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IPTV take-up in mainland China will exceed 23 Million subscribers by 2012, according to a new report from ABI Research. ABI says that technological innovations are rapidly redrawing the Chinese telco landscape, with operators compelled to diversify in order to thrive in the competitive environment. The November 2006 announcement of Jiangsu Telecom’s network expansion effort… Continue reading Chinese IPTV Subscribers To Reach 23 Million

The Channel 4 board of executives will meet today to discuss the Celebrity Big Brother furore and the broadcaster’s handling of the controversial events in the house.As the escalating race row between reality TV figure Jade Goody and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty pushed this series’ viewing figures up – peaking at around 8.2 million adults… Continue reading Big Brother Controversy Could Force C4 To Rethink Remit

Another racism row has broken out over a Channel 4 reality show, with Shipwrecked now the subject of complaints to Ofcom following racist comments made on last night’s programme.Shipwrecked, which was recorded five months ago, began yesterday evening and since it aired well over 40 people have complained to Ofcom after one of the contestants… Continue reading New Reality Racism Row For Channel 4

Celebrity Big Brother‘s ongoing controversy once again bolstered the programme’s viewing figures, with more than five million adults tuning in for the latest update in the race row.As more players enter the debate, an eviction looms and the show’s sponsors, Carphone Warehouse, pulls the plug (see Carphone Warehouse Suspends Celeb Big Bro Sponsorship), Channel 4… Continue reading Viewers Flock To Race Row Big Bro

Andy Duncan, Channel 4 chief executive, has said that there have only been two incidents of possible racial abuse on Celebrity Big Brother, and that he has no intention of taking the show off air.Duncan said: “The latest series of Celebrity Big Brother has strayed into particularly controversial territory – the issue of racism and… Continue reading Duncan Defends Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother is continuing to make headlines across the globe, and the controversy over the current series shows no sign of abating, with the audience for tonight’s eviction banned and Endemol being inundated with calls from potential sponsors.Jade Goody is up against Shilpa Shetty in tonight’s eviction programme, with Goody, who has been at… Continue reading Audience Banned From Big Brother Eviction

The Carphone Warehouse has pulled out of its sponsorship of the latest series of Celebrity Big Brother, apparently unhappy with the furore surrounding alleged racism and bullying.The Carphone Warehouse began its sponsorship of Big Brother two years ago with its TalkTalk brand before moving the sponsorship to its main brand last year.Complaints about the show… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse Suspends Celeb Big Bro Sponsorship

An estimated 20,000 complaints have been made to Channel 4 and Ofcom about racist abuse on Celebrity Big Brother.Reports in the trade press claim that the majority of the complaints received by both Ofcom and Channel 4 are in relation to comments made towards Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty by contestants Jack Tweed, Jackiey Goody and… Continue reading Big Brother Racism Complaints Reach An Estimated 20,000

Commercial television advertising impacts in the UK during 2006 increased year on year by 1%, according to BARB data from TV marketing body Thinkbox.Over two billion TV ads were viewed every day on average in 2006, with 16-24 year olds increased their viewing of TV ads by almost 4%. ABC1 adult impacts grew by 0.6%… Continue reading UK Consumers Watch More Than Two Billion Ads A Day

ITV1 lost nearly 4% points from its viewing share during December, whilst multichannel viewing increased at a similar rate year on year.In digital homes, however, all terrestrial broadcasters except ITV1 displayed increases in viewing share, as strong Christmas programming dominated the December schedules.All ViewingAcross December, ITV1 saw its share fall to 18.4%, compared to 22.3%… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – December 2006