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ITV1 has commissioned a new quiz show for its peak-time schedule to be made by Ant and Dec’s company Gallowgate Productions.Duel, based on a French format, will see contestants battle head to head in a bid to win a “big money jackpot”.The broadcaster said the quiz would create the “ultimate test of self confidence and… Continue reading ITV Commissions ‘Major’ New Quiz Show For Flagship Channel

Last night saw the return of Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC One, with the family history show following newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky as she discovered more about her background.The enthralling episode did really well, picking up a peak audience of 6.5 million adults (a 32.1 share of the audience) in its 9pm timeslot.It… Continue reading Strong Return For Who Do You Think You Are?

BBC Radio 1 has revamped its schedule to give the station a stronger youth focus, employing Kelly Osbourne as a presenter and adding half an hour to Chris Moyles’s breakfast show.Under the altered timetable, Moyles show will start at 6.30am from October 15, whilst chart show presenters JK and Joel are no longer.Moyles, the self-proclaimed… Continue reading Radio 1 Revamps To Give Youth Focus

Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Media, its sister company, have unveiled plans for major online investment.The digital agency Conchango has been asked to develop new ways of accessing news content through the publisher’s newspaper websites.The deal, believed to be worth £1 million, will see Conchango develop technology and applications using Microsoft Silverlight, a new rich internet… Continue reading Associated Plans Major Online Investment

The new TV ad campaign from eBay will use 10-second advertisements featuring a live-feed direct from the eBay auction website.The ads, which show real-time auction listing, are the first work produced by Albion since it won the account in July.The campaign breaks on September 9 and retains the eBay animated Logo people, although they have… Continue reading eBay To Launch Live Ads

Travel, communities and research websites receive the most click-throughs from search engines whilst research, travel destinations and government sites rely most on search for visitors, according to new research from Nielsen//NetRatings.NetRatings said that in July 2007, Britons clicked on over 1.3 billion search results – equating to over 29,000 every single minute.The multi-category travel sector… Continue reading UK Search Engine Click-Throughs Revealed

Virgin Media is reported to be considering launching a news channel aimed at rivalling Sky News.The Virgin News channel, if given the go-ahead, would see ITN providing its content, with Virgin understood to also be looking at launching a broadband news channel.Earlier this year, Sky pulled its basic channel package – including Sky News, Sky… Continue reading Virgin Media Could Launch News Channel

Christian O’Connell has signed a new two year contract with Virgin Radio that will keep him at the station until the end of 2009.He joined Virgin Radio in January 2006 from Xfm and his current deal would have expired at the end of this year.The new deal comes shortly after Paul Jackson, Virgin Radio chief… Continue reading Christian O’Connell Signs New Deal At Virgin Radio

The Office of Fair Trading has announced that it is to conduct a review of the imposed contract rights renewal (CRR) on ITV.The review, to be conducted in partnership with Ofcom, is scheduled for early next year.The OFT said that further information will be published “when the review commences”.ITV responded to the news in a… Continue reading OFT To Conduct Review Of CRR

Silent Witness was the winner in the 9pm timeslot last night with a peak of 5.6 million adult viewers (a 27.4% share of the audience).The disturbing detective show easily beat ITV1’s reality show Hell’s Kitchen, which features Marco Pierre White putting a selection of celebrities through their paces in a real pressure-cooker environment.The ITV show… Continue reading Silent Witness Wins It For BBC One