The latest Advertising Association and Warc Expenditure Report has revealed that UK adspend grew 5.8% to reach a record high of £9,424m in the first half of 2015.

UTV is Northern Ireland’s biggest commercial channel and on completion of the deal ITV will own 13 of the 15 regional licences for the Channel 3 network – as well as new channel UTV Ireland.

September was a strong month for commercial broadcasters, with revenues up across the board.

Jaywing, Naked Communications, Ensighten, Circus Street, Genero and Atomic London give their analysis of the latest results.

Alongside easing revisions to marketing budgets, optimism regarding marketers’ wider industry financial prospects continued to wane in the third quarter of 2015.

From innovations in mobile and out-of-home, to the ad-blocking debate, Susan Perolls and Clare Johnson, Loudmouth PR, share their key take-outs from this year’s ad:tech London.

Research the Media’s Richard Marks and News UK’s Sean Adams explain why the Connected Screens survey is so important for our industry both now and going forwards.

iProspect, Quantcast, Trinity Mirror, Carat, VisualDNA and Circus Street analyse the latest IAB digital adspend forecast.

Newsline presents the top 12 things anyone working in media needs to know about the latest findings.

As Instagram celebrates its fifth anniversary, Newsline hears from Jaywing, MEC, Getty Images, Summit and the CMA on what they think is next in store for the popular photo-sharing platform.