After the runaway success of hyper-intrusive Channel 4 documentary series One Born Every Minute, it was only a matter of time before the BBC attempted a similarly-foetal focused programme (with a more informative angle, naturally).The ratings triumph of their own drama series Call the Midwife at the beginning of this year only cemented the acceptance… Continue reading TV Overnights: Head to head drama as ITV1’s A Mother’s Son defeats BBC One’s Accused

Despite an uncomfortable public spat between the actors and scriptwriters, the ninth series of New Tricks (BBC One, 9pm) continued on regardless.

IBM has announced its new cloud platform will power the Philips TV platform for Internet services currently known as IBM SmartCloud Service Delivery for Electronics. The company is hoping to deliver greater interactive services to millions of TV viewers in more than 30 countries in Europe, as well as Brazil and Argentina.The announcement at the… Continue reading IBM to power new cloud platform for Philips Smart TV

The return of the Doctor, the intense Paralympic coverage and the wide appeal of Mrs Brown all helped net some of the weekend’s largest audiences.

Google announced yesterday that it is to shut down its TV advertising program in order to focus on web advertising.Vice President of Product, YouTube/Video at Google, Shishir Mehrotra said in a post that “We launched Google TV Ads in AdWords to bring digital buying and measurement technologies to traditional TV advertising.”The Internet giant launched Google… Continue reading Google abandons TV ads program

Thursday night’s TV offered up a plethora of sports and soaps as the Paralympics finally got under way.

Channel 4 stole the show last night as the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony (8pm) attracted an unprecedented audience for the event.

July saw the UK’s online audience fall slightly, down 158,000 people month on month. According to data just released by online measurement company UKOM, a unique audience of 42.9 million individuals went online throughout the month, with 41 million of those accessing the internet from home and work locations. June 2012 brought the biggest monthly… Continue reading UKOM Data Report: July 2012

Tuesday night’s TV viewing once again belonged to the BBC, as their arsenal of new prime time drama buried ITV1; unfortunately, the commercial channel decided to defend itself with yet another repeat of Lewis.

Strategy Analytics Vice President and Principal Analyst David Mercer suggests that behaviour and usage patterns for Tablet TV consumption could present opportunities for content providers to drive revenues associated specifically with tablet viewing.