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A study released by GroupM this morning have estimated that despite an overall rise in advertising spend in the UK, television and radio ad revenue is set to fall by around £350 million this year.

There was simply no escaping sporting coverage this weekend. Wimbledon supplied a number of dramatic twists and turns and Euro 2012 finally bowed out, as Spain once again ran off with the trophy. The real victory, however, belonged to the BBC.

Steve Smith, head of thought leadership at Starcom MediaVest Group, wonders whether Apple has a major role to play in the television market?

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.