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Arqiva has acquired Connect TV, the platform that brings OTT content to the UK’s Freeview platform.

After the runaway success of hyper-intrusive Channel 4 documentary series One Born Every Minute, it was only a matter of time before the BBC attempted a similarly-foetal focused programme (with a more informative angle, naturally).The ratings triumph of their own drama series Call the Midwife at the beginning of this year only cemented the acceptance… Continue reading TV Overnights: Head to head drama as ITV1’s A Mother’s Son defeats BBC One’s Accused

Freesat’s new Freetime proposition will launch at the end of this month with a price tag of £279.

Despite an uncomfortable public spat between the actors and scriptwriters, the ninth series of New Tricks (BBC One, 9pm) continued on regardless.

The BBC is set to allow viewers to download series on to their tablets and smartphones for the first time.

Martin Galvin, director of agency sales at Specific Media, on why he thinks TV is the sun in the screen solar system – every other device orbits around it and needs its warmth to survive…

The return of the Doctor, the intense Paralympic coverage and the wide appeal of Mrs Brown all helped net some of the weekend’s largest audiences.

Google announced yesterday that it is to shut down its TV advertising program in order to focus on web advertising.Vice President of Product, YouTube/Video at Google, Shishir Mehrotra said in a post that “We launched Google TV Ads in AdWords to bring digital buying and measurement technologies to traditional TV advertising.”The Internet giant launched Google… Continue reading Google abandons TV ads program

Thursday night’s TV offered up a plethora of sports and soaps as the Paralympics finally got under way.

Commercial television channels saw their network revenue decline in July as the BBC dominated ratings around the London 2012 Olympics.