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LOVEFiLM has released an official app for Android smartphones.

Netflix Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. have announced a new multi-year licensing agreement that will make Netflix the exclusive subscription streaming service in the UK and Ireland for most first-run feature films from MGM.

According to research released from Strategy Analytics, the games console has become the most popular device for US consumers to watch online content on their TV screens.

Google has launched a series of diagnostic tools and a directory of mobile site developers in a bid to help companies “mobilise” sites.

Bloomberg has launched a Bloomberg TV+ app for Apple’s iPad, which will enable tablet users to view its live on-air video stream and on-demand content.

Yahoo! has released its Livestand tablet app and is looking for advertisers to pay up to $500,000 for packages around its new interactive video ad unit.

ITV1’s new drama The Jury debuted with more than 6.2 million peak viewers in the prime time slot last night.

Facebook is becoming a key news destination. According to the latest findings from Lightspeed Research, 15% of all consumers (rising to 30% of 18-24 year olds) turn to Facebook for their news at some point during the week.

O2 in the UK today announced that it is to appoint Claire Valoti as managing director of its media business effective January 2012.

A new survey from Havas Media reveals that only 5% of UK brands have a noticeable positive impact on our sense of wellbeing and quality of life. Indeed most people in the UK would not care if 91% of brands ceased to exist. Further evidence, it argues,” that the existing approaches to building and measuring brand value are out of date”