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Ofcom is inviting applications for licences to run local TV channels in eleven further locations across the UK, including Barnstable, Gloucester, Guildford and Reading.

Fifty percent of device screen time is spent on entertainment such as playing games, reading books, watching live TV or listening to music/radio, according to a recent survey by Gartner.

The media world has always been a promiscuous place, but what do we make of the new relationship between Virgin and Netflix? The Media Native – aka David Brennan – assesses the impact for the pay-TV market.

The new seven inch tablet device is set to hit the shelves at £119 at the end of this month, with 16GB of storage, front and rear facing cameras and WiFi.

Netflix, the popular home of House of Cards and Breaking Bad, has cornered 38% of the US video streaming market, up 7% since 2012.

Despite an absence of a FIFA World Cup or an Olympics Games, viewers “remained gripped by TV shows”, with over 14 million Brits watching the Wimbledon Final, 13 million French viewers watching the Tour de France, and 26 million Germans watching the election debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Peer Steinbruck.

The smartphone market might be growing strongly, says Ed Owen, but the excitement and differentiation has died. Didn’t smartphones used to be exciting?

The offering gives viewers one place to access all on-demand programming across the BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5, available alongside TVCatchup’s linear TV service.

At this year’s International Broadcasting Convention, the broadcaster’s chief technology officer Bob Harris said that the channel had been experimenting with real-time data processing.

Channel 4 has said that it will be taking a step back from further exploring connected TV experiences because of limited uptake from viewers.