According to the new Ofcom Communications Market Report, media multi-tasking – for example, when a phone call is made while using the internet – accounts for 35% of all media consumption throughout the day.
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Tesco is launching three paid-for consumer magazines, which will be available in the supermarket’s stores across the UK.
ITV is to put ITV Player, its catch-up TV service, on the PlayStation 3 by the end of the year.
SeeSaw.com, the online TV service, has announced a multiple-year licensing agreement with NBC Universal International Television Distribution.
News International will place the News of the World website behind a paywall by October, with The Sun site soon to follow.
BBC One’s The Deep won the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm once again last night, with 3.8 million viewers and a 16.4% share.
Sylvia Auton is resuming her duties as chief executive officer of IPC Media, and Evelyn Webster is moving to New York to take up a position with Time Inc.
Total UK television advertising expenditure is predicted to be up by about 8% year-on-year in October 2010, according to industry figures.
According to data from ComScore, the number of unique visitors to The Times and The Sunday Times websites fell from 2.79 million in May, to 2.22 million in June and finally to 1.61 million in July.
AOL’s Patch – the biggest network of neighbourhood blogs in the US – has announced its plans to accelerate its growth.
