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Teletext Holidays will be leaving Freeview DTT in September and is launching a dedicated app on Virgin’s TiVo service.Aleks Habdank, director of digital entertainment at Virgin Media said, “The flexibility of Virgin Media’s TiVo service has enabled Teletext Holidays to bring its much-loved holiday deals back to TV. TiVo customers can now go from watching… Continue reading Teletext Holiday app to launch on Virgin TiVo

It seemed that no matter how big the audience was for the debut of The Midnight Beast (E4, 10pm) it would never live up to the hype of having 50 million views on their YouTube channel.

Samsung has announced it will become the first TV manufacturer to offer ITV Player on its Smart TVs range.

Publicis Groupe has acquired the remaining 51% stake in Bartle Bogle Hegarty from founders Nigel Bogle and John Hegarty.

Figures released today have shown that 54% of viewers used a second screen during Euro 2012 matches.

Wimbledon 2012 dominated yesterday’s early evening viewing as Andy Murray went head to head with Spaniard David Ferrer for a place in the semi-final.

New integrated advertising tool Adalyser Placement is set to bring offline advertising and digital spend closer together. Launched UK software company OneSoon Ltd, it uses predicted TV schedules and print media plans to dynamically place online adverts for maximum effectiveness.

At yesterday’s YouView launch, chairman Lord Sugar referred to the new connected TV service as “simple and easy”, and he couldn’t be more right.

UK advertising expenditure remains steady despite turbulence in the global economy. Figures from the Advertising Association and Warc showed an increase of 1.1% in ad spend during the first quarter of 2012.

While the twists and turns having been coming thick and fast in Wimbledon 2012, yesterday’s biggest surprise result happened off-court. The biggest shock of Tuesday evening was the fact that Emmerdale (ITV, 7pm) was viewed by more people than EastEnders (BBC One, 7:30pm).