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Richard Simkins, convergence business director at Posterscope on the potential of near field communication to revolutionise out of home and mobile advertising, and the pressing need to “close up the knowledge gap”…

Last night’s first episode of Coronation Street (ITV1, 7:30pm) attracted Monday’s largest audience, pulling in a 39% audience share.

According to reports in The Telegraph, the Guardian is expected to publish details of a £45 million loss over the financial year to the end of March, along with job reductions, in the next few days.

Yesterday saw Andy Murray take on Roger Federer in the Wimbledon gentlemen’s singles final, aiming to become the first British male to win the Championship trophy since Fred Perry in 1936.As expected, BBC1 dominated the Sunday ratings, with an average audience share of 58% between 1.45pm and 6.45pm, and a peak of 16.4 million viewers… Continue reading TV Overnights: Murray’s Centre Court tears draw in bumper BBC audience

Amazon is apparently in the process of developing a new generation of its Kindle Fire tablet, which is thought to be due for release in Q3 this year.

It seemed that no matter how big the audience was for the debut of The Midnight Beast (E4, 10pm) it would never live up to the hype of having 50 million views on their YouTube channel.

Figures released today have shown that 54% of viewers used a second screen during Euro 2012 matches.

UK advertising expenditure remains steady despite turbulence in the global economy. Figures from the Advertising Association and Warc showed an increase of 1.1% in ad spend during the first quarter of 2012.

YouView is to partner with NOW TV, owned by Sky, which will provide digital TV without long-term subscription to customers of the YouView service.

Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins has said that there is “nothing wrong with the company as it exists now”, reacting to speculation about RIM’s future.