Absolute Radio has signed a three year deal to broadcast live Premier League football matches at 3pm on Saturdays, starting from the 2010-2011 season.

Approximately one in five UK consumers now owns a smartphone that can check email and go online, according to a new report from Deloitte.

The latest ABC figures, for Jul-Dec 2009, show that the two Future Publishing titles in the computer sector were both down year on year.

Just one title in the TV listings sector – IPC Media’s TV & Satellite Week – managed to avoid a year on year dip in its circulation in the second half of 2009, according to the latest ABC consumer magazine data.

The latest ABC consumer magazine figures reveal a mixed picture in the home interest sector, with about half of the titles in our round-up recording circulation increases in the Jul-Dec period.

H Bauer Publishing’s Take A Break remained on top of the women’s weekly magazine market for the six months to the end of December, and although it suffered a 4.6% year on year fall in circulation, its total still stands at around 900,000 copies.

BT has reported a 39% increase in pre-tax profits for the three quarters to the end of December 2009, although shares were down as it announced a £9 billion pension deficit.

Mobile and online advertising can significantly increase brand awareness and purchase consideration when used together, according to new research from the IAB.

The latest IPA Trends in Television report reveals that average daily hours of TV viewing rose to almost 4 hours in the final quarter of 2009.

Agencies are “missing a trick” with social media and should be using it to move into PR and CRM, according to OPera’s head of digital buying, Adam Pace.