BBC One’s new prime time drama Luther, starring The Wire’s Idris Elba, started on high of 5.7 million peak viewers during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot last night.
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Simon Waldman, Guardian Media Group’s group director of digital strategy and development, is leaving to join LoveFilm.
News Corporation has reported a 69% decline in net profit to $839 million, although it was a better than expected performance boosted by improved newspaper and television advertising, and the success of blockbuster movie Avatar.
Virgin Media has recorded over 200 million on-demand views for the first three months of the year.
ITV1 dominated the prime time ratings this bank holiday with its Monday night soap line-up and the last in the series of Joanna Lumley’s Nile.
Andrew Mullins, managing director of the London Evening Standard, has been appointed managing director of the Independent and Independent on Sunday.
People in the UK watched 30 hours and 4 minutes of broadcast TV a week during the first quarter of 2010, up 2 hours and 29 minutes year on year, according to new BARB figures published in Thinkbox’s Q1 Review.
Apple has sold a million iPads in the last 28 days, despite delays to its international launch.
New figures from comScore show that more than 180 million US internet users watched online video during March.
Revenues at Financial Times owner Pearson were up 7% year on year in the first quarter, to £1.1 billion.
