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Life On Mars remained strong against the brawling scenes of the Champion’s League, luring almost 5.5 million adults to BBC One once again, compared to the football’s average of 4.6 million.The 1970s time-glitch crime drama gave the channel a 24.2% viewing share, up slightly from its series two debut last week (see Life On Mars… Continue reading Life On Mars Battles Champion’s League Brawl

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has launched a new initiative aimed at developing a new measurement standard for newspaper readership across print and digital.It has set up a Media Measurement Integration Task Force to explore the possibility of creating a global standard for combined print and digital measurements.The task force’s first project will be… Continue reading WAN To Develop Measurement Standard For Digital And Print Newspapers

The Committee for Advertising Practice (CAP) is near to agreeing a plan which could see all food and drink advertising, except ads for fruit and vegetables, banned from non-broadcast media.The plan was raised at yesterday’s Department of Health food and drink advertising and promotion forum and, according to a report in the Guardian, it goes… Continue reading CAP Puts Forward Radical Plan For Food Ads

This week sees the start of Friday Night Lights on ITV4, the latest in a somewhat dwindling line of US television imports.Just as it’s getting harder for UK heavyweight channels BBC One and ITV1 to come up with fresh, new, audience-grabbing programmes, it’s even tougher in the harsh world of US network TV.For the current… Continue reading US Imports – The Hits & Misses

Women’s celebrity glossy Hello! has just launched a new digital edition, available online as soon as the print edition hits newsstands.A user friendly format, accessed through hellomagazine.com, replicates the print version, even allowing users to flick through its virtual pages.The digital mag also includes a search feature, enabling readers to track down a specific story… Continue reading Hello! Launches Digital Edition

Sky will be launching the TV version of its Anytime package in March, allowing customers to watch a selection of the week’s best programming on-demand.Anytime on TV will be available to more than one million customers, making use of the additional capacity available on more recent Sky+ and Sky HD boxes.Launched next month, the service… Continue reading Sky Anytime Moves To TV In March

Virgin Media has signed a major content agreement with Warner Bros which will see US shows like Friends and ER made available to subscribers via its on-demand service.Over three million cable customers will be able to access more than 500 episodes of top-rating US shows such as Nip/Tuck and The OC.This agreement follows recent content… Continue reading Virgin Media Signs Warner Bros Content Deal

Former Ofcom chief policy partner, Kip Meek, is set to become a non-executive director on the board of the RadioCentre.Meek helped to set up Ofcom in 2003 and became chief policy officer in 2005, setting up an international group and chairing the European Regulators Group, which was made up of representatives from regulatory bodies across… Continue reading RadioCentre Makes Meek Appointment

Many early adopters of mobile television and video services are not keen on revisiting the technology, according to a survey of 22,000 European mobile users commissioned by Tellabs.The research, conducted by M:Metrics in the UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain, showed that on average, former users of mobile TV and video outnumber current users by… Continue reading Early Adopters of Mobile TV Not Keen On Service

Jeff Smith, director of UK and international programming at Napster, has been named as the new head of music at Radio 2.He will take over from Colin Martin on March 26 this year, following the announcemt of Martin’s retirement in December 2006.Smith joined Napster in 2004 where he was responsible for sourcing all content and… Continue reading Radio 2 Names New Head Of Music