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The company has seen growth in all areas of the business with online, pay and interactive revenues up 26% to £102 million and ITV Studios revenues up £100 million, 16%, to £712 million.

“Another significant step,” says incoming DG Tony Hall as Channel 4’s Anne Bulford is appointed as Managing Director, BBC Finance and Operation.

After Postar re-launched as ‘Route’ today, unveiling its revolutionary new out-of-home audience research system, Newsline has collected some reaction from around the industry, including opinion from MediaVest UK, MEC and Primesight.

“We now know who is travelling where, how, when and at what speed. By defining the audience you will be able to use the data to plan, trade or value the medium.” By James Whitmore, Managing Director, Route.

Monday evening saw so much excitement on offer that not everyone made it through the double bill of Coronation Street alive.

The Media Scotland account will continue to be run out of Media Vision in Edinburgh, while management of the remaining national and regional brands will be run from Carat’s office in Manchester.

Commercial terrestrial television channels have largely seen a strong performance in their network advertising revenues for the period January 2012 – 13. Only Channel 4 saw a drop in revenues from January 2012, down -17.3% – while Channel 5 was up more than 20%.

New global research reveals serious concerns for consumers using third-party and free apps, with just a third comfortable sharing personal information.

Gangnam Style, which has just surpassed the 1.3 billion views milestone on YouTube has an equally weird follower: the Harlem Shake. With over 17 million views in just two weeks, it’s quickly shaping up as a worthy successor – so as it continues to trend, Havas Media’s Matt Breen looks at the power of YouTube and the increasing impact of video consumerism.

China’s GDP is predicted to grow by around 7.5% this year – far above that of most Western economies – so the opportunity to do business there remains enormous; but this poses challenges for those that wish to penetrate its complex, powerful, fragmented and rapidly changing media landscape. By Millward Brown’s Managing Director in Shanghai, Jason Spencer.