The sight of a sitting member of parliament and ex-soap actress turned WAG eating camel toes hooked viewers to ITV1 last night. It would have been a surprise to see Helen Flanagan recite the complete works of Shakespeare, yet it’s fair to say her portrayal of dizzy airhead Rosie Webster in Coronation Street wasn’t exactly a stretch for her.
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The Yahoo!, Flickr and MediaTel photographic competition awards evening is to be held tonight at INC Space.
Revenues decreased 1.9% at TalkTalk after eight consecutive quarterly falls in customer numbers and was pushed out of the number three slot earlier this month by BSkyB.
Vodafone has suffered a £492 million half-year loss after being hit with a multi-billion write-down in the value of its business in southern Europe.
Spotify, Google, ITV and The Telegraph were just some of the 16 winners announced last night at the IPA’s Media Owner Awards ceremony held at the Honourable Artillery Company, London.
One of the sessions at last week’s Huddle event at Mindshare was looking at second screens and their implications on the broadcast industry, chaired by Lindsey Clay, managing director, Thinkbox.
Johnston Press has reported a decline in total revenues in quarter 3, as its reports that trading in the second half of 2012 has been even more challenging than in the first.
If the tabloid attention left anyone in doubt, the second episode of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here (ITV1, 9pm) confirmed that the positions had been filled for the nation’s two hate figures.
This morning’s Q3 statement from ITV impressed the stock market. At the time of writing shares in the company had increased by 6% in an overall market that has declined over the last few days.
Claire Spencer, Insights Director, UM London, looks at the ways to exploit the growing trend of multi-screen viewing.
