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This week Rajar announced that 91% of the adult UK population tuned in to their selected radio stations in the second quarter of 2013, up by approximately 1.5 million adults on Q2 2012. Here Newsline presents industry reaction on the results, with opinion from Carat UK, ZenithOptimedia, Gekko and adconnection

5 million viewers tuned in to see Nigel squeal in delight to find out that his great great grandfather was a commoner (in Nigel’s eyes only – Gramps was loaded), resulting in a 23% share.

Total Global Radio UK takes the top spot for weekly reach, according to the latest Rajar results – with Radio 2 in second place and Radio 1 improving its performance after a poor start to the year.

Andy Haylett, director, Ipsos MediaCT, examines the key findings from the Rajar Q2 results – and after accidentally unearthing a batch of dusty old files, notes some fascinating trends from over the last twenty years…

BT must be disappointed that, despite a huge marketing campaign for its TV sports offering, it has only signed-up 23,000 new subscribers – but at least ITV is smiling. By Raymond Snoddy.

The old dogs dusted off their mystery-solving magnifying glasses, cleansed their catheters and returned with that fresh feeling for the tenth series of retrospective crime resolving.

Barnaby Chapman, product director of Europe Mediaocean, investigates how far away we really are from the Holy Grail of media convergence – and why there is more than one type…

Monday night saw Long Lost Family’s (ITV, 9pm) penultimate episode up the stakes by devoting an entire episode to one person’s search for her mother, so you just know the precious tears were in plentiful supply.

Want to know how to ‘kill’ the traditional TV industry? It’s easy, says Jeremy Toeman, CEO of Dijit Media. Come up with a cash flow of roughly $70 billion. That’s it. Pure and simple.

ITV has today reported that TV ad revenue for the first half of the year was down 3%, but the company expects a good third quarter with an anticipated 9% boost as total revenues increase by £30 million.