Rumours are circulating that Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerrys, is working on a tablet to rival Apple’s iPad.

For the third week in a row, BBC One’s Who do you think you are? won the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm, with an average audience of 5 million, and a 21.3% share.

ITV has announced a new pay-TV deal with BSkyB, along with its half-yearly results.

The New York Times has produced a platform called ‘Press Engine’, which allows publishers to produce their own apps for the iPad and iPhone.

The BBC licence fee should be removed, and instead replaced with a voluntary subscription service, according to a new report by the Adam Smith Institute.

From 1st September, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will be able to apply advertising sanctions to service providers of video-on-demand, as well as marketers.

Last night, BBC One’s Sherlock secured the peak slot of 9pm – 10pm once again, with an average of 6.4 million viewers (and a peak of 6.7 million), and a 25.6% average share.

ITV is expected to announce a new strategy for revenue production, which reduces its dependency on advertising. This plan is expected to be unveiled when ITV releases its interim results tomorrow.

According to a new report from the IDC, shipments of mobile phones have risen to 317.5 million units in the second quarter of 2010. This is a year-on-year increase of 14.5%.

According to a recent report by eROI, two-thirds of US e-mail marketers are making efforts to incorporate social media into their campaigns.