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BBC One had a poor night, pulling in less than five million viewers for Eastenders at 7.30pm, its worst figures for over a year.Eastenders, BBC One’s flagship soap, only attracted an average of 4.9 million people between 7.30pm and 8pm, with a 26.5% audience share.ITV1’s rival soap, Emmerdale, on at the earlier time of 7pm… Continue reading Eastenders Slips Below 5 Million Viewers

The joint free satellite service from ITV and the BBC, Freesat, is set to launch 18 new radio and TV channels.The first set of channels launches on July 24 and features a entertainment, news, shopping and gaming channels, while the second set launches on August 1 and is made up of radio stations including Capital… Continue reading Freesat Launching 18 New Channels

All of the main terrestrial channels recorded a year on year decline in viewing share according to the June figures.However, Other channels saw a year on year increase in viewing share of 2.3 percentage points.All ViewingITV1’s viewing share fell by 1.1 percentage points year on year in June, leaving it with a total share of… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – June 2008

Sky is set to launch a new online music service later this year with Universal Music.The service will be available to both Sky subscribers and non-subscribers for a single monthly subscription, offering both streamed tracks and downloads to keep.It will be operated by a new joint venture company, in which Sky will be the majority… Continue reading Sky To Launch Online Music Service

A consortium of Britain’s leading food and beverage, retail, media, advertising, fitness and healthcare companies have joined the Government to form a partnership to fight obesity.The industry consortium, spearheaded by the Advertising Association (AA) and working in partnership across Government, will aim to encourage healthy diets and physical activity in the run up to the… Continue reading Ad and TV Companies Join Government Anti-Obesity Drive

Facebook.com accounted for 45.3% of UK internet visits to social networking sites during June 2007, according to a new report from Hitwise.Bebo.com, which was the market leader last year, was the second ranked social networking site in the UK during June, with a market share of 25.5%. MySpace.com ranked third with a market share of… Continue reading Facebook Is Largest Social Network In UK

Yahoo! has revealed a 19% dip in quarterly profits, claiming America’s economic position is affecting online advertising. The search engine admitted that the worsening economic condition has resulted in clients lowering expenditure on display advertising, especially in the finance sector. Yahoo!, which has been in takeover talks for most of the year, also said that… Continue reading Yahoo!’s Profits Fall By 19%

Daily Mail & General Trust has reported year on year revenue growth of 5% for the third quarter to June 30. Advertising revenues at Associated Newspapers and its Associated Northcliffe Digital section fell by 3% year on year. Advertising revenues from Associated’s newspaper business were down by 5%, with display falling 5% and classified down… Continue reading DMGT Reports 5% Revenue Growth

iPhone users surpass all others in mobile media usage, with more than 80% of iPhone users in France, Germany and the UK using the device to browse news and information on the mobile Web, compared to 32% of other smartphone users, according to a new report from comScore M:Metrics. The report found that even on… Continue reading iPhone Users Top Mobile Media Usage

Dissident investor Carl Icahn has joined Yahoo!’s board alongside two of his alternative slate of directors. The move comes after Icahn agreed to drop his proxy battle to oust the online company’s existing board. Icahn had proposed an alternative slate of directors for the Yahoo! board in an attempt to forge ahead with a potential… Continue reading Icahn Joins Yahoo! Board