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Ofcom’s Consumer Panel has raised “urgent, practical issues” about how digital switchover is being publicised, saying that a better promotional campaign is needed to inform consumers about the help they can get to go digital.The report says that Britain’s most vulnerable TV viewers are not getting the information they need to make a smooth switch… Continue reading More Publicity Needed Around Switchover To Help Consumers

Last night saw Welsh songbird Cerys voted off I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, with the first instalment of the show, on ITV1 at 8pm, picking up a peak of 6.1 million adult viewers (a 28.1% share).The second instalment, at 10pm, did even better, with a peak of 6.4 million adults (a 32.2%… Continue reading I’m A Celebrity… Pulls In The Viewers

This week, Ofcom and the BBC Trust hosted a seminar to discuss the issues of trust in broadcasting, to look at what has already been done to restore this greatly diminished trust and to look at what needs to be done in the future.Leading representatives of the broadcast industry agreed to a series of objectives.They… Continue reading Ofcom And BBC Meet To Sort Out TV Trust Issues

Europe still leads the world IPTV market, according to (Multimedia Research Group) MRG’s new biannual forecast, while Asia and the “Rest-of-World” see emerging markets like China, Eastern Europe, Korea and Russia taking larger steps to growth. Growth for IPTV Subs projected from 13.5 million in 2007 to 72.6 million in 2011, roughly a 40% compounded… Continue reading Europe Still Leads World IPTV Market

Of all UK consumers aware of High Definition Television (HDTV) the proportion of people likely to subscribe has jumped to 30%, with 5% of these saying they are almost certain to subscribe to HDTV, according to Continental Research’s Autumn 2007 Digital TV Report. Max Willey, Continental Research’s head of media, said: “This is a large… Continue reading Likely Subscribers To HDTV Jumps To 30%

Five has unveiled its new winter programmes for 2008, with an emphasis on human interest stories, factual programming and contemporary documentaries.It Pays to Watch is a new programme presented by Martin Lewis showing viewers how to save money, while Britain’s Bravest tells the stories of real emergencies, rescues and bravery from around the country using… Continue reading Five Unveils Winter Line-Up

Setanta Sports News, the new 24-hour rolling sports news channel, launched today offering free-to-air sports news broadcasting for homes across the UK.Highlights include a weekly chat show with Kelly Dalglish, a live phone in show with ex-footballer Steve Claridge, and The Goal Rush, which will be the only programme on a free-to-air sports news channel… Continue reading Setanta Sports News Launches Today

Continental Research’s Autumn 2007 Digital TV Report has revealed that of all UK consumers aware of HDTV the proportion of people likely to subscribe has jumped to 30%, with 5% of these saying they are almost certain to subscribe.Max Willey, Continental Research’s head of media, said: “This is a large increase from the 17% who… Continue reading Likely Subscribers To HDTV Jumps To 30%

Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) is getting behind its men’s entertainment channel, Nuts TV, with a six-figure national marketing campaign, launching on December 3.Creative communications agency Monkey has been appointed to handle the first big integrated ATL push for the channel.Nuts TV, inspired by the weekly men’s mage of the same name, broadcasts a schedule of… Continue reading New Marketing Campaign For Nuts TV

ITV1 was the only terrestrial channel to see an upturn in its viewing share in all homes for October 2007, largely bolstered by the Rugby World Cup, whilst multichannel options continued to increase their share.ITV1 added 0.6 percentage points to its total year on year, whilst Channel 4 recorded the largest slide, of 1.5 percentage… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – October 2007