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Best weekday share for more than seven years

Fri, 14 May 2010 02:00:00 +0200

With a daily audience share of 10 per cent on Wednesday, 12 May, Five scored its best weekday share since 13 March 2003, thanks to the broadcast of the Uefa Europa League Final.

“Viable and vibrant broadcasting”

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:00:00 +0100

On 23 March 2010, Dawn Airey, Chair and CEO of Five, held the International Keynote Address at the 8th Annual Australian Broadcasting Summit in Sydney, Australia, speaking about structural and cyclical challenges of the broadcasting industry.

Content partnership between and TV.com and Five

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:00:00 +0100

From today, full-length episodes of popular programmes from Five, such as Home And Away and The Gadget Show, are to be made available at TV.com.

The stars are brought together for Five

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:00:00 +0100

Five has secured the agreement of rival Hollywood studios to allow their stars to share the spotlight in a single marketing spot designed to promote the channel’s line-up of top-rated US crime dramas.

Long-form content deal

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:00:00 +0100

YouTube and Five have signed a major content deal which will make the broadcaster’s original full-length programmes available on-demand and free-of-charge via YouTube in the UK from today.

Follow Liverpool’s Europa League campaign

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Five will be following the progress of FC Liverpool closely as the broadcaster has the first pick of matches in every round of the competition all the way to the final – which will be screened exclusively on Five.

Diversifying revenues with daily online bingo programme

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Five signalled a concerted effort to broaden its revenues beyond traditional TV advertising with the launch of a new bingo programme streamed on the web each weekday.

Uefa Europa League live on iPhone

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0200

Five released an application on the Apple App Store which will allow football fans in the UK to watch the Uefa Europa League matches live in full screen on their iPhone and iPod touch devices.

England’s Ashes win means record ratings for Five

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:00:00 +0200

Sunday's cricket coverage brought record ratings for Five’s highlights programme Cricket on Five.

Five enters Canvas partnership

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:00:00 +0200

UK public service broadcaster Five confirmed it had become the latest partner in Project Canvas – the proposal to deliver broadband-connected television to the living room.

New Entertainment Line Up

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:00:00 +0200

TV presenter and former singer Louise Redknapp is the latest big name, alongside Robson Green and Ross Noble, to join the channel’s growing roster of stars for the new Entertainment Line-Up.

Online soap portal

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:00:00 +0200

End of June, Five launched Holy Soap, a new website dedicated to Britain’s unofficial religion: television soap operas.

“Make brave plays in new markets“

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:00:00 +0200

Dawn Airey has urged broadcasters to be more open to forming partnerships with one another and with companies outside the confines of the television market such as Google, Microsoft and Orange.

Ashes highlights available online for first time

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:00:00 +0200

For the first time, Five will make available its daily cricket coverage of the Test 2009 Ashes Series to its catch-up TV service, Demand Five.

Embedding television shows

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:00:00 +0200

A new landmark initiative will allow Five’s viewers to embed episodes of their favourite television shows on their websites, social networks and blogs.

“Digital Britain is a disappointment”

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:00:00 +0200

On 16 June, the British government presented its Digital Britain Report. Read here the reaction of Five.

“Commercial TV is not dead”

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:00:00 +0200

On 31 March, Dawn Airey, Chairman and Chief Executive of Five, speaking at a Royal Television Society dinner, has claimed that the UK Government "has begun to recognise" the potential value of a merger between Five and Channel 4.

Five announces company restructuring plan

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Five has outlined its proposals for a comprehensive restructuring plan designed to strengthen the company by increasing both its efficiency and profitability.

New on-air look

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Five USA has unveiled its new on-air look to support the freshly-rebranded channel which launches on Monday, 16 February.

Dawn Airey appointed new Chairman and CEO of Five

Thu, 01 May 2008 02:00:00 +0200

RTL Group announced that Dawn Airey (47), currently Director of Global Content at ITV, has been appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Five, effective 1 May 2009 at latest.