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ITV1 had a good night last night, with the new comedy dramas Benidorm and Bonkers, together with old favourites Emmerdale and The Bill, meaning the channel rarely saw less than 5 million adult viewers during peak time.Bonkers, starring Liza Tarbuck, didn’t quite make 5 million for its first episode, but it was up against the… Continue reading Viewers Go Bonkers For Benidorm

Channel 4’s controversial series of themed programmes, W*nk Week, has been postponed, as the broadcaster seeks to avoid any more bad publicity in the wake of the Celebrity Big Brother furore.The channel was to show three late night programmes, themed around the subject of masturbation, but the broadcaster has now taken all of the programmes… Continue reading Channel 4 Themed Week Postponed

At today’s press conference announcing the latest RAJAR figures for Q4 2006, it was announced that RAJAR is on track to reveal the first results from the new diary survey for the second quarter of 2007, to be released in August.In addition, the new TNS/Arbitron Personal People Meter (PPM) panel has been set up, covering… Continue reading New RAJAR Diary Survey To Deliver Results In August

The BBC Trust has given the go-ahead to the Corporation’s iPlayer on-demand TV service, albeit with some significant changes.One of the changes proposed as part of the Trust’s Public Value Test includes limiting the storage time-frame for seven-day catch-up of individual TV shows to 30 days, rather than the BBC management’s requested 13 weeks.The Trust… Continue reading BBC Trust Approves iPlayer Service

The start of WAGs’ Boutique lured just 334,000 adults on average to ITV2 last night, giving the channel a 2% viewing share of the multi-channel television network, despite a considerable marketing push.London freesheet thelondonpaper, which has a circulation of 410,000, was yesterday wrapped in a full colour advert for the programme, designed to look like… Continue reading WAGs Fail To Wow For ITV2

River FM, a radio station based in Livingstone, has become just the second ever station in UK history to return its licence to Ofcom, after it failed to find a buyer.The Scottish station stopped broadcasting yesterday evening having been on the air for three years.Its owner, the Kingdom Radio Group, put it up for sale… Continue reading Scottish Radio Station Hands Back Licence

Sky recorded net customer growth of 183,000 in the October-December period of 2006, taking its total figure to 8.4 million customers, although its pre-tax profits in the six months to December 31 were down 4.6% year on year to £395 million.There was record growth in Sky+ boxes to 2.13 million, in 1.97 million households.It was… Continue reading Customer Growth For Sky But Profits Down

Emap is apparently in serious discussions with Channel 4 about joining the 4Radio bid for the second national digital multiplex.According to reports in the trade press, Emap is expected to announce plans to attach one of its magazine titles to the bid.In December it was rumoured that 4Radio might join with UBC Media and UTV… Continue reading Emap Could Join 4Radio Second Multiplex Bid

The editor of the Evening Standard, Veronica Wadley, has claimed that readers are coming back to the title having tried the afternoon free papers currently available in the capital.Wadley was talking to the Guardian as the Evening Standard launches a new advertising campaign using the slogan ‘There are papers. Then there are Standards’.Wadley said of… Continue reading Editor Says Readers Returning To The Standard

Inside Out, News International’s monthly home and style magazine, is to close less than a year after its launch, due to competition in the sector.The title, which has never released circulation or readership figures, was launched in March of last year by News Magazines, a division of News International.At the last ABC release, the home… Continue reading Title Closure Shrinks News International’s Magazine Portfolio