The BBC has released an updated version of the iPlayer with links to social networks Twitter and Facebook.

RTL has appointed a team to prepare a “tender process” for the sale of Channel Five, according to reports in The Telegraph today.

BBC One’s new crime drama Luther, starring The Wire’s Idris Elba, continued to hold the Tuesday night peak-spot with a high of more than 4 million viewers last night.

News International has unveiled its much-anticipated new-look Times website, ahead of its move to put the thetimes.co.uk and thesundaytimes.co.uk behind a paywall.

Loyal fans of the ABC series Lost got up at 5am on Monday morning to watch the season finale on Sky 1 and Sky 1 HD, which was purposely aired at the same time as its US showing (broadcast on ABC’s west coast network from 8pm to 11pm on Sunday night).

Online searches for television are expected to soar in the lead up to the World Cup, according to new research from Greenlight.

Ofcom has criticised broadcasters including Channel 4 and ESPN for “continuing failure to comply with the requirements” that restrict how many adverts can be shown per hour.

A new report from comScore shows that people spent nearly $34 billion on online shopping in Q1 2010, up 10% from this time last year.

Target Media has appointed Mary Bond to the newly created role of head of digital.

The new coalition Conservative/Liberal Democrat government is to freeze its £540 million annual advertising budget.