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Raymond Snoddy considers TV now and in the future with reference to Thinkbox, ITV and Charles Dickens…

Apple is due to announce the new iPad at an event in San Francisco at 6pm today (UK time).

talkSPORT will broadcast sport content 24 hours a day, seven days a week from Monday 2 April – becoming the only full time sport station in the UK.

EastEnders was the most watched programme on Tuesday night, bringing an audience of 8.1 million to BBC One. The episode went out at 7:30pm and 36% of the available audience watched as Mandy accused Lorraine of stealing money from Walford’s version of Lord Sugar, Ian Beale.

Total TV advertising revenue in the UK increased by 2.2% in 2011 to reach a new record high of £4.36 billion, according to full year revenue figures provided to Thinkbox by the UK commercial TV broadcasters.

In response to Jim Marshall’s latest article, Will Ashton, MD of Alchemy Social, argues that social advertising will prove hugely beneficial and cost effective for brands and will, in all likelihood, contribute to revenue like Facebook envisages…

iPlayer general manager Daniel Danker has called on consumer electronic manufacturers to “go back to basics”.Speaking at the DTG Summit 2012 in London, the BBC manager said he believes that connected TV can make TV better – but manufacturers need to simplify products and services to make them more TV-like than PC-like.By 2015 he expects… Continue reading iPlayer boss urges manufacturers to simplify connected TVs

RTL has reported a 4.6% increase in pre-tax profits to €1.19 billion (£0.99 billion) for 2011 – mainly based on higher revenues from FremantleMedia.

Bob Wootton, director of media & advertising at ISBA, says advertisers need real-time trading to be accompanied by an effective code of conduct, underpinned by an independent stamp of trust, to unlock the full potential that the technology offers…

Virgin Media has now added red button functionality to its TiVo service, starting with Sky Sports Red Button services.