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Saturday night saw ITV take another victory in the on-going battle with the BBC, siccing their most vacuous and piercingly gaudy programmes on each other.

The latest ABC National Newspaper figures for March show that, despite the continued year on year declines in print sales, the daily titles experienced a month of growth for around half of titles, and only slight declines elsewhere.

Simon Andrews takes a look at ‘Home’ from Facebook and find it’s…interesting. Because of the limited range of android handsets that Home will work on, its initial impact may be a little muted he says – and as a sort of modern equivalent of a Google Toolbar it’s likely to only really appeal to hardcore users. But with a billion users you don’t need big percentages to make a big impact…

Thursday night saw Victoria Wood’s epic globe-trotting quest (to ramble on about tea in expensive locations) come to an end. Tightening the budget slightly, the second night of the frivolous odyssey saw the comedy stalwart stick closer to home, swapping the stunning tea fields of Sri Lanka for Yorkshire.

Just when you thought the BBC prime time schedule couldn’t get any more twee, hysterically adored comedian Victoria Wood was back on our screen last night to educate us about something really important.

Tuesday evening brought another exciting instalment of Channel 4’s latest attempt to push the boundaries of the televisual medium, as Bedtime Live (8pm) celebrated its ground-breaking fourth episode.

In a world where seemingly every other thought from Joe Public is, often on a whim, published for the world to see and as newspapers lose their grip over their long-held monopoly setting nationwide opinion, Raymond Snoddy looks at how social media has revolutionised public debate – and charts its pitfalls after a busy week of terrible tweets and censored comments.

Twitter is now emerging as the primary curator of – and gateway into – the internet, and will potentially supplant Facebook argues Richard Marks, Director of Research The Media.

As news of Baroness Thatcher’s death spread across the internet like wildfire yesterday afternoon, TV executives were frantic – hastily patching together televisual memorials for the viewing public.

The substantial capital investment will see 1,400 road-facing billboards on the UK’s railways overhauled, and for the very first time, 300 high definition roadside billboards introduced nationwide and digital escalator panels installed on the Glasgow Subway.