ITV1’s popular Dancing on Ice secured the prime time ratings last night with more than eight million peak viewers.

MediaTel’s must-see ‘The Year Ahead’ event did not disappoint last week. Our leading Newsline commentator Raymond Snoddy was joined on stage by the BBC’s Torin Douglas to review 2011 and look at the year ahead.

With forecasts exceeding 80% of units shipped by 2015, connected TVs are expected to lead the way in global TV shipments – escalating from 27% in 2011, according to new research from Futuresource Consulting.

The latest IPA Bellwether survey published today reveals that marketing budgets were revised up in Q4 for a second successive quarter, as companies sought to protect market share against competitors.

Jerry Yang, Yahoo!’s co-founder, has stepped down from his position on the company’s board after 16 years.

Children are switching their attention from television to mobile, according to a UK survey of young people.

The online and mobile video value chain produced a combined $4.3 billion in top line revenue in 2011 – up 45% on 2010, according to AccuStream Research.

BSkyB is expected to announce Q2 TV additions of 55,000 customers (vs 140,000 last year), at a churn rate of 10.3% (vs 9.5% last year), according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML).

ITV has secured a two-year deal with the FA to broadcast England games and FA Cup matches.

Toshiba is set to launch three apps in the spring to enhance the connected TV experience and to boost sales of its new Excite tablet, according to videonet.