More Uncategorised articles

Each week, NewsLine brings you a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.Thise week, ITV announced that ITV1’s net advertising revenue dropped from £1.4 million in 2005 to £1.2 million in 2006 (Full Story).Meanwhile, the Interactive Advertising Bureau released figures which showed that search engine giant Google claimed 43% of… Continue reading Media In The City

Virgin Media has launched a digital TV service to consumers living in non-cabled areas, giving users over 40 free to air TV channels and over 25 digital radio stations.The service uses the digital terrestrial television platform (DTT) and a new set-top box to offer consumers the free channels. Other features of the service include an… Continue reading Virgin Media Launches New Free To Air DTT Box

As Elton John turned 60 this week, ITV1 showed his birthday concert from Madison Square Gardens last night, watched by a peak of over 3.5 million adult viewers.Meanwhile, BBC One’s Hotel Babylon continued to win the viewers as the five-star hotel based stylised drama attracted an average of 4.9 million adults in the key 9pm-10pm… Continue reading 3.5 Million Wish Elton Happy Birthday

The BBC is considering airing an extra episode of EastEnders each week, and is understood to undertaking a feasibility test to assess the impact another episode might have on the production schedule.The extra episode could take on a Wednesday night slot and go up against Coronation Street or The Bill.Over the last twelve months the… Continue reading EastEnders Could Go Five Nights A Week

Users of news websites spend longer reading articles than those reading print newspapers, according to research from the Poynter Institute in America.In a laboratory setting, 600 people were given identical stories to read. The research showed that readers read more online, where 75% of the text in an online story was read compared with 62%… Continue reading Online News Readers Read More Of The Story

The BBC has announced the start of a trial to syndicate a range of its television channels and radio networks via 3G to mobile phones with mobile operators Orange, Vodafone and 3.The announcement was made at the Broadcast Mobile TV Congress, and explained that the trial will allow subscribers to Orange, Vodafone and 3’s TV… Continue reading BBC Trials 3G TV And Radio

ITV and Setanta have been awarded exclusive rights to the FA Cup tournament as well as England’s home football matches.This will come as a huge blow to the BBC and BSkyB, who have reportedly offered over £400 million for the television rights, beginning August 2008. ITV and Setanta Sports bid separately, which is thought to… Continue reading ITV & Setanta Win FA Cup & England Home Matches

Ian Lewis, director of broadcasting at BSkyB, has been promoted to the position of director of Sky Movies and Sky Box Office.Lewis replaces Sophie Turner Laing, who last month was made managing director of entertainment (see Sky Gets New Entertainment MD).Lewis will now be responsible for Sky’s new genre-defined subscription movie channels (see BSkyB Makes… Continue reading Sky Gets New Movie Boss

Dermot O’Leary has been chosen to replace recently axed Kate Thornton as presenter of X-Factor.The presenter currently hosts Channel 4’s Big Brother’s Little Brother and is said to be flattered by the two-series offer.Speaking about his appointment, O’Leary said: “I’m really looking forward to working with Simon and the team on the kind of Saturday… Continue reading Dermot Has The X Factor

BT Vision has attracted just 5,000 customers since it launched in December 2006, although the telecoms giant says that this is entirely in line with expectations.The investment bank Morgan Stanley estimates that 40% of the 5,000 customers are employees of BT.The service launched to a sample of users on December 4 last year (see BT… Continue reading BT Vision Begins Slowly