Digital radio put in a strong performance once again, posting increases in weekly reach, hours, share and DAB set ownership.

The newly renamed Capital London has raced to the top of the London charts after an impressive 11.1% QoQ and 14.4% YoY increase pushed its reach up to almost 2.2 million listeners.

Radio listeners across the UK still like to wake up to Chris Evans, apparently. The BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans Breakfast Show has a weekly reach of almost 9.2 million listeners (up 5.3% QoQ but down 5.7% YoY) ahead of BBC Radio 1 and Radio 4.

The latest RAJAR figures show a positive period for the radio industry with commercial radio’s share up 1.3% YoY and reach up 5.9% YoY.

Channel 5 had a bumper month in March with revenues up 22.4% compared to this time last year.

The number of social media posts about Osama bin Laden’s death eclipsed those of the royal wedding and the Japanese earthquake yesterday.

ITV1’s new three-part documentary series Strangeways secured the all-important peak-hour ratings last night with a high of 5.6 million viewers.

Video on demand (VoD) has seen a rise in viewing – up 11% in 2010, according to the multi-screen media measurement service provider Rentrak.

talkSPORT took home the UK Station of the Year award at last night’s Sony Radio Academy Awards event in Mayfair’s Grosvenor Hotel.

Apple has become the world’s most valuable brand, ending Google’s four-year reign at the top of the table in the BrandZ Top 100 Global Brands study conducted by Millward Brown.