Lost ratings fall with Sky debut
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The third series of the cult drama Lost drops ratings by more than half after being moved to Sky.
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Up to one in 10 households are expected to be unable to get all Freeview channels, regulator Ofcom says.
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By James Daley  The satellite TV group BSkyB ramped up the stakes in its battle with the newly launched Virgin Media yesterday, taking out television adverts to warn cable customers that they could lose access to many of Sky's channels due to Virgin's reluctance to pay enough for them.
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One day after the premiere audience for Foxâs "American Idol" fell 4 million viewers shy of the seriesâ 2007 debut, the talent competition slipped further in the ratings on Wednesday.
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By Rick Bird  Is Friday on the tube slowly becoming Saturday?   There are signs that the major broadcast networks are lukewarm about any aggressive programming strategies on Friday night, perhaps doubtful the night can launch new series.
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NEW YORK  - CBS and ABC fell to their lowest ratings among the coveted adults 18-49 demographic in two decades last week, as reruns and summer alternatives drove viewers from their couches.
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Despite glowing reviews and  a ton of marketing, the long-awaited debut of "Studio 60 on the  Sunset Strip" got beaten at 10 p.m. Monday by the "CSI: Miami"  season premiere.
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The mid-scene blackout that brought the final episode of "The Sopranos" to an abrupt, ambiguous halt on Sunday night left many viewers dismayed and even convinced they had lost their cable TV reception.
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Venezuela's opposition-aligned RCTV has started cable broadcasts  after losing its terrestrial licence.
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Emmy viewership fell 14 percent  from last year to an average 16.1 million people but surpassed  a competing telecast of "Pirates of the Caribbean" to win a  widely hyped battle for network ratings, according to Nielsen  figures on Monday.
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Departure of two anchors comes as television networks face shifts in viewership.
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British pay-TV giant BSkyB on Wednesday posted a net loss in the first half of its financial year as the group booked a hefty charge on the dwindling value of its 17.9-percent stake in broadcaster ITV.
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The EU's decision to back DVB-H as the de facto standard for rolling out TV on mobiles could see UK fall behind.
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By TONY McDONOUGH Deputy  MORE than 100,000 cable TV viewers across Merseyside could see up to five Sky TV channels disappear from their screen in the next few days following a row between Virgin Media and BSkyB.
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"Two and a Half Men" and  "CSI: Miami" lifted CBS to a primetime victory Monday, while  NBC's much-hyped "Studio 60" sank in its second week, losing to  the two-hour debut of ABC's "The Bachelor: Rome," which  delivered the show's highest premiere viewership since 2004.
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CABLE TV customers threatened to quit the Virgin service yesterday after a number of Sky channels were switched off in a dispute between the companies.   The blackout  which happened in the middle of a programme  came after a midnight deadline to resolve the row passed without an agreement.
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HDTV sports fans are disappointed that there's a limited menu of Olympic sports that can be seen on high definition and that many of these events are shown 24 hours or later than they are on NBC.