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The repeat showing of forensic crime series, Waking The Dead, once again proved to be the Tuesday night ratings winner for BBC One in the 9pm to 10pm slot, gaining an adult audience of more than 3.4 million on average.The channel had a 17.3% viewing share in the timeslot for the thrilling drama programme, with… Continue reading BBC One Repeat Proves More Popular Than Big Brother

The new free men’s magazine created by former FHM editor, Mike Soutar, is to be called ShortList, and will hit the streets on Thursday 20 September.According to reports, 360,000 of the title’s 500,000 copies will be distributed in London, with the rest to be given out to commuters in Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Leeds.ShortList… Continue reading Free Men’s Mag ShortList Grows

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a Virgin Media ad campaign which compared its services with that of Sky.The ASA upheld the complaints from Sky over Virgin Media’s “The real deal” campaign, saying that the ads were misleading.One of the complaints said that showing the supposed “real price” was misleading because it implied that… Continue reading Virgin Media Ad Campaign Banned

Text messages will be obsolete within the next five years, according to new research from Gartner.Although there are currently 114 million text messages sent daily in the UK, Gartner says that due to wireless internet technology coming down in price, more mobile phone handsets will include online technology and therefore more users will move from… Continue reading Text Messaging To Be Obsolete Within Five Years

Phil Riley, Chrysalis Radio’s chief executive, has resigned following the group’s acquisition by Global Radio.The £170 million disposal of music group Chrysalis’ radio division to Global Radio, a new company backed by Irish investors and chaired by former ITV chief executive, Charles Allen, was completed yesterday (see Chrysalis Radio To Sell For £170 Million).Riley was… Continue reading Riley Quits Chrysalis Following Global Sale

SDN, the ITV owned multiplex operator, has awarded a £500 million contract to design, build and run a new digital terrestrial TV (DTT) network to Arqiva.The contract has been awarded in preparation for the forthcoming digital switchover (see Whitehaven Gets Ready For Digital Switchover), with the replacement network having increased transmission power levels which means… Continue reading Arqiva Wins Contract To Run New DTT Network

Griff Rhys Jones’ new series, exploring the mountains of Great Britain, got off to a sizeable start on BBC One last night, gaining an average adult audience of more than 3.9 million.The popular personality pulled in an 18.6% viewing share for the channel as he explored the bleak and rugged beauty of the north west… Continue reading Mountain High For New BBC One Series

The Times‘ online offering recorded a 10.5% increase in visitors in June, overtaking the Sun‘s site to scoop second place behind Guardian Unlimited, according to figures from ABCe.Times Online attracted 9.64 million unique users, compared to 8.73 million in May, a gain of 917,000 visitors.Visitors to the Sun‘s website increased by 0.2% month on month… Continue reading Times Online Boosts Site Users

Last week saw a flurry of financial activity as several companies released their results, with BSkyB and BT amongst them.BSkyB announced that its full year revenue increased by 10% to £4.5 million, with an annual operating profit of £815 million (Full Story), whilst BT’s first quarter results showed that its revenue was up 3% to… Continue reading Media In The City: BSkyB Announces Revenue Increase

Last night saw ITV1 cop drama Blue Murder win the 9pm ratings battle, with the Caroline Quentin vehicle picking up a peak of 3.6 million adult viewers (an 18.6% audience share).The show, which stars Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis, had an average of 3.4 million adults hooked throughout its hour and a half running time.Over… Continue reading Blue Murder Brings In The Viewers