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The first episode of this year’s Doctor Who, The Impossible Astronaut, was the most recorded TV event of all time, according to Kantar Media.

Raymond Snoddy: In a number of important respects Salford has been mishandled by BBC management but walk into MediaCity and you don’t have to be too imaginative to see a future production hub taking shape that could in time give London a run for its money.

ITV1’s new Strangeways documentary series secured the all-important peak-hour ratings for a second week running with 5.2 million peak viewers.

Streaming service Netflix is set to offer films and TV shows on smartphones that use Google’s Android operating system.

An impressive 12.6 million peak viewers tuned in to BBC One on Saturday night for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest to see the battle between Blue and Jedward play out.

ITV family net advertising revenues (NAR) grew 12% in Q1, while group revenues were up 11% to £500 million, marginally ahead of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BoAML) forecast of £494 million. ITV’s positive results were driven by stronger growth in external content.

According to new research from IHS iSuppli, worldwide shipments of 3D TVs are expected to increase 463% in 2011, reaching 23.4 million units.

As ITV publishes Q1 interim results today, Adam Crozier, chief executive, has admitted to a difficult Q2 for the broadcaster.

Channel 5 had a bumper month in March with revenues up 22.4% compared to this time last year.

ITV1’s new three-part documentary series Strangeways secured the all-important peak-hour ratings last night with a high of 5.6 million viewers.