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ITV1’s The X Factor attracts more than 11.3 million peak viewers this weekend and TOWIE returns to our screens with its highest ratings yet – 1.6 million viewers for ITV2.

Donovan Data Systems (DDS) is set to merge with its main US competitor MediaBank, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Nearly 33 million people in the UK are playing video games, according to new research by the Internet Advertising Bureau UK’s (IAB) Game Steering Group (GSG).

Billy Connolly’s Route 66 claimed the peak-hour ratings last night with an audience of 4.7 million viewers.The second episode in the four-part series attracted more than 4.4 million average viewers and a 19.5% audience share during the 9pm to 10pm slot.In the pre-watershed slot, Emmerdale reached a high of 6.4 million viewers at 8pm, while… Continue reading TV Overnights: ITV wins a prime time ratings run

US service provider Verizon has just launched free apps that allow customers access to its video-on-demand service ‘Flex View’ anywhere they like to their iOS devices, including iPhone’s and iPad’s.

Jessica Hallsworth, senior research executive, GfK NOP Media, says Google and YouTube actually support TV, providing extra viewing opportunities and hype rather than taking opportunities away…

Midsomer Murders returned to ITV1 last night with a peak audience of more than 5.5 million viewers.

Facebook’s global revenues are expected to reach $4.27 billion in 2011, up from $2 billion in 2010, according to eMarketer.

Raymond Snoddy: “The bottom line is that for the bottom line doing good is good business”…

Collectively, US Pay TV providers lost 400,000 subscribers in the second quarter – their single worst period in over three years. Cable TV took the brunt of the hit, though Satellite operators were not left unscathed. While much of the subscriber loss can be attributed to traditional economic churners – “deal seekers” looking for a cheaper price – the percentage of those who say they’re giving up on Pay TV altogether is not abating.