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At a packed Media Playground event in central London yesterday, David Rowan, UK editor of WIRED, said that exponential advances in technology means that small teams of people can now achieve what only governments and multinationals could once accomplish – in a talk that looked at the future of publishing, the rise of the nerd and the 3D printing of synthetic meat…

Soap fans were in deep shock last night as Wednesday night saw the raging Rovers Return inferno claim its first victim. Much like the Great Tram Crash of ’10, viewers were promised that a number of prominent characters would perish as a result of the ‘gripping’ event.Coronation Street (ITV, 7:30pm) fans around the country held… Continue reading TV Overnights: 9.7m tune in for Coronation Street’s shocking death

Wednesday morning saw MediaTel’s sixth annual Media Playground get under way with a particularly insightful session examining how multiple screens are complicating the media landscape, kicking off what would be a day of informative and lively debate on a range of issues.

New research from Thinkbox reveals TV advertising is responsible for more than 50% of additional brand word of mouth activity.

In the same week a ‘historic’ deal was met by the three main political parties for a new press regulation, Lord David Puttnam has spoken about press freedom, democracy and the future of the press.

NOW TV service will cost £9.99 and there will be no contract, set-up costs or installation, giving customers unlimited, 24-hour access to all six Sky Sports channels.

An eventful Monday night was on the cards on Coronation Street (ITV, 7:30 & 8:30pm), as a handful of exhausted characters faced the firing squad in the latest dramatic bout of house cleaning.For the 407th time since the nation first set eyes on the country’s première soap, the Rover’s Return was in peril of getting… Continue reading TV Overnights: Bonfire of the Maneaters nets 9.7 for ITV

Channel 4, E4 and More 4 will be integrated into Sky’s On Demand service in a bit to offer the best combination of “content and innovation”, making it the UK’s most complete catch-up TV service.

The three main political parties reached a ‘historic’ agreement yesterday on a new regulatory regime for the press, however the newspaper industry is today being described as “shell shocked”. Here, Newsline has captured the reaction from both the press and major publishing groups.

The world’s biggest advertising festival, Advertising Week Europe, kicked off today with over 2,000 delegates registering for talks from some of the most prominent thought leaders defining the future of advertising.