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Ofcom has awarded the second set of local TV licences to Bristol, Cardiff and Norwich.

The remaining contestants in The Great British Bake Off (BBC Two, 9pm) definitely turned a corner for the worst last night, now resembling prisoners of war more than willing participants in a light entertainment show.

For two long episodes the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad have been wandering around solving mysteries as a trio, following Jack’s departure in the series nine opener. This imbalance was stabilised last night as a new member was inducted into the New Tricks (BBC One, 9pm) team.Retired detective McAndrew ticked all the boxes; he… Continue reading TV Overnights: Coronation Street narrowly beats New Tricks and EastEnders with 8.2m viewers

A new study, conducted by Altman Vilandrie & Company in the US, showed that tablet TV viewing has risen considerably among older tablet owners in the last year.The annual survey of consumer video viewing habits showed that in July and August 19% of tablet owners aged 55 and older watched TV shows and films on their… Continue reading Tablet TV viewing surges among older owners

Despite the hotly anticipated return of the BBC’s smiling and dance fest and ITV’s third series of Downton Abbey, a double helping of ‘underperforming’ The X Factor once again took in the weekend’s biggest audiences.FridayThe weekend began, like it usually does, with a clash of high drama and uncontainable emotions. The soaps dominated over Friday… Continue reading TV Overnights: Both Downton & Strictly defeated by the never-ending might of The X Factor

comScore and Arbitron, the radio ratings company, have announced plans to develop a five-platform measurement initiative, which aims to provide a view of changing consumption of video, audio and display content across radio, television, PCs, smartphones and tablets.

At yesterday’s Wii U press conference in New York, Zack Fountain, Nintendo’s director of network business, announced details of the new Nintendo TVii service.

Channel 4 has announced that its popular catch up service, 4oD, will ‘soon’ be available on Sky’s newly rebranded service, Sky On Demand.

The most grinding plot in recent EastEnders (BBC One, 7:30pm) memory seemed to be finally making some kind of head way last night. After another round of secret adult time with her friendly phantasm, Kat was struggling to keep it together back in her marital home.

The battle for last night’s biggest audience was won early in the evening as dependable soap Coronation Street secured Wednesday’s victory for ITV1, with 7.5 million viewers tuning in to see the latest twist in the surrogacy drama. A few pints later and poor old Tina thought she has the answer to her and Tommy’s… Continue reading TV Overnights: Latest drama in Weatherfield nets 7.5m for ITV1 but BBC secures 9pm slot