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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

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

Emap has launched a review of its structure and assets, saying that it will consider a possible sale or demerger of some of its businesses.It added that it has recently received unsolicited proposals for parts of the group.The group said that the search for a new chief executive, following the departure of Tom Moloney in… Continue reading Emap Launches Structural Review

BSkyB’s full year revenue increased by 10% to £4.5 million, with the broadcaster adding a net 406,000 new subscribers to reach 8.58 million.Sky+ acquisitions were up 821,000 to 2.37 million, whilst HD customers reached 292,000, which Sky said was its fastest take-up for an additional TV product.There was also record Sky Talk customer growth of… Continue reading BSkyB Revenues Increase

Virgin Media is to launch a new online sports portal next week, allowing visitors a chance to watch highlights from all Barclays Premier League, Coca-Cola Championship, League 1 and League 2 matches for free.The clips will be available on-demand for one week after transmission, with the site available to everyone with access to the internet,… Continue reading Virgin Launches Online Sports Portal

Virgin Mobile is to dump its mobile TV service because of poor customer take-up.BT, Virgin’s partner on the mobile broadcast project, is disbanding its BT Movio business and has cancelled its contract with GCap Media, the company which owned the service spectrum.According to a report on MediaGuardian.co.uk, the service is likely to be switched off… Continue reading Virgin Mobile To Drop TV Service

The sci-fi series Heroes landed on terrestrial TV last night, with BBC Two showing the first two episodes back-to-back.The first episode, on at 9pm, picked up a peak audience of 4.1 million adults (a 20.9% audience share), whilst the second instalment, on at 9.40pm, managed to get a peak of 3.8 million adults (a 19%… Continue reading Good Start For BBC Two’s Heroes

Setanta is to launch a sports news channel on Virgin Media, replacing Sky Sports News which the cable operator lost when it became embroiled in a dispute with Sky over the carriage of its basic channels.Virgin Media lost the Sky channels in March (see Sky Anytime? Not For Virgin Media Cable Homes), with the dispute… Continue reading Setanta To Launch Sports News Channel

GCap Media’s total revenues for June were up 6% year on year, ahead of the company’s expectations, and were up 2% year on year for the three months to 30 June, according to its first Interim Management Statement.The company said it has seen an encouraging trend in radio advertising revenue since its preliminary statements in… Continue reading GCap Media Revenues ‘Ahead Of Expectations’

A new report from Nielsen//NetRatings reveals where Britons are spending the most time whilst surfing the web and using internet-related applications.According to the Nielsen//NetRatings study, the 30.6 million Britons active online in June 2007 spent a total of 31.8 billion minutes surfing the web and using internet-related applications – an average of 17 hours 21… Continue reading New Research Reveals What Britons Do Online