talkSPORT owner UTV Media has urged 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra to act on the BBC Trust’s findings following a review of the stations.

BBC iPlayer and ITV Player will now be available to Sky subscribers via the VoD service Sky Anytime+.

Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat over Manchester United in Saturday’s FA Cup game attracted more than six million peak viewers on ITV1 and ITV1 HD.

The BBC’s director general Mark Thompson plans to step down after the Olympics.

Investor concern about the threat of disintermediation by the likes of Google is generally unwarranted, according to Pivotal Research Group. The search giant is unlikely to pose a real threat to big ad agencies such as WPP, the company’s latest report says.

Apple has regained its position as the number one smartphone vendor – ahead of Samsung and Nokia, according to Strategy Analytics.

Apple posted record results this week – with shares up 8% in early trading on Wednesday to $454.45, making it the world’s most valuable company with a market capitalisation of $430 billion.

The number of connected devices will grow from 256.8 million units in 2011 to 1.34 billion units in 2016, driven by the rise of digital televisions, satellite STBs, video game consoles, Blu-ray disc players and recorders, according to In-Stat.

Google is set to re-write its privacy settings – merging user data across all of its products.

MailOnline has become the world’s largest English-language newspaper site with a total reach of 45.3 million people, according to comScore.