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Social-TV start-up Bluefin Labs has signed a $12 million investment deal from a group led by Time Warner Investments.

Over 60% of viewing on TiVo is now delayed or on-demand video via broadband (OTT), while 38% is live TV viewing.

US digital agency Circ.us is launching a new social TV platform that will enable viewers to experience their favourite programmes as if they were live events.

Channel 5 enjoyed another month of increased revenues before Christmas – up 14.3% on December 2010. The channel posted a run of positive results last year under Richard Desmond’s ownership.

A YouGov survey in November 2011 revealed that one in 10 people in the UK owned a Smart TV – with 15% of UK consumers saying they would own one within the next 12 months.

UK linear TV viewing figures for 2011 equaled the record high set in 2010, according to Thinkbox. The average viewer watched four hours, two minutes of linear TV a day in 2011 (28 hours, 14 minutes a week), new figures from the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) show.

The Royal Wedding was the most popular TV programme in 2011 with an average of 13.59 million viewers on BBC One and BBC HD alone, according to Barb’s TV ratings.

Streamed TV is becoming more mainstream in the UK with the use of online streaming services such as BBC iplayer, ITV iplayer or 4oD on the rise, particularly among younger people, according to the latest KPMG Media & Entertainment Barometer.

ITV1’s popular Dancing on Ice secured the prime time ratings last night with more than eight million peak viewers.

LOVEFiLM has announced a streaming deal with LG where the service will be available on the manufacturers smart TV devices.