Research from Flurry Analytics revealed that in 2013, while overall app usage increased 115%, messaging and social services, such as WhatsApp and Blackberry Messenger, grew by a huge 203%.

The “Clever Little TV App” – available to all free TV viewers – is to become the first with access to a full set of free on-demand players.

The Q4 2013 Bellwether Report, published today, reveals a strong upwards revision to marketing budgets, marking the fifth quarter of consecutive growth and the second-highest rate of growth in the survey’s history.

As well as tablets and games consoles, internet connected TVs offering access to blinkbox showed strong growth,

Following large-scale public consultation, the BBFC has announced that it will be publishing new Classification Guidelines for film and video on 24 February.

Between one million and 1.5 million UK homes will subscribe to two or more pay-TV providers by the middle of 2014, according to Deloitte.

Through the private marketplace, Guardian News & Media will sell video inventory programmatically to selected trading desks and agencies.

Research from Deloitte estimates that last year, the number of texts sent fell by 7 billion to 145 billion and will continue to slide in 2014.

The former director of communications and strategy for Tony Blair will undertake interviews covering politics, sport, business and media.

Over 103 million homes in the US will have pay-TV by the end of 2014, with two thirds of pay-TV subscribers expressing interest in features they currently do not have, according to new research from Parks Associates.