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Last night’s thrilling UEFA Champions League battle between Chelsea and Liverpool peaked with almost 11 million viewers for ITV1 during the nail biting penalty shoot-out, giving the broadcaster a 50% viewing share at around 10pm.Dutch striker Dirk Kuyt sought revenge on the Blues, nailing the winning penalty after the dubious decision to disallow his earlier… Continue reading Nail Biting Semi-Final Lures Millions To ITV1

Joost, the long-awaited internet television service, has officially commercially launched, following last week’s announcement of its advertising partners.Campaigns from the 32 companies will begin airing on the platform this month, while as a part of this launch, all existing Joost beta testers now have an unlimited number of invitations that they can send to their… Continue reading Joost Ready For Lift Off

Sky+ households have reached 2.1 million following growth of 199,000 in the third quarter, meaning that it has reached its target of 25% of subscribers using the service three years ahead of schedule.The company had new customer additions of 340,000 in the third quarter, up 25% year-on-year and net customer growth of 51,000, up 28%… Continue reading Sky+ Subscriptions Increase

Channel 4 Radio and Last.fm have formed a strategic alliance to create what they claim is radio’s first truly global music chart show, The Worldwide Chart.The weekly show, available at www.channel4radio.com, will showcase the top tracks from Last.fm’s global music chart, highlighting what Last.fm’s 20 million users are listening to across Europe, Asia and the… Continue reading Channel 4 Radio And Last.fm Form Alliance

Channel 4’s annual report shows that its turnover increased by 5% last year, reaching a record £937 million, due to growth in digital revenues.The broadcaster’s new media division saw its turnover more than double to £51 million last year, up from £24.5 million in 2005.However, it blamed a drop in advertising revenues and higher spending… Continue reading Channel 4 Turnover Reaches Record Levels

H Bauer’s In The Know magazine has closed with immediate effect after less than a year on the newsstand.The women’s weekly title, which entered an already volatile market, launched last August, with the publisher having invested £10 million in the magazine (see In The Know To Launch Next Week).The magazine was created as a “topical… Continue reading In The Know Folds After Less Than A Year

Ahead of MediaTel Group’s forthcoming ‘Future of Media Research’ seminar on Thursday, Chris Boyd, chief executive of the ABC, explores the future of cross-platform accountability, the Group Product Report and why media measurement needs to keep evolving…As consumers, we are all now very aware of the dramatic changes that are taking place in our day… Continue reading Measuring Today’s Evolving Media

TV measurement body BARB has entered the second stage of its formal tender process for new research contracts required from 2010, with seven separate companies issued invitations to tender.In December last year, 24 proposals from 12 different organisations were received for the first stage of the process, or the ‘request for proposals’ (see Suppliers Line… Continue reading BARB Enters Stage Two Of Tender For New Research Contracts

Alison Finch has been appointed as commercial director across Emap Radio’s Magic 105.4 and Kiss Radio network.This newly created role sees Finch add the Kiss network to her existing role of commercial director at Magic 105.4.Following 12 months spent working with Magic MD Andria Vidler to create a multi-platform commercial strategy for Magic, Finch will… Continue reading Finch Appointed Kiss And Magic Commercial Director

Emap’s Magic 105.4 is to launch a £1 million TV advertising campaign beginning this Wednesday, to be shown on Channel 4, ITV and Five throughout May and June.The 30-second execution features a woman driver stuck in road works in the rain. She tunes in to Magic 105.4 and as she listens to Magic playing ‘Everything’… Continue reading Magic 105.4 To Launch TV Ad Campaign