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The Mail on Sunday is due to launch a television advertising campaign, for its free You magazine.

ITV1’s football coverage of England against Hungary managed to secure top ratings from 7.30pm to 10pm last night.

informitv’s William Cooper discusses the incomplete requirements specifications for Project Canvas, which have finally been released to the members of the Digital TV Group trade association…

Channel Five has announced that it has made a deal with Facebook that means its TV-on-demand platform, ‘Demand Five’, will be embedded into the social-networking site.

Channel Five will lose seven out of nine executive board directors, as Richard Desmond attempts to make savings of £20 million – £9 million from staff cuts, and £11 million from overheads.

Raymond Snoddy on Virgin Media’s decision to sell its 50% stake in UKTV – “the most valuable asset in the tier of basic pay channels” – at the bottom of the market…

BBC One’s The Deep secured the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm again, managing to attract 4.5 million viewers and a share of 19.8%. This is down on last week’s episode, which achieved an audience of nearly 5 million, and a 21.9% share.

Last night, BBC One’s Who do you think you are? won the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm, for the fourth week in a row. This week’s show, looking at Monty Don’s ancestry, attracted 5.4 million viewers, and a 22.3% share – up on last week’s 5 million, and 21.3% share.

Channel 4 is marking the two years until the Paralympic Games opening ceremony with a series of special programmes, along with a two-year multimillion-pound campaign promoting its coverage of the games, called ‘Freaks of Nature’.

Digital broadcaster UKTV is planning to launch its first two high definition channels on Sky – Good Food HD, and Eden HD.