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Last night saw the first episode of ITV1’s new Robson Green drama Little Devil, and the show easily won the 9pm ratings battle.The series follows the well-meaning but disastrous exploits of 10-year-old Oliver Crowe as he takes desperate measures to try to save his parents’ crumbling marriage.Little Devil had a peak of six million adult… Continue reading ITV1’s Little Devil Gets Big Ratings

Griff Rhys Jones’ exploration of the mountains of Great Britain, which this week saw the comic roaming the Cairngorms and climbing Ben Nevis, gained an average adult audience not far off 4.7 million last night, winning the 9pm to 10pm slot for BBC One.The programme, with its mix of history and breathtaking vistas, gave the… Continue reading Mountain Towers Over 9pm Slot

Clear Channel Outdoor UK has been awarded a long-term contract to supply and maintain street furniture in Glasgow.The contract covers more than 300 ad panels on FSUs across the city, as well as the provision of a pedestrian tourist sign system incorporating more than 200 map and information panels and finger posts.Barry Sayer, Clear Channel… Continue reading Clear Channel Wins Glasgow Street Furniture Contract

This Thursday’s ABC release will for the first time list together the total magazine audience for print, online and events.Both BBC Magazines and IPC Media are releasing ABC group reports, which list print, online and event data in one document.BBC Magazines, a division of the BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide, has today released a group… Continue reading ABC Release To Feature Magazine Group Reports

Emap’s First magazine is to go fortnightly this month before relaunching as a glossy in September.The new-look title will be more upmarket and aspirational, and is likely to be more celebrity-focused, according to reports. In the women’s sector, many of the celebrity-focused titles were the only ones to record an increase in circulation at the… Continue reading Emap To Relaunch First Magazine

A new study conducted by JupiterResearch for Akamai Technologies reveals that having experienced poor video performance at an internet site, more than half of US online video users would seek content from a competing website, and a quarter would leave with a more negative brand perception and be less likely to return to the poorly… Continue reading Online Video Quality Could Affect Revenue Opportunities

Last week saw Virgin Media extend the deadline for receiving formal takeover proposals, saying it is delaying the sale of the company to give buyers time to make proposals “in a more stable debt market”.As well as announcing the deadline extension (Full Story), Virgin Media also revealed that its operating income for the three months… Continue reading Media In The City: Virgin Media Extends Bid Deadline

GroupM’s latest global ad forecast says that advertising is easily keeping pace with robust growth in the global economy, despite negative news this year of debt fatigue, persistent inflation and tighter money. GroupM adds that with global ad revenue in prospect to rise 6% in 2007 to $433 billion and 7% in 2008 to $462… Continue reading Advertising Keeping Pace With Global Economy

The big winner in the ratings battle last night was The Inspector Lynley Mysteries on BBC One at 8pm.The return of the detective show had a peak of 4.3 million adult viewers (a 23% share of the audience) and an average of 4.1 million stayed tuned throughout its hour and a half running time.On ITV1… Continue reading New Series Of Inspector Lynley Gets 4.3m Adults

Daily Newspaper MarketThe majority of England’s national newspapers once again recorded a circulation slump, with national dailies seeing an overall dip of 2.2%.Most of the Quality dailies suffered relatively insignificant declines year on year for July, with the Times recording the largest downturn of the dailies of almost 32,000 copies.Meanwhile, in the Popular daily sector,… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: July 2007