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ITV’s commissioning executive Liam Keelan will return to the BBC as its new daytime controller.Keelan will rejoin the BBC after just 18 months at ITV as controller of daytime.He left his role as BBC One scheduler early last year, when he was hired by then newly arrived ITV director of television, Simon Shaps, as part… Continue reading ITV Exec Will Return To The BBC

A new report from iSuppli suggests that the market for IPTV video services will rise to $26.3 billion in 2011, up from $779.2 million in 2006. It adds that telcos view IPTV as an opportunity to recapture the revenue generated by many of the internet-based services that have bypassed them by travelling through their broadband… Continue reading IPTV Video Revenue To Reach $26 Billion By 2011

This year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival will see increasing focus on digital developments in the media, and will stick with its long-winded title despite suggestions last year the festival would re-brand to reflect the converging landscape.Festival chair Tim Hincks said today at the event’s programme launch in central London that organisers were keeping their… Continue reading Television Festival To Focus On Digital Future

Television adspend in the UK should experience modest growth in the third quarter, according to a forecast from ZenithOptimedia. A report in MediaWeek says that the TV market has been boosted by substantial growth in categories such as internet search, gambling and leisure, alcohol, food and retail, against a weaker performance in traditional areas such… Continue reading TV Adspend Faces Modest Q3 Growth

Total television viewing among 16-34s is set to rise from 2010 onwards following an initial period of decline, according to a new report from Attentional. This is in spite of the fact that average daily television viewing among this group is set to drop from around three hours a day in 2006, to 2.86 in… Continue reading TV Viewing Among 16-34s To Grow From 2010 Onwards

BBC Two was the only terrestrial channel to see any growth in its viewing share in all homes year on year for May, with the station experiencing a 0.2 percentage point rise.Channel 4 saw the largest fall, at 2.1 percentage points, whilst Five, BBC One and ITV1 also dropped.All ViewingChannel 4 saw its viewing share… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – May 2007

May revenues fell year on year for all terrestrial channels, for the fourth month in a row, with Five seeing the largest dip at 7.5%.ITV1’s revenues also dropped by over 7%, despite the channel showing both the Champions’ League Semi Final and Final during the month, both of which should have been a large draw… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2007

Louis Walsh is to make a “sensational” return to The X-Factor after Brian Friedman, one of the Grease Is The Word judges who was going to replace Walsh on the panel, has had a change of heart.Friedman will now become creative director on the show, and Walsh declared himself delighted to be reinstated. “In spite… Continue reading Louis Walsh Returns To The X-Factor

Mobile TV’s popularity last year was not as great as expected, according to a new report from IMS Research. Based on a recent study by the company, broadcast mobile TV handsets shipped worldwide numbered 4.7 million in 2006, with the majority shipping in the Asia Pacific region. Subscribers in Europe were only about 30% of… Continue reading Mobile TV’s Popularity Not As Great As Expected

More than 80% of households in the UK now receive digital television services on their primary set, up from more than 77% in the last quarter, with almost 82% of homes receiving multi-channel TV at the end of Q1 2007. Ofcom’s latest Digital Progress Report has shown that more than 20.4 million households now have… Continue reading UK Digital TV Penetration Exceeds 80%