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Decipher’s MediaBug report has revealed that in homes in which both a Smart TV and VOD enabled set top box are present, almost three quarters choose to access catch up TV through their set top box.

Since the middle of April Britain’s Got Talent has been rallying up viewers in a hyperbole of flashing lights and an unjustified sense of occasion, so it’s no wonder then that the semi-finals littered over the weekend brought in impressive audiences for ITV.

Commercial terrestrial television channels saw an overall decline in yearly revenues in May, with total terrestrial down -2%, and total satellite down -0.6%.

Commercial terrestrial television channels saw an overall decline in yearly revenues in April, with total terrestrial down -8.6% on the previous year. However, total satellite saw growth of 16.3% – over £20 million.

The US market has lost approximately 80,000 subscribers over the past year, evidencing a definite trend of cord cutting.

BBC iPlayer requests were down in April, however tablet and smartphone requests remained, accounting for 30% of all requests in April.

Tablet penetration is rising at a much greater rate than that of laptops and smartphones, peaking at the end of 2012 as a result of the “tablet Christmas”, according to a new YouGov report.

Yesterday’s premium top shelf content kicked off with Emmerdale at 7pm on ITV and garnered an impressive audience of 6.2 million viewers.

As Twitter announces a new TV advertising platform and Facebook comes under fire for driving users away with ‘irritating’ marketing strategies, what does the future hold for the social media giants? Raymond Snoddy investigates, and warns that social media networks have to be very smart and careful if they are not to put at risk what has been achieved…

6.7 million viewers watched as Amy and Andy cemented their new found attraction and settled down for a of spot face to face slobbering, only to be interrupted by Amy’s Mum (and Andy’s ex) Kerry announcing she’s pregnant. Uh oh!