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ITV1’s new two-part documentary series looking at the stories of British expats now living in Spain knocked BBC One’s Occupation off the top spot last night with 4.3 million peak viewers.Spain: Paradise Lost pulled in 4.2 million average viewers and a 19.7% audience share during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-hour, while BBC One’s new… Continue reading Overnights: ITV1’s new real-life documentary pipped BBC One’s war drama

Five has partnered with online video platform Brightcove to allow viewers to embed episodes of Five shows on their websites, social networks and blogs.Partner websites and Five’s own online properties, such as Five.tv, will be the first websites to benefit from the deal, with third-party websites and consumers following later this year.Paul Thornton-Jones, Five’s digital… Continue reading Five to allow viewers to embed shows on websites

BBC One’s new war drama starring James Nesbitt started with a bang last night, securing a high of 4.4 million viewers during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak slot.The first episode in the three-part drama, Occupation, about the lives of three friends and soldiers during the British forces’ five-year occupation of Iraq and its aftermath,… Continue reading Overnights: BBC One’s new war drama kicks-off with a bang

Caroline Worboys, managing director, Callcredit Marketing Solutions, looks at how marketers can use online techniques to engage with consumers in real-time…After months and years of skirting around the subject, it seems that the marketing industry is finally waking up to the benefits of real-time interaction with consumers, with many brands choosing to conduct online research… Continue reading Real-time techniques – how to converse with your consumers

Top Up TV founder David Chance could be appointed to the Setanta board following the departure of Irish financier Barry Maloney earlier this week.The appointment would come as part of American businessman Len Blavatnik’s £20 million rescue deal for the beleaguered broadcaster.Blavatnik, whose Access Industries currently holds a majority stake in Top Up TV and… Continue reading Setanta could appoint Top Up TV founder to the board

Raymond Snoddy sees Channel 4 as the big loser from yesterday’s Digital Britain report with “hard choices largely ducked”.“Helpfully the Government added in a very odd phrase indeed that perhaps Channel 4 was ‘too-television centric’. Many people will think that is because it is a television company…”Thank God for the 50p broadband tax on telephone… Continue reading Raymond Snoddy is disappointed with the Digital Britain report

Half of the UK’s local and regional newspapers could close within the next five years, according to Claire Enders, chief executive of Enders Analysis.Speaking to a commons committee yesterday, Enders said that newspapers would close as revenues will collapse by 52%, or £1.3 billion, between 2007 and 2013.“We are expecting that up to half of… Continue reading “Half of local and regional newspapers to close in five years”

Facebook UK had its busiest day ever on Sunday in terms of traffic after launching its new personalised username capability.The social networking site’s usage went through the roof, pushing it up to second place behind Google UK, after picking up one in every 19 internet visits in the UK, according to Robin Goad at Hitwise… Continue reading Facebook’s usage soars

Tony Ball, the former chief executive of BSkyB and frontrunner to succeed Michael Grade at ITV, has been appointed as a non-executive director at BT.Ball, who is currently chairman of Germany’s cable operator Kabel Deutschland, is set to join the BT board on July 16.BT hopes his appointment will bring more broadcast experience to the… Continue reading Tony Ball appointed to BT board

There has been a marked increase in the number of people choosing to consume different media simultaneously, heralding the emergence of the engaged ‘Media Multi-Tasker’, according to new research from the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA). The research shows the increasing shift towards media convergence, with TV and internet media multi-tasking growing 38% since 2006… Continue reading Europe sees emergence of the ‘engaged Media Multi-Tasker’