BBC1’s long running spy-drama Spooks narrowly edged the primetime ratings battle with ITV1’s Whitechapel last night, watched by an average of 200,000 more viewers.

Total television revenues were up across the board in September, with the exception of Channel 5.

September saw viewing figures fall across the board, with all terrestrial channels posting declines aside from the newly restructured Channel 5.

The X-Factor continued to dominate the weekend viewing, with strong audiences of over 11 million for both Saturday and Sunday’s shows.

BBC One’s New Tricks proved to the most popular Thursday night entertainment, with a high of more than 7.2 million viewers.

O2 wanted to increase the uptake of its free SIM card offer amongst mobile phone users.

MTV wanted to drive traffic to its Engine Room wap site, to encourage them to enter the HP Notebook Design Contest.

Capital FM wanted to continue listener growth for their station and increase their ranking in music and overall categories within the UK App Store.

According to press reports Ralph Bernard, founder of Classic FM and former chief executive at GCap Media, is returning to the radio industry.

There appears to be no immediate let-up in the difficult times for commercial stations, with September figures showing revenue intake falling across the board for the ninth month in succession.