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ITV1’s flagship soap opera Coronation Street attracted a peak audience of 10.2 million viewers to both of last night’s episodes, with viewers wondering which would blow up sooner, the bomb Chesney found in the garden or the menage a trois between Sonny, Sean and Michelle.The first of the night’s episodes, on at 7.30pm, had a… Continue reading Coronation Street Wins Monday Night Soap Battle

Capital Gold has teamed up with VisitBritain’s official website for tourism in England, enjoyengland.com, in a one year deal to promote activities and short breaks in England.Starting in March, an on-air and online promotional campaign will roll out across Capital Gold stations in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Kent, Sussex and Hampshire on DAB digital radio, digital… Continue reading Capital Gold To Launch New Promotion

All future episodes of the BBC cookery programme Saturday Kitchen will be broadcast live after the Corporation admitted that viewers were asked to phone in for a show they had no chance of appearing on.Viewers were asked to call in for a chance to appear on the next week’s show. However, the show was being… Continue reading Saturday Kitchen Goes Live After Phone-In Mistake

The BBC Trust has provisionally approved the launch of the Freesat service, which would give viewers free digital television via satellite.The Trust said that the service would create significant public value by giving licence fee payers an additional way to access digital television.The Trust decided that a Freesat service would have a positive impact by… Continue reading BBC Trust Approves Freesat Service

Emap, owner of Heat and Magic FM, has in the past few days been surrounded by rumours concerning an imminent restructure, with many at the company fearing job cuts.Emap is holding meetings with its staff over the coming days to discuss matters which arose from its operational review, announced in November, which examined the consumer… Continue reading Emap Restructure Could Face Seminar Spotlight

ABC has today launched the Group Product Report, which allows media owners to publicise their ABC audited and verified figures across media platforms on the same report.Publishers and media owners can choose to produce a Group Product Report alongside their usual ABC certificates, with the report being updated every time new data becomes available.ABC certifies… Continue reading ABC Launches Group Product Report

Virgin Media has disputed Sky’s claims that it has offered significant concessions and a new annual price of 90 pence per subscriber for the carriage of its basic channels.The two companies are negotiating over the price paid by Virgin Media to carry the basic Sky channels, which include Sky One and Sky Sports News (see… Continue reading Virgin Media Disputes Sky Price Claim

The secretary of state for trade and industry, Alistair Darling, has ordered communications watchdog Ofcom to conduct an investigation into BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9% stake in ITV.“I am today asking Ofcom to conduct an initial investigation into the public interest issues that may be raised by this transaction and to report back to me,”… Continue reading Darling Demands Ofcom Investigate Sky’s Stake In ITV

Each week, NewsLine will be bringing you a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.This week saw WPP announce a rise in pre-tax profits of 14.5% to £766.3 million for 2006.As well as the financial announcement from the world’s second largest advertising group, it was also revealed that Italian telecoms… Continue reading Media In The City

BSkyB rival Virgin Media has signed a deal to offer ratings winner Lost on-demand, which could help to retain Virgin’s cable customers if some of Sky’s channels are pulled from Virgin’s TV package.Seasons one and two of the award-winning series will be available in August on the company’s TV-on-demand service, which lets viewers choose from… Continue reading Virgin Media Nabs Lost For On-Demand Service