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Following a record-breaking month in January, BBC iPlayer requests remained strong in February, surpassing the 300 million mark for the second consecutive month.

Not only were viewers treated to the usual double helping of Emmerdale on ITV but fans of downtrodden ‘everyday’ East End folk were also presented with two cheery episodes revolving around the funeral of a heroin addict.

Carat’s latest forecast shows global advertising revenues accelerating by 4.8% this year to $551 billion – predicting global ad spend in 2015 to continue on an upward trend with 5% year on year growth.

Jonathan Creek, Top Gear and the Six Nations rugby all proved to be big hits in February’s TV calendar.

Emerging screen-based technologies, such as smartphones and tablets, are changing the way the UK population communicates, shops and consumes news and media, according to the latest IPA TouchPoints5 data, published today.

Last night saw Brooks and Hawkins uncover the body of a dead policeman a car at the bottom of the Thames that was somehow connected to the Brixton riots – so someone’s doing a bang-up job at localisation, then.

Channel 4 has announced that Tessa Ross will be stepping down as controller of film and drama later this year, having been appointed chief executive of the National Theatre.

Last night The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC Two) defied its own limited expectations as it was propelled from its usual safe and cosy post-teatime 8pm slot, all the way up to the dizzying heights of prime time.

Marc Watson, CEO of BT TV, is to leave the company after seven years.

Ten years ago some media bigwigs produced a book predicting what British TV would look like in 2014. Dusting down the pages this week, Raymond Snoddy notices some gaping holes, a few direct hits and a strange little surprise…