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YouView is finally due to be launched by Lord Sugar next week with promises that it will “change the face of TV”, but is it too little too late or is there still room in the market for the BBC-backed VoD service?

Thursday’s TV viewers were treated to an onslaught of Wimbledon across two channels and the all-important final semi-final (yes, it will end at some stage) of Euro 2012. If that wasn’t enough to get excited about, fans of rustic drama were treated to an hour long offering of Emmerdale (ITV1, 7pm).

Following the release of Thinkbox’s two screen research this morning, the TV body presented the findings of its recent study to an audience of advertisers and media executives in London…

ITV is set to make 1,000 hours of archive content available to rent this summer when it launches its online micropayments system.

In just a few weeks time Tesco will begin selling own-brand Technika smart TVs and hybrid set-top boxes, according to the CEO of Blinkbox, which is largely owned by the supermarket chain.

After a deluge of group and then quarter-final matches, the competition was finally been whittled down to the top four teams in the Euro 2012 tournament.

Thinkbox reveals its new “Screen Life” research, which demonstrates how TV benefits from second screens.

Raymond Snoddy says News Corp shares were up 8% on the mere prospect of a demerger and there could be a further modest rise when the deal is actually completed. If you can add say 10% to the value of a multi-billion corporation by what is little more than a paper transaction why on earth would you not do it?

We have to wait years for Alan Partridge to pop up but some people you just can’t get rid of. Last night Gordon Ramsey was back on our screens, looking fresh with a new and improved barnet and surprisingly smooth face, finally at ease with his TV appearance.

Investec predicts a tough summer for ITV with negative ad revenue forecasts for July and August.