Sky is to become the exclusive home to all Formula 1 in the UK and Ireland from 2019 to 2024, the first time the majority of F1 races will be available only to pay-TV subscribers.

Human interaction, anticipation and music dating back to before the year 2000 are just a handful of the things that have been scientifically proven to help make TV advertising more effective and memorable.

Discovery Communications has launched a new international sales division for its portfolio of TV channels and digital products.

Taken on its own, data isn’t a silver bullet, writes Genius Digital’s Giles Cottle – it takes a special type of artist to truly make it work

Chief executive David Abraham said he does not see an “existential threat” on the horizon – and that privatisation is merely “a solution in search of a problem”.

ITV’s underlying pre-tax profits were up 18% in 2015 to £865 million, while revenues were up 15% to just under £3 billion.

Up 7.4% year on year, TV advertising managed to outpace total UK market growth of 6.1%.

BBC Three has gone online-only this week, and the Independent newspaper is set to follow suit in March – but let no-one think it is a neat, futuristic thing or anything other than second best.

The former chairman of Endemol UK will replace Archie Norman from May 2016.

The launch of Sky’s “most advanced” Now TV box this year has Decipher’s Matt Walters wondering: where will it sit in the market?