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Tuesday evening’s television saw Emmerdale (ITV, 7pm) delve further into the murky world of Breaking Bad as put-upon café worker Brenda struggled to keep her illness a secret from her nearest and dearest.Sadly, that’s as far as that comparison currently goes as the tightly knit community is presently free from the perils of crystal meth… Continue reading TV Overnights: EastEnders and Emmerdale remain civil and share Tuesday’s glory

As the evenings have been getting slighter brighter and the nation collectively eggs on the advent of spring, it would appear the broadcasters are slow to realise that viewers need a sense of hope now more than ever. Especially on a Monday.

New report from Decipher demonstrates the long-standing popularity of the set-top box – and shows that rather than jumping into a cloud based, OTT future, we are moving into an era of TV dominated by a generation of super PVRs.

Newsline caught up with Weve CEO Nancy Cruickshank to get to grips with what the company now plans to do with the combined customer data of 02, Vodafone and EE as she fends off criticism of making an anti-competitive “land grab”.

Unilever, Kimberly Clark, Centrica, Camelot and Hiscox Insurance just some of the top names at Media Playground this year.

Why, if TV is the powerful medium, and radio the personal one, did Tesco – and a host of other big brands for a variety of reasons recently – use press to say sorry about its products?

Once Friday night’s soap fatigue wore off and the light entertainment of Saturday night dried up, Sunday brought a swift end to many popular series.

The latest ABC newspaper figures show that the national daily market was down in February, -2.9% period on period, with only the ‘i’ experiencing any growth at all – up 1.4% on January and up 12.8% year on year.

Who doesn’t want to watch failed reality show contestants watch TV instead of watching it themselves? 732,000 viewers tuned in for the experience, no doubt recording themselves commenting on the commentators. Things just got meta.

The premier awards for British journalism were handed out at a glittering ceremony at the Lancaster London Hotel last night with The Times dominating the main accolades of the evening.