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BBC One’s new series The Young Ones finished on a high of 4.2 million viewers during the all-important peak-hour last night.

The European smartphone market has grown 41% in the past year, according to a new report from comScore. There are now 60.8 million smartphone users across the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.

Project Canvas has officially been re-branded as YouView. The seven partners – the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, TalkTalk, BT, Arqiva and Channel 5 – have formed YouView TV Ltd.

Monestising digital content seems to be on top of the agenda at the moment, particularly for newspapers and magazines.

Arsenal’s impressive 6-0 win against the Portuguese outfit Braga didn’t have quite as much impact on the Wednesday night ratings as it did on the Champions League.

BBC One’s new three part series The Young Ones, which isn’t a remake of the classic 80’s comedy but a show that will see six celebrities attempt to relive 1975, easily secured the peak audience during the 9pm to 10pm slot last night.

Today saw Channel 4 appoint Jay Hunt as its new chief creative officer, Julian Bellamy leave the broadcaster and Sir Michael Lyons announce plans to depart the BBC Trust next year.

Global Radio, the biggest commercial radio operator in the UK, plans to launch London’s Capital Radio across the UK.

Magna Global has raised its UK advertising forecast for 2010 due to increasing revenues at a ‘faster-than-expected pace’ during the first half of the year, led by the television sector.

BBC One’s long-running Who Do You Think You Are? attracted the highest ratings during last night’s 9pm to 10pm peak-hour spot.