Josh Banham, a 17-year-old student from London, gives a candid insight on youth media consumption…

The British radio station talkSPORT has agreed a new partnership with Sirius XM Radio, which will see flagship talkSPORT programmes broadcast live to 21 million satellite radio subscribers across America. The arrangement commences this Saturday (13th August) as the 2011/2012 Premier League season gets under way.

Viewing figures began to move away from the News for the first time this week as the riots in Britain began to die down.

As predicted, research conducted by Gartner has shown smartphone sales continued to grow, with worldwide sales equating for 25% of the 438.7 million mobile phones sold worldwide in Q2.

Trinity Mirror has reported a 65% fall in profits in the first half of 2011. Pre-tax profits for the company have dropped to £28.9 million, with the closure of the News of the World helping to balance out the falling profits through boosted sales.

For the third day in a row this week, the BBC News at Ten has gained the highest ratings in the country as the UK-wide riots continue.

Apple’s game-changing film streaming service has suffered a major setback with a lack of film distributors signing licensing deals.

BBC News achieved the highest audience of the whole day in its 10pm time slot with 7.6 million viewers. As riots spread outside of the capital, the BBC’s ratings rocketed, surpassing both Eastenders (BBC One) and Emmerdale (ITV1).

Last night, the BBCs news viewing figures for coverage of the ‘London riots’ rivalled the prime time slots on both BBC One and ITV.The 10 o’clock showing of the BBC‘s flagship news show attracted an average audience of 7.1 million viewers. This figure rivalled both showings of Coronation Street on ITV1 (7.7 and 7.5 million… Continue reading TV Overnights: Late night news ratings up as riots strike the capital

After a staggering 20.34million sales in quarter 2, Apple’s iphone has been confirmed by the IDC as the worlds’ biggest selling smart phone. The device, now in its 4th incarnation, has been growing it’s market share since its introduction in 2007.