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Last night’s first episode of Coronation Street (ITV1, 7:30pm) attracted Monday’s largest audience, pulling in a 39% audience share.

The first half of 2012 has seen an increase of 6% in the total number of media and marketing acquisitions, according to Berkery Noyes, the New York-based investment bank.Marketing accounted for 262 transactions from a total of 834, making it the most active sector in the industry: of this number, 47% were digital marketing deals.… Continue reading Media deals on the rise as marketing activity remains strong

Twitter has brought its two-year partnership with professional social network LinkedIn to an end. Users’ tweets will no longer appear on LinkedIn, but those registered with the site will still be able to post updates to Twitter.

Shipments of LCD TVs are now expected to grow at a slower pace in 2012 than 2011, according to the latest Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report issued by NPD DisplaySearch.

Dominic Gesua, managing director of blowUP media on what the “summer of sport” means for the premium outdoor advertising market…As a sports-mad media man I am looking forward to London hosting the greatest show on earth. It has been a quick seven years since the London 2012 Olympics were announced, but it’s not just the… Continue reading Outdoor advertising amid “the greatest show on earth”

According to reports in The Telegraph, the Guardian is expected to publish details of a £45 million loss over the financial year to the end of March, along with job reductions, in the next few days.

Video on-demand services will grow from the current 3% of the global video market to 12% by 2020. According to IDATE’s Next Gen TV report, connected TV will make up 63% of the new over-the-top services market, while PC viewing will take a back seat to relatively new devices in 2019.

Yesterday saw Andy Murray take on Roger Federer in the Wimbledon gentlemen’s singles final, aiming to become the first British male to win the Championship trophy since Fred Perry in 1936.As expected, BBC1 dominated the Sunday ratings, with an average audience share of 58% between 1.45pm and 6.45pm, and a peak of 16.4 million viewers… Continue reading TV Overnights: Murray’s Centre Court tears draw in bumper BBC audience

Research launched today by IPC Media has found that magazines drive consumers towards purchase, are highly engaging and trusted, and are the medium most likely to hold consumers’ sole attention.

Amazon is apparently in the process of developing a new generation of its Kindle Fire tablet, which is thought to be due for release in Q3 this year.