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After a series of high-profile flops, this week sees the death – or at least the deep-freeze – of 3DTV made official. So what does this mean for the media industry? Raymond Snoddy looks at the impact for everyone, from broadcasters to TV manufacturers.

iPlayer was joined in the top 10 most highly ranked brands in terms of consumer perception by Samsung, the BBC and YouTube.

Last night’s top shelf TV brought a change of heart for brooding man-mountain Luther (BBC One, 9pm) as the haunted cop attempted to get his love on in the second episode of the third series.

The Ashes Event Centre will offer live ball-by-ball coverage and feature an integrated ‘Hawk-Eye’ app that gives viewers the opportunity to review every ball via a host of analysis tools.

In the final five minutes of the Wimbledon men’s final, 120,000 tweets were generated per minute, with the two week competition resulting in a 20% surge in Murray’s Twitter followers.

After both the BBC and ESPN put their 3D development on ice – citing a lack of consumer appetite for the technology – Richard Marks, director of Research the Media, asks how do we research what people will actually do as opposed to what they think they want?

After Wimbledon helped the weekend’s TV audiences reach the dreamy heights of yesteryear, Monday saw summer audiences crash back down to reality.

Andy Murray’s nail-biting victory yesterday made the second biggest audience in Wimbledon history behind Borg vs McEnroe in 1980, and the highest television rating of the year so far.

NOW TV will provide PS3 users with access to Sky Movies and all six Sky Sports channels with no contract, set-up costs or installation.

In this week’s Mobile Fix, Addictive! founder Simon Andrews talks about the gradual merging of new and old TV, and explains why clever ways of using old technology can be just as interesting as the new ‘in’ thing…