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UKTV has named BBC Worldwide managing director Darren Childs as its new chief executive officer.

The Mail on Sunday is due to launch a television advertising campaign, for its free You magazine.

ITV1’s football coverage of England against Hungary managed to secure top ratings from 7.30pm to 10pm last night.

According to new research from eMarketer, marketers will spend $220 million worldwide on advertising in social games and applications in 2010.

informitv’s William Cooper discusses the incomplete requirements specifications for Project Canvas, which have finally been released to the members of the Digital TV Group trade association…

Professional social networking site Xing has made a record operating profit for the second quarter, making €3.7 million (£3.1 million) due to its strategy of investing in new revenue streams.

Channel Five has announced that it has made a deal with Facebook that means its TV-on-demand platform, ‘Demand Five’, will be embedded into the social-networking site.

Channel Five will lose seven out of nine executive board directors, as Richard Desmond attempts to make savings of £20 million – £9 million from staff cuts, and £11 million from overheads.

BBC One’s The Deep secured the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm again, managing to attract 4.5 million viewers and a share of 19.8%. This is down on last week’s episode, which achieved an audience of nearly 5 million, and a 21.9% share.

Acording to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 48% of all teen internet users bought goods such as clothes, books and music online.