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The BBC’s director general Mark Thompson has confirmed that he will leave this autumn.

If Saturday belonged to rugby then Friday night was all about the drama. Emmerdale (ITV1, 7pm) initiated the onslaught of soaps in Friday evening’s schedule with an average audience of 6.84 million viewers tuning in as Holly returned from the hospital.

The runaway success of BBC One’s new medical drama series Call The Midwife is evident in February’s top programme rankings. The Sunday night drama claimed poll position with a high of 11.4 million viewers.

The BBC has confirmed it intends to offer a download service of archive content over and above the current seven-day catch-up service available via iPlayer.

Sky is preparing to launch its new internet TV service via YouView.

Deloitte has released an infographic to accompany their “State of the Media Democracy” report.

The UK’s TV audience is still under the spell of Coronation Street’s latest whodunit storyline with last night’s episode pulling in 8 million viewers. The episode, which went out at 8:30pm, took a shocking twist as Peter Barlow confessed to Frank’s murder and secured an audience share of 33% in the process.

A new survey by TV Licensing shows that 46% of 18 to 24 year olds are ‘chatterboxing’ – watching a programme on television while talking to others about it online, normally via a social media platform and a second screen.

Rural soap Emmerdale secured the biggest average audience on Wednesday night with 6.2 million viewers. The episode, which saw village bad girl Holly Barton struggle with the moreish nature of heroin, captured 31% of the available audience.

Tuesday night’s prime-time viewing kicked-off with Emmerdale at 7pm, attracting ITV1’s biggest audience of the night with 6.9 million viewers.