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Last night’s battle between AC Milan and Manchester United in the first leg of the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League was a top score for ITV1, grabbing an average adult audience of more than 6.8 million for the duration of the game’s coverage.The commercial broadcaster gained a 32% viewing share between 7.30pm and 10pm,… Continue reading Rooney And Co Clinch Victory For ITV1

Lindsay Nuttall has been appointed as the new Head of Marketing for BBC Two and Factual, reporting to the head of MC&A for BBC Vision, Helen Kellie.In her new role, Nuttal will be responsible for leading the marketing and pictures team in BBC Two and Contemporary Factual.Nuttal is currently the marketing manager for Channel 4… Continue reading New Head Of Marketing For BBC Two

Panorama‘s exposé of the full extent of the television phone-in scandal drew almost 3.8 million adults on average to BBC One last night, giving the channel a 17% viewing share between 8.30pm and 9pm.The programme revealed a string of rip-offs including GMTV’s embarrassing irregularities (see GMTV Claims It Had No Idea Of Apparent Phone-In Problems),… Continue reading Phone-In Quiz Scandal Expos[[special-character:(17)]] Seen By Almost 3.8 Million

Dawn Airey, ex-boss of Channel Five and Sky, has left her job as chief executive at Iostar after just one week.Airey apparently left after one week owing to concerns about the company’s financial arrangements.Iostar’s board includes the former UKTV chief executive Dick Emery, actor Stephen Fry, ex-European chair of media buying group Zenith Tim Wootton,… Continue reading Airey Leaves Iostar

Icstis, the premium phone line regulator, has hit back against claims in the Sun and the Daily Star that it has imposed a fine of £250,000 on Channel 4’s Richard & Judy Show.The articles said that Icstis had ruled that the You Say, We Pay quiz on Richard & Judy had breached rules and the… Continue reading Icstis Denies Sun and Star Claims

BBC One’s Any Dream Will Do went head to head with ITV1’s Grease Is The Word on Saturday night, with Joseph’s technicolour dreamcoat coming out on top.Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest brainchild, which follows on from last year’s successful search for Maria, gained an average adult audience of more than four million, a 27.3% viewing share,… Continue reading Joseph’s Technicolor Dreamcoat Smothers Greased Lightning

The Financial Times has undergone a redesign backed by a multi-million pound marketing push in order to make the newspaper more accessible and modern.The title now has a new masthead and more colour to its salmon pink pages, whilst The People section has been expanded and the Business Life and Arts pages have been moved… Continue reading Redesign And Marketing Push To Modernise Financial Times

Each week, NewsLine brings you a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.The main City news this week concerned Google as they acquired the online advertising company Doubleclick for £3.1 billion, more than they paid for the video-sharing website YouTube (Full Story).The search engine giant also signed an agreement with… Continue reading Media In The City

The latest CRR adjudicator’s record shows that ITV broke the Contract Rights Renewal rules once in the past 12 months.The adjudicator’s office was formally asked to rule on three cases involving ITV, ruling against the braodcaster in only one of them.Of the three, one concerned the terms offered by ITV on a line-by-line deal for… Continue reading ITV Broke CRR Rules Once In Past 12 Months

GMTV’s presenters have read out a statement saying the broadcaster had no idea of apparent irregularities by its phone line provider, Opera Interactive Technology, after BBC’s Panorama claimed tens of thousands of calls and texts had no chance of winning.Andrew Castle and Fiona Phillips read out a statement saying: “GMTV knew nothing of this and… Continue reading GMTV Claims It Had No Idea Of Apparent Phone-In Problems