TV viewership hits record high: report
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American television  viewing remains on the rise despite the distractions of  alternative media platforms, according to new data from Nielsen  Media Research.
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Nearly 100 million people watched the Super Bowl in the US, making it the second most watched TV programme in American broadcasting history. By Chris Tryhorn
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An average of 7.7 million people watched ABC&#39;s unedited broadcast of &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; on Veterans Day -- a remarkable number given that viewers in nearly one-third of the country did
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IOC president Jacques Rogge says the Athens Olympics broke global TV viewing records, with almost 4 billion people tuning in.
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LONDON - The Athens Olympics broke global TV viewing records, with nearly 4 billion people tuning in, IOC president Jacques Rogge said Tuesday.    Rogge said 3.9 billion people watched an Olympic broadcast at least once during the Aug...
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The Athens Olympics broke global TV viewing records, with nearly 4 billion people tuning in, IOC president Jacques Rogge said Tuesday.
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MobiTV Inc., which transmits cable TV channels to cell phones, said Wednesday it has surpassed 2 million users, doubling its subscriber base in less than a year.
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An average of 6.2 million viewers watched the launch of the eighth series of Channel 4's Big Brother.
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Television on the wane? Not  according to a forecast released Wednesday by Nielsen Media  Research, which projects that the nation's TV households will  grow 47% to 163.7 million by 2050.
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A record 97.5 million Americans tuned in to Sunday's upset victory by the New York Giants over the New England Patriots, marking the biggest TV audience in Super Bowl history and the second most-watched U.S. telecast ever.
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A survey by Nielsen Media Research finds that many U.S. households have more television sets than people.  The company reports that, on average, there are 2.55 people and 2.73 televisions per household, Digital Spy said.  People are also watching more TV than ever.
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CBS and ABC shared the lead in the ratings on Sunday, with CBS averaging the most total viewers and ABC earning the highest ratings among adults 18 to 49. ABC got a lift in that demographic group from the nightâs top-rated show, a two-hour edition of âExtreme Makeover: Home Edition,â which averaged 13.6 million total viewers at 8 p.m., according to Nielsenâs estimates. CBS, meanwhile, got a boost at 7 p.m. from â60 Minutes,â the nightâs most-watched show (14.4 million), followed by âSharkâ at 8 (11.1 million) and the made-for-TV movie âThe Russell Girlâ from 9 to 11 (12.7 million). Fox ranked third for the night but ahead of CBS in second place in the 18-to-49 segment thanks to its comedy lineup, including âThe Simpsonsâ at 8 (7.6 million) and âKing of the Hillâ at 8:30 (7.5 million). NBC, in fourth place, broadcast back-to-back specials, the âU.S. Figure Skating Championshipsâ from 7 to 9 (4.8 million), followed by the âGuinness World Records: Top 100â from 9 to 11 (6.3 million).
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By Karen Price  Radio listening has reached a record high, as a result of people tuning in via the internet, digital TV and mobile phones. More than 45 million people now listen to the radio each week, according to figures released yesterday.
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By MARTIN WILLIAMS  MORE than 45 million Britons are tuning in to the radio each week, the highest number since official records began in 1992, according to the latest figures.
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Fox swept prime-time television  ratings last week, thanks to Sunday's broadcast of the New York  Giants' dramatic victory in Super Bowl XLII, the most-watched  sporting event in U.S. history.
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LOS ANGELES  - CBS was riding high  again Thursday. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" led the charge  by raking in more than 28 million viewers at 9 p.m.
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The Live Earth  global pop concerts on Saturday broke a record for an online  entertainment show by generating more than 9 million Internet  streams, Microsoft Corp. Web portal MSN said.