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Virgin Media has increased its revenues by 7.1% to £964 million, for the quarter ending in June – traditionally the company’s weakest quarter for growth.

Richard Desmond bought channel Five for £103.5 million on Friday afternoon, summarising his plans as: “All we are going to do is add more programmes, and put extra money on screen… Five is going to be huge.”

Ask.com is launching a social network site that will allow people to poll the community for the best possible answers to their questions.

According to a new Juniper Research study, challengers from the consumer electronics market will achieve global sales of smartphones exceeding 26 million by 2015.

Sales of Android-based phones have more than quadrupled in the UK during the last quarter, increasing by 350%, according to research from GfK Retail and Technology.

Following news that a freeze has been placed on government advertising and marketing spend, the Central Office of Information (COI) has released its annual report and accounts for 2009/10.

BBC One’s Who Do You Think You Are? has secured the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm for the second week running, with 5.4 million viewers and a 22.2% share.

Total ad revenues for the Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) have increased by 13% year-on-year, in the three months to June.

The National Readership Survey (NRS), which provides estimates of printed newspaper and magazine readerships, has appointed research specialist RSMB and UKOM/Nielsen to conduct a trial fusion of online audience data.

The BBC has decided to continue with their free news and sports mobile applications for Blackberry and Android phones.