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LoveFilm is launching high-definition streaming in the UK and Germany.

The tension was mounting in last night’s The Apprentice (BBC One, 9pm) and with only one week to go before the dreaded interview stage the episode pulled in the biggest audience of day.

Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted that development around its internet television product is closer to completion, saying technology for televisions was of “intense interest” to the company in a recent interview.

BARB has appointed Justin Sampson as its new chief executive. He will succeed Bjarne Thelin, who announced in February that he would be leaving at the end of the year after nine years at the helm.

New research shows that TV and digital ads are less effective if a viewer watches an ad on TV and sees a different ad on their smartphone. However, there are opportunities around linking the two.

6.6 million viewers, the largest audience of the day, watched EastEnders at 8pm as Uncle Phil offered Lucy his help to find her missing father, capturing a 35% share.

BBC iPlayer has seen a strong start to the year, with total requests averaging around 190 million per month between January and April 2012.

In the 9pm slot both main flagship channels were showing the last of three episodes of their respective factual shows. On BBC One it was panic all round as Chatsworth dramatically prepared for the big summer wedding rush.

Thinkbox has announced that Tess Alps, its chief executive, is to become its executive chair from 1 July. Alps, who will now work three days a week for the organisation, has been Thinkbox’s chief executive for six years.

The Voice UK hits rock bottom while the Eurovison Song Contest is down 2m viewers year on year. You know it’s time to worry when tired Ian Beale’s mental breakdown can attract more of a buzz than your shiny Saturday night song and dance fest.