BSkyB has bought Virgin Media TV for £160 million, in a deal which will see Sky pay £105 million in cash on completion, with the remainder paid following completion of the regulatory process.

scotsman.com/jobs today launches a £2 million advertising campaign to increase its audience reach in the Scottish market.

ITV1’s revenue was up 20.7% year on year in April 2010, to around £109 million.

New figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau reveal that the commercial radio sector has grown its share of the display advertising market for the first time in 5 years.

A special extra session, The Big Digital Debate, has been added to this June’s Media Playground event, asking if digital opportunities are changing the media and marketing world for the better.

Media planning and buying agency Arena BLM has been rebranded as Arena Media, aligning it as the UK operation of the Arena Media Network.

KBH Transport Media, which specialises in traincards on rail routes into London, has launched new packages aimed at advertisers using smaller or more targeted budgets.

SeeSaw and LoveFilm have joined the Broadcast panel at this year’s Media Playground, completing a strong line-up for the event in London on 3 June.

Starcom MediaVest Group’s analysis of online conversations surrounding the election debates shows that Gordon Brown has gradually attracted the most online buzz with a 38% share of discussion – achieving a high share of both negative and positive comments.

People in the UK watched 30 hours and 4 minutes of broadcast TV a week during the first quarter of 2010, up 2 hours and 29 minutes year on year, according to new BARB figures published in Thinkbox’s Q1 Review.