The holiday season saw viewing figures fall for all the terrestrial channels, with the exception of BBC One, which maintained a stable share during August.

ITV1’s Live UEFA Champions League coverage scored a high of more than 5.2 million viewers last night but failed to win the overall peak ratings during the all-important prime time slot.

Barcode scanning has increased 700% since the start of 2010, according to a new report from the barcode technology provider ScanBuy.

The number of people watching videos via their mobile handsets has increased 66% in the last year to 12.1 million across the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.

BBC One banked the highest ratings from 7.30pm onwards last night with Eastenders, Holby City and the new peak-hour programme The Secrets of Scientology.

Outdoor advertising strengthens brands and drives online search, according to new research from the OAA and Mindshare.

ITV1’s new two-part drama DCI Banks: Aftermath with Stephen Tompkinson secured the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-hour ratings ahead of BBC One’s Spooks with a high of 5.6 million viewers.

3D is back in the limelight, this time as a result of Deloitte’s survey – Revolutions 3010, which unveils some less than positive insights about what was set to be ‘the next big thing’.

The Times has lost another 120,000 online readers, according to Beehive. The media blog claims that the Times recorded 1.459 million unique visitors in August, down 7.6% from 1.579 million visitors in July.

ITV1’s X Factor put in an impressive performance this weekend, dominating the all-important ratings on both Saturday and Sunday evening with a peak audience of more than 13.3 million viewers.