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Big Brother witnessed another eviction on Friday evening, as the final countdown begins to see who will walk away with the grand prize.A peak of five million adult viewers watched the live eviction programme, while the earlier edition, at 8.30pm attracted around the same amount of viewers, with 5.3 million adults tuning in to check… Continue reading Big Brother Brings In Five Million Viewers As Final Week Approaches

Chrysalis has stepped up its attempt at winning the new radio licence in Manchester, by previewing its talk radio bid with an online broadcast.The website for GMBC, the proposed 24-hour talk station, is available at GMBCradio.co.uk and gives background on the proposal together with programming, interviews with the organisers of summer events Sky Festival and… Continue reading Chrysalis Step Up Manchester Radio Bid With Online Broadcast

Sky Media has signed a deal with emuse, the UK’s largest independent cross-platform interactive ad operator, that will offer increased reach and greater ROI for interactive advertisers using the emuse absolutely service.Digital satellite viewers can now interact with any emuse absolutely interactive advertisement on all of Sky’s wholly owned channels. Third-party channels whose airtime is… Continue reading Sky Media Signs Interactive Ad Deal

Sneak, Emap’s weekly teen celebrity magazine, is set to close after four years due to competition from new media platforms.Dawn Bebe, managing director of Emap Elan, said: “The teenage magazine market is one of the most challenging sectors in the industry with increasing numbers of teenagers choosing new media platforms to satisfy their interests.“Despite the… Continue reading New Media Platforms Force Sneak Magazine To Close

Channel 4 Radio’s official Big Brother podcast has replaced comedy king Ricky Gervais’ podcast as the number one download on the iTunes chart.The housemates’ antics on Big Brother FM earlier this week were a massive hit with audiences, and the weekly catch-up service hosted on the Channel 4 Radio website generated the highest number of… Continue reading Big Brother Boots Gervais Off Podcast Top Spot

Young people aged 16-24 are increasingly moving away from traditional media and going online, according to the latest Ofcom Communications Market report from Ofcom.The report shows that younger people are embracing new technologies to the detriment of traditional platforms and services. The 16-24 year old age group watches less public service broadcasting output than ever… Continue reading Young People Moving Away From Traditional Media

Despite total funding having dipped by more than 2% year on year for the UK radio industry in 2005, listening has risen by 3% in the past five years, according to Ofcom’s latest Communications Market report.Both national commercial and the BBC picked up listener hours across most age groups, but local commercial radio suffered a… Continue reading Ofcom Reports Radio Listening Increase

Peter Burt, chairman of ITV, could soon follow Charles Allen in leaving the broadcaster, according to reports in Broadcast.Apparently Burt has been unhappy in his role for some time and will step down once a permanent successor to Allen has been appointed and has settled into the role.Broadcast says that Burt initially supported the Greg… Continue reading ITV Chairman Could Leave

GCap Media has created a new position to build and lead a commercial interactive and CRM team, to optimise new and existing revenue for the company.Former Channel 4 deputy head of new media advertising, Paul Sigaloff, has been appointed to the role of head of interactive and CRM at GCap Media. Sigaloff will be in… Continue reading GCap Boosts Interactive Strategy With New Recruit

Homechoice could be bought for up to £100 million after it has reportedly held talks with various online and mobile companies.The video-on-demand and broadband service has had a series of approaches from Vodafone and Orange, as well as internet service provider Tiscali, which is understood to be the frontrunner in the race to buy the… Continue reading Mobile And Online Companies Bid For Homechoice