The BBC Trust has approved the BBC’s involvement in Project Canvas, six months after it gave the venture a provisional green light.

The soaps managed to distract viewers away from the World Cup once again last night, although this time it was ITV1’s turn to take the glory.

England’s dramatic World Cup game against Slovenia saw a 31% boost in online traffic yesterday, according to early estimates.

BBC One’s hour-long Eastenders episode took the limelight away from ITV1’s World Cup 2010 coverage once again last night.

Channel 4 has reported a 14% year on year decline in ad revenues for its main network, but made a small profit of £300,000 due a strong performance from digital TV in 2009.

BBC One’s Match of the Day Live coverage of the Greece v Argentina game secured a high of more than 7.4 million viewers during prime time last night.

ITV is set to incorporate social media into its news bulletins in a bid to interact directly with viewers.

Archant has acquired the independently-owned publisher of Kent on Sunday.

Metro continues to report increased profits as it boasts the highest volume of weekday display ads in May.

BBC One’s hour-long Eastenders managed to outshine ITV1’s World Cup Live coverage during the early evening prime time slot last night.