Global revenue at CBS Outdoor has increased 5.1% in the second quarter, up to $456.3 million (£287 million) year-on-year.

A third of companies with revenues exceeding $100 million each (and 43% of all companies) are using Facebook to connect with customers in local markets around the world, according to a study from Harris Interactive.

BSkyB is facing a challenge to its dominant position as pay-TV provider, as Ofcom has referred the film element of the pay-TV market to the Competition Commission.

BBC One secured the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm, with its new thriller The Deep managing to attract almost 5 million viewers and a share of 21.9%.

A new online music streaming platform, ‘Rdio’, has managed to beat Spotify to a US launch.

Rupert Murdoch spoke about tablets such as the iPad at a media debate in Sydney earlier today, saying that they are “a perfect platform” for cheap, convenient and up-to-date News Corp content.

The population of mobile video viewers in the US will grow by nearly 30% in 2010, reaching 12.9 million, according to a new report from eMarketer.

MediaTel Group’s latest Future of National Newspapers seminar takes place on 1st October, with an expert panel discussing topics including print models and business motivations; what newspapers deliver for advertisers; and where they sit in the planning mix.

Virgin Media is intending to try and shut down video-on demand venture Project Canvas, by complaining to Ofcom that it is anti-competitive and will crush the online TV market.

The Central Office of Information (COI) is reducing its staff numbers by 40%, with the loss of 287 jobs.