Nearly 33 million people in the UK are playing video games, according to new research by the Internet Advertising Bureau UK’s (IAB) Game Steering Group (GSG).

Billy Connolly’s Route 66 claimed the peak-hour ratings last night with an audience of 4.7 million viewers.The second episode in the four-part series attracted more than 4.4 million average viewers and a 19.5% audience share during the 9pm to 10pm slot.In the pre-watershed slot, Emmerdale reached a high of 6.4 million viewers at 8pm, while… Continue reading TV Overnights: ITV wins a prime time ratings run

The UK’s national newspaper websites saw usage figures increase during August, with almost all audited sites recording a rise, with the exception of Mirror Group Digital.

Midsomer Murders returned to ITV1 last night with a peak audience of more than 5.5 million viewers.

Facebook’s global revenues are expected to reach $4.27 billion in 2011, up from $2 billion in 2010, according to eMarketer.

Google is reportedly investing $500 million into YouTube in a bid to transform the online video site into an alternative broadcaster, according to Strategy Eye.

Sky Go has recorded its one-millionth download, just two months after it launched.

Nielsen is expected to issue its first-half advertising expenditure report next week, showing a slow down in growth from the first to second quarter.

ITV1’s Doc Martin attracted a high of 8.3 million viewers during the all-important peak-hour last night.

Facebook is set to launch a new media platform this week to enable users to share music, TV shows and films.