November was a fairly poor month for commercial television channels, with just ITV 1 seeing an increase in revenue.

From the best films to the rise (and rise) of programmatic – and much in between – hear from Xaxis, Mindshare, dunnhumby, Newscred, DCM, Primesight and Carat as they offer their predictions for the year ahead.

After a day of judging this week, the final shortlist for the 2015 MediaTel Media Research Awards has today been announced.

If the deal goes ahead, BT would own the UK’s most largest 4G network, picking up more than 24 million direct mobile customers.

Rusbridger will leave next summer after 20 years at the paper to become chair of the Scott Trust.

The ability to focus advertising using the first one or two letters of a postcode builds on the existing location-based targeting offered by Sky AdSmart, which allows for the selection of TV regions across the UK.

Less than a handful of national newspaper titles recorded an increase in circulation during the month of November, according to the latest ABC results – although the declines were mostly marginal.

Films purchased on a BT TV YouView or Vision+ set top box will also be available for customers to watch on smartphones, tablets or PCs at no extra cost.

On Tuesday Mindshare donated 900 hours of client time to tackle briefs on behalf of three charities that find it hard to attract marketing. Time for others in adland to do the same?

The move will see Tempero’s business integrate into the European arm of ICUC, Dentsu’s social media moderation and management agency.