre-watershed ban after a series of discussions with other departments, according to a report… Continue reading Government Backs Down On Junk Food Ads

BBC Three controller Danny Cohen has unveiled plans aiming to make the channel, “Britain’s most ambitious multi-platform network – combining television and the web into a single, integrated offering”.Key changes beginning in February include plans to simulcast all programmes on the web, regular slots for user-generated content in prime-time, and the placing of interactive ideas… Continue reading BBC Three Gets Multi-Platform Revamp

ITV1’s Saturday night line-up was not good enough to beat BBC One in the ratings battle at the weekend, however, the commercial broadcaster fared a lot better on Sunday evening, even though it has now dropped its soaps from the weekend schedule.The Saturday tea-time sci-fi show Primeval, on ITV1 at 7pm, managed to pick up… Continue reading ITV Does Well Without Soaps On Sunday

The return of crime drama Trial and Retribution to ITV1 lured almost 6.3 million adults to the channel last night, equating to a 28.4% viewing share between 9pm and 10pm.Over on BBC One, the latest in the channel’s Fairytales series – which reinvent a common fable with a modern adult twist – gained an audience… Continue reading Trial And Retribution’s Return Wins 9pm Timeslot For ITV1

The return of Channel 4’s irrepressible property series, Grand Designs, brought more than 4.1 million adult viewers on average to the channel last night.Host Kevin McCloud was, as always, forthcoming with his criticism of the featured couple and their questionable design – this time for a house largely built underground, which before construction had already… Continue reading Grand Return For Grand Designs

A new report from market research firm Dittberner shows that Western Europe led the global IPTV market in the third quarter of last year. The 3Q07 Global Broadband Subscriber Survey found that the number of global subscribers to IPTV services increased by 12% to reach 7.6mn in the third quarter of last year. According to… Continue reading Global IPTV Market Shows Growth

The new Tiscali TV Trends Report 2008 reveals that more than a third of British consumers (37%) are now regularly watching on demand content, twice as many as last year (17%).The report shows that 86% of those watching on-demand TV are watching at least as much, if not more TV than a year ago.In addition,… Continue reading More Than A Third Of British Consumers Watch On-Demand Content

Over 3.5 million programmes were streamed or downloaded on demand on the BBC iPlayer in the fortnight following its Christmas day marketing launch.BBC research reveals that an average of a quarter of a million programmes have been downloaded or streamed each day since 25 December.Users, on average, watch each streamed programme for just under 25… Continue reading 3.5 million Programmes Watched On BBC iPlayer At Christmas

The new Tiscali TV Trends Report 2008 reveals that more than a third of British consumers (37%) are now regularly watching on demand content, twice as many as last year (17%). The report shows that 86% of those watching on-demand TV are watching at least as much, if not more TV than a year ago.… Continue reading More Than A third Of British Consumers Watch On-Demand Content