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ITV is set to make 1,000 hours of archive content available to rent this summer when it launches its online micropayments system.

In just a few weeks time Tesco will begin selling own-brand Technika smart TVs and hybrid set-top boxes, according to the CEO of Blinkbox, which is largely owned by the supermarket chain.

Thinkbox reveals its new “Screen Life” research, which demonstrates how TV benefits from second screens.

Lord Sugar will lead the launch of open internet-connected television platform (IPTV) YouView, the board of which he chairs, on 4 July.

Social television network Zeebox is set to debut in the US within the next two months, and hopes to attract six million users to its two screen technology inside half a year.

BT Vision’s purchase of the rights to 38 live Premier League matches over the 2012/13 season is predicted to only return around £500 million in revenue, just two-thirds of the telecommunications company’s investment.

Following the launch of Xbox Smart Glass earlier this month, Microsoft’s plan for the connected home is continuing apace, with users of the Xbox 360 socialising and watching television more often than playing games on the console.

The TV App Agency has released an app for Absolute Radio that allows users to control their TV with their voice as well as their smartphone.

David Hellier, deputy editor at City AM, wonders how bold BT Vision will be following the recent football rights deal when it comes to taking subscribers away from BSkyB and Virgin Media…

Steve Smith, head of thought leadership at Starcom MediaVest London, on the issues likely to limit Google TV take-up in the UK…