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RTL has reported a 4.6% increase in pre-tax profits to €1.19 billion (£0.99 billion) for 2011 – mainly based on higher revenues from FremantleMedia.

Emap is considering selling off its magazines business and most of its conferences, according to today’s Telegraph.

Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP has reported an 18% rise in pre-tax profits for 2011 to break the £1 billion mark for the first time.

ITV has released its preliminary results for 2011 with external revenues up 4% (driven by non-advertising revenues) and national advertising revenues (NAR) up 1% – outperforming the TV advertising market.

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) has raised its global ad forecast from 1.4% to 2% in 2012 to reflect recent GDP upgrades and stronger than expected trends in Q4.

Apple’s shares broke above $500 for the first time yesterday, following the company’s positive results announcement on 25 January.

News Corporation has reported second quarter revenue of $8.98 billion, a 2% increase on the $8.76 billion revenue it reported a year ago.

Virgin Media has announced its Q4 2011 results, with £48.2 million profit and double the number of customers subscribing to TiVo.

Sky has announced its results for the six months to 31 December. The company said it has delivered a strong first half performance following continued investment.