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Gorillabox, a new fully managed mobile TV enabler, has just launched, allowing video content to be streamed to any mobile handset in Europe or the US.Gorillabox said that central to its proposition is a unique fixed fee commercial model, which will allow network operators, content owners, brand owners and ad agencies to take advantage of… Continue reading New Mobile TV Enabler Launches

Doc Martin, on ITV1 last night, was the big winner in the all-important 9pm slot, bagging itself a very impressive 7.9 million adult viewers (a 36.9% share of the audience).The show, which stars Martin Clunes as the local GP in the Cornish village of Portwenn, had an average of 7.8 million adults hooked for its… Continue reading Doc Martin Dominates At 9pm

Globetrotting jet setter, Michael Palin, continued to entertain viewers with his New Europe series, gaining an average adult audience of more than 5.8 million for BBC One last night.Palin’s travels took him to Hungary and the Ukraine, where, as ever, he encountered colourful characters and explored the evolving regions of Britain’s newest neighbours.The episode, which… Continue reading Almost Six Million Stick With Palin’s Adventures

Television advertising is far from dead, but it is evolving in the changing media ecosystem.Last week the IAB and PwC released first half UK internet advertising figures, showing above expectation 41.3% year on year growth, taking the sector to a half-year high of £1,334 million – compared to £917 million a year ago (see NewsLine).Such… Continue reading Death of TV Debate Re-ignites, Sparks Fly

It was the big one on Saturday afternoon, as England took on match favourites Australia in the quarter finals of the Rugby World Cup.As is usually the case when these two nations meet, there was no love lost between the sides, with Australia keen to avenge the final defeat of four years ago which saw… Continue reading 1.9 Million ABC1 Men Watch England Beat Australia

The big ratings winner last night was Who Do You Think You Are?, which followed Alastair McGowan as he traced his roots right back to the 18th century.With a name like McGowan it was no surprise to find that the TV funny man thought he had a fair bit of Scottish blood in him, but… Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? Continues To Bring In The Viewers

Paul Cleghorn, co-founder of TIOTI (Tape it off the Internet) will join the panel for MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of TV’ seminar next Tuesday in London.Until early 2006, Paul ran boutique design agency Neuromantics, where he led R&D projects on broadband TV, social networking around TV and post-schedule TV EPG’s for the BBC as well as… Continue reading TIOTI Founder Joins MediaTel ‘Future Of TV’ Seminar Panel

O2, the mobile phone network operator owned by Spain’s Telefonica, is launching its residential broadband service on October 15.The company, which expects one million broadband users by 2010, is to offer heavily discounted internet deals to its monthly subscribers.The deals available to O2 mobile subscribers will range from £7.50 per month for an eight megabit… Continue reading O2 Launches Broadband Service this Month

BSkyB is to stop launching new channel slots on its satellite platform, citing finite set top box memory capacity.Sky said that it will “proceed with extreme caution” in the launch of the 100 or so TV and radio channels already on the electronic programme guide (EPG) launch queue.Nicola Bamford, director of channels and operations at… Continue reading Sky To Turn Down New Channel Applications

New research from Ipsos-Mori has found that the cost of subscribing to HD services is stalling take-up, with only 16% of HDTV owners subscribing to a service.Of those who took part in the study, 55% said that cost was a major factor, whilst 29% blamed the lack of take-up on the paucity of HD channels.Sarah… Continue reading Cost Of HDTV Services Impacting Take-Up