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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

It was Channel 4’s turn to outshine its terrestrial rivals last night, gaining respectable viewing figures for its property and reality shows.Grand Designs Revisited did well for the channel between 9pm and 10pm, with more than 3.8 million adults on average (17.5%) tuning in to see how a tenacious couple had got on with their… Continue reading Ramsay And McCloud Shine For C4

The BBC has won back the rights to show Formula 1 from next year, in a five year deal that sees it take over from ITV.ITV, which has hosted Formula 1 for the past 12 years, had a deal to air the sport until 2010, but has decided to pull out at the end of… Continue reading BBC Wins Formula 1 Broadcast Rights

Five Life is to be renamed Fiver as part of a project that will see all of Five’s channels undergo a branding refresh.From the end of April the channel will have a completely new on and off air look and contain a mix of established programming and new shows.This is the first wave in the… Continue reading Five Life To Rebrand As Fiver

ITV entertainment controller, Duncan Gray, is to leave the commercial broadcaster after two years.Gray helped oversee some of ITV’s recent hits including The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent and Dancing on Ice.It is expected that John Kay Cooper, deputy chairman and creative director of independent production company Talent TV, will take over Gray’s role in… Continue reading Entertainment Controller Leaves ITV