According to reports in Broadcast, UKTV has begun beta testing its channel-branded online video players for free-to-air channels Really, Yesterday and Dave.
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According to Business Insider’s Chart of the Day, there are only two smartphone companies that matter – Samsung and Apple.
Google has reported strong Q1 earnings – up 60% year on year to $2.89 billion (£1.81 billion), with gross revenues also up by 24% to $10.65 billion.
Simon Andrews, founder of the full service mobile agency addictive!, on social, local, mobile and photos…
Google is preparing to move a beta initiative of Near Match to the mainstream. Near Match is designed to “enable you to safely extend the reach of your Exact and Phrase Match keywords to cover plural, misspelling, close rewrite, abbreviation and acronym variants only”.
Jim Marshall wonders what the Charter review will have in store for the BBC, when it is able to flex as much muscle as ever? It would be good if it could maintain the same high standards but not at the potential expense of the commercial sector…
This month saw the return of Simon Cowell to Britain’s Got Talent, along with new judges David Walliams and Alesha Dixon. The talent show easily topped the programmes rankings in March, with 11.5 million viewers.
UK advertising spend grew by 2.7% in 2011 reaching £16.1 billion in total, according to Advertising Association figures produced by Warc. Growth is expected to continue in 2012 with new forecasts predicting a 3.8% increase, well ahead of growth across the rest of the UK economy.
Last night’s instalment of The Apprentice (9pm) attracted the biggest audience of the evening for BBC One, grabbing a 29% audience share.
Tesco is set for a major overhaul of its brand and image, according to The Guardian. The supermarket said it is reviewing its brand communications and has put its multi-million pound advertising account up for grabs.
