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A repeat of BBC One’s cold case forensic drama, Waking The Dead, won the 9pm to 10pm timeslot last night, with more than 3.2 million adults on average tuning in to the show, giving the channel a 15.8% viewing share at the time.Meanwhile, a little short of three million on average tuned in to Big… Continue reading Waking The Dead Repeat Livens Up 9pm Timeslot

GCap is to merge eight AM and DAB digital Classic Gold radio stations with the seven AM and DAB digital Capital Gold stations to form the national Gold network, going live on-air and online from 7pm on Friday, August 3.Gold will be aimed at ABC1 35-54 year old music fans and aims to distinguish itself… Continue reading GCap To Launch Gold Network

Emap is increasing the frequency of its young women’s magazine, More, changing the title from fortnightly publication to weekly, in a move said to counter the threat of readers defecting to IPC’s Look, which launched at the beginning of this year.From September, lifestyle glossy More will double its print output, hoping to head off the… Continue reading Emap Puts More Into Women’s Weekly Market

Paul Corley, the managing director of GMTV, is to stand down from the breakfast broadcaster following the company’s recent phone-in quiz scandal.In April, Corley appeared on the GMTV sofa to apologise to viewers over failures in its premium-rate phone quiz, and will now step down in September.The GMTV call-TV scandal erupted following a Panorama investigation… Continue reading GMTV MD To Leave Following Phone-In Scandal

Guardian Media Group Radio has created a £1 million fund to invest in new programming initiatives for its range of brands across the UK.In what is believed to be the biggest single investment in content in commercial radio, the newly created budget will be aimed at anyone who has a great programming idea. In particular,… Continue reading GMG Creates £1m Programming Fund

Last night saw the final episode of ITV1’s business reality show Tycoon, which finished with a peak of 1.4 million viewers (a 7.4% audience share).The series, which had been seen as a contender to BBC One’s Apprentice, started out as an hour-long show on Tuesdays at 9pm but began with poor viewing figures – an… Continue reading Tycoon Finishes On A Low

Nuts, the men’s magazine published by IPC, is to launch a TV station on Freeview later in the year.Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) and IPC Media will launch NutsTV in a four-hour block from 9pm to 1am later this year on Freeview, with more platforms to launch at a later stage.The channel’s programming will be live,… Continue reading Nuts To Launch Digital TV Channel

GCap Media has signed a six-figure deal to promote The Simpsons Movie on radio stations including Capital 95.8 and XFM.Capital 95.8, the official radio partner for the film, will participate in a series of Simpsons related stunts to celebrate the launch of the film on July 25, including an attempt to break the Guinness World… Continue reading GCap Signs Simpsons Promotion Deal

Broadcasters will have their licences amended by Ofcom to make them directly responsible for failures in participation services on TV and radio.Following the numerous phone-in scandals and Richard Ayre’s report into PRS services last week (see Ofcom Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ In Premium Rate Phone-In ServicesOfcom Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ In Premium Rate Phone-In ServicesOfcom Finds ‘Systemic… Continue reading Ofcom To Make Broadcasters Responsible For PRS Failures

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has called on the European Commission to follow the principle of technological neutrality after it named DVB-H as the single standard for mobile TV in Europe.The use of the DVB-H standard will be legally encouraged in the 27 member states following last week’s announcement, with the Commission saying that if… Continue reading EBU Does Not Want Single Mobile TV Standard