Rovi has signed a new partnership deal with Panasonic to power the TV manufacturer’s next generation EPG for connected TV and DVD/BD recorders in Europe.

Consumers that post a comment, view a video, play a game, or enter a competition on a brand’s social media page are on average 78% more likely to consider or make a purchase from the brand in future, according to a new research study by Starcom MediaVest Group.

Channel 4 has made its catch-up viewing figures for 4oD available for the first time, launching its first 4oD Monthly Report for July 2011.

Today’s ABC release paints a fairly poor picture for the regional newspaper market, with all but one newspaper group in our analysis posting percentage declines in the January to June period.

According to Business Insider‘s ‘Chart of the Day’, women are from Amazon and men are from Apple.

The Only Way is Essex (Towie) might not be to your taste but it has certainly proved a success for ITV2. It gets average ratings of more than a million viewers and generates a whole heap of social media activity – not to mention the endless branding opportunities… So is it time for it to move to ITV’s flagship channel? Apparently not.

After Eric Schmidt, the 36th Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival certainly gave the boffins a share of voice. On Saturday, Professor Brain Cox was interviewed by the luvvie and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup in what was billed ‘The Alternative MacTaggart’ lecture.

Are we still looking for hard and fast rules when it comes to Twitter? And do they even exist? ‘The Only Way is… Twitter’ session at this years Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, fronted by Channel 4 news presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy, certainly aimed to give practical advice for how to make Twitter work for your business/channel/programme but solid advice was in short supply.

The second day of this year’s Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival kicked off with a Worldview Address by Sky News foreign correspondent Alex Crawford.

The latest NRS figures for July 2010 to June 2011 reflects another poor 12 months for the national newspaper market – with just one title seeing its readership increase over the year.