Financial Times owner Pearson has reported a 79% increase in operating profits for the first half of the year.

The weekend daytime saw BBC One’s Formula 1 coverage secure top ratings from 12pm until 3.15pm on Sunday afternoon, with an average viewing figure of 4.1 million, and an average share of 38.4%.

According to a new TouchPoints survey, people in the UK are spending more time online, using mobile phones and using social networks.

Plans to add the Ashes to a list of sports reserved for free-to-air broadcasting have been put back until at least 2013, by sports minister Hugh Robertson.

Haymarket Network have won the rights to publish the first official X Factor magazine, under contract from Simon Cowell’s production company Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia Enterprises.

According to Unicast, connecting with family and friends this summer is the highest priority of American female internet users. 76% of them said they planned to use the internet for this reason.

AOL UK has announced that they will be working with ITN in a video clips deal, as the online firm continues to try and establish itself as a content rich destination.

ITV1’s Midsomer Murders won the 9pm to 10pm slot last night, securing a peak of 4.1 million viewers.

Over 177 million U.S. Internet users watched video content in June – slightly down from the 183 million in May.

According to comScore, US internet users viewed over 4.3 billion video ads in June 2010.