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Despite an uncomfortable public spat between the actors and scriptwriters, the ninth series of New Tricks (BBC One, 9pm) continued on regardless.

The BBC is set to allow viewers to download series on to their tablets and smartphones for the first time.

Martin Galvin, director of agency sales at Specific Media, on why he thinks TV is the sun in the screen solar system – every other device orbits around it and needs its warmth to survive…

The return of the Doctor, the intense Paralympic coverage and the wide appeal of Mrs Brown all helped net some of the weekend’s largest audiences.

Steve Smith, head of thought leadership at Starcom MediaVest London, looks at brand ‘likes’ on Facebook and, perhaps more importantly, interactions…

Google announced yesterday that it is to shut down its TV advertising program in order to focus on web advertising.Vice President of Product, YouTube/Video at Google, Shishir Mehrotra said in a post that “We launched Google TV Ads in AdWords to bring digital buying and measurement technologies to traditional TV advertising.”The Internet giant launched Google… Continue reading Google abandons TV ads program

Thursday night’s TV offered up a plethora of sports and soaps as the Paralympics finally got under way.

Commercial television channels saw their network revenue decline in July as the BBC dominated ratings around the London 2012 Olympics.

Channel 4 stole the show last night as the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony (8pm) attracted an unprecedented audience for the event.

WPP has reported a 7% increase in pre-tax profits to £385 million in the first half and a 3.6% increase in like-for-like revenue to £4.97 billion.