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James Cridland, managing director of Media UK and a radio futurologist, says the latest digital listening figures are a welcome, gradual, improvement: but anyone expecting the internet or DAB to replace FM listening any time soon might have egg on their face…

RAJAR figures for Q4 2010 saw stand-out performances from a number of commercial radio stations, including talkSPORT and Kiss 100 FM.

BBC Radio 2 still has the highest number of national listeners following a rise this quarter (after two periods of suffering a drop in reach).

Raymond Snoddy says “the Press is drinking at the Last Chance Saloon”…again and the industry had better pay attention.

Yesterday we reported eMarketer’s predictions that sales of smartphones powered by Google’s Android will overtake Apple iPhones within two years – 31% to 30% by 2012.

December was a good month for television, with an impressive set of viewing figures and increased revenues for all terrestrial channels.

The latest TV viewing round-up for the Christmas month, with new Top Programme data plus share in All Homes; Digital Homes and Sky v Freeview.

Joule’s Tamsin Hussey says combining mobile and social enables marketers to reach consumers in new ways and new contexts – and calls for a new approach…

BBC One’s Silent Witness claimed the peak-hour ratings once again last night. The hour-long crime drama attracted more than 7.1 million peak viewers and a 27% average audience share between 9pm and 10pm.

eMarketer predicts that sales of smartphones powered by Google’s Android will overtake Apple iPhones within two years.