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Digital UK is announcing a number of measures to help retailers improve the quality of advice to customers on switching, after completing a national retail audit programme which found that while 69% of stores were using the ‘digital tick’ symbol, only 32% could accurately explain the logo.This news comes after research published shows many electrical… Continue reading Digital UK To Help Retailers Improve Switchover Advice

ITV1’s controversial film Malcolm and Barbara: Love’s Farewell finally hit our screens last night, but it was beaten in the 9pm ratings battle by Waking The Dead and Big Brother.The ITV documentary, which had a peak of three million adult viewers (a 16.4% audience share), has been much mentioned in the news recently, with claims… Continue reading Three Million Watch Malcolm And Barbara

Alex Salmond, Scotland’s first minister, is to create a new commission intended to implement a strategic way forward for TV broadcasting and production in the country.In a speech given yesterday at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Salmond announced that Blair Jenkins will leave his current job as BBC Scotland head of news and… Continue reading Scotland To Get TV Commission

GCap Media has joined the list of broadcasters axing premium-rate phone-in competitions for profit, after Icstis ruled that a competition run on its One Network stations earlier this year broke the regulator’s rules.Icstis has fined GCap £17,500 and issued a formal reprimand after ruling that the company’s ‘Secret Sounds’ competition contravened its rules.Listeners were asked… Continue reading GCap Joins C4 In Axing Profit-Making Phone-In Comps

iTouch, the operator of the phone services for Deal or No Deal, has been fined £30,000 by Icstis, the premium rate phone line regulator, for misleading viewers.Icstis issued iTouch with a formal reprimand after it found that the Deal or No Deal competition had mislead viewers because the show had been pre-recorded but the competition… Continue reading Deal Or No Deal Phone-In Operator Dealt £30k Fine

The final in the current series of Coast gained an average of almost 3.1 million adult viewers for BBC Two last night, beating the start of Jamie Oliver’s new cookery series by around a million viewers.The final leg of Neil Oliver’s trek around Britain, taking in ‘honeymoon island’ Jersey, Guernsey, the islands of Les Ecrehous… Continue reading Final Leg On Coastal Exploration Nets More Than 3 Million For BBC Two

A new voluntary code has been drawn up by the gambling industry which includes a ban on TV advertising before the 9pm watershed.The code for socially responsible advertising is supported by 12 industry bodies, including the British Casino Association and the Association of British Bookmakers, and comes following increasing pressure from the new culture secretary,… Continue reading Gambling Industry Agrees Advertising Code

ITV’s underlying earnings fell to £151 million in Michael Grade’s first six months in charge, although this figure is £10 million higher than analysts had predicted.Lower earnings had been expected after ITV said in a trading statement last month that it had been hit by a decline in revenues at ITV Play, the broadcaster’s quiz… Continue reading “Signs Of Recovery” At ITV

Virgin Media lost 70,300 subscribers across its four cable and mobile services in the three months to the end of June.The cable operator added 2,200 new cable TV subscribers during the quarter, saying that the removal of Sky’s basic channels in March resulted in it losing 40,000 customers across its range of services (see Virgin… Continue reading Virgin Media Loses 70,300 Subscribers In Q2

The launch of the Setanta Sports News service on the Virgin Media platform has been delayed after TWI pulled out of the project.TWI, the sports-content production arm of IMG Media which produces Sky’s cricket coverage and the BBC’s snooker and darts, said yesterday that it was unable to agree terms with Virgin Media.The channel was… Continue reading Setanta Sports News Channel Faces Delay