Richard Desmond bought channel Five for £103.5 million on Friday afternoon, summarising his plans as: “All we are going to do is add more programmes, and put extra money on screen… Five is going to be huge.”

Ask.com is launching a social network site that will allow people to poll the community for the best possible answers to their questions.

According to a new Juniper Research study, challengers from the consumer electronics market will achieve global sales of smartphones exceeding 26 million by 2015.

Sales of Android-based phones have more than quadrupled in the UK during the last quarter, increasing by 350%, according to research from GfK Retail and Technology.

Following news that a freeze has been placed on government advertising and marketing spend, the Central Office of Information (COI) has released its annual report and accounts for 2009/10.

BBC One’s Who Do You Think You Are? has secured the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm for the second week running, with 5.4 million viewers and a 22.2% share.

Total ad revenues for the Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) have increased by 13% year-on-year, in the three months to June.

The National Readership Survey (NRS), which provides estimates of printed newspaper and magazine readerships, has appointed research specialist RSMB and UKOM/Nielsen to conduct a trial fusion of online audience data.

The BBC has decided to continue with their free news and sports mobile applications for Blackberry and Android phones.

According to new forecasts by eMarketer, US online video viewers will represent 77% of internet users by 2014.