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Last night, BBC One’s Sherlock secured the peak slot of 9pm – 10pm once again, with an average of 6.4 million viewers (and a peak of 6.7 million), and a 25.6% average share.

ITV is expected to announce a new strategy for revenue production, which reduces its dependency on advertising. This plan is expected to be unveiled when ITV releases its interim results tomorrow.

The BBC News application, for the iPhone and iPad, has been downloaded over 560,000 times in the first week of its launch.

Carat’s Steve Hobbs and ISBA’s Bob Wootton speak out against Ofcom’s airtime sales ruling.

BBC One’s new The Secret Tourist secured the majority of peak slot of 9pm to 10pm last night, with an average viewing figure of 3.5 million, and a 15.9% share.

ITV1’s Midsomer Murders won the 9pm to 10pm slot last night, peaking at 4.7 million viewers.

ITV has successfully pitched against Sky, and three other rival channels, to acquire the UK television rights to the Rugby World Cup in September 2011, and the tournament in England in 2015.

BSkyB has bought the exclusive rights to the entire HBO TV catalogue. This includes a range of American shows, including The Sopranos, Sex and the City, True Blood and The Wire.

BSkyB has reported an 11% increase in revenues to £5.9 billion in the three months to June. Its operating profits also rose, 10% year-on-year to £855 million.

Ofcom have decided to remove the airtime sales rules on 1st September 2010.