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ITV1’s 8 o’clock film Mamma Mia! stole the show during last night’s prime time slot, winning a high of more than 4.5 million peak viewers.

Absolute Radio stations are now available on connected TV sets following a partnership deal with Samsung.

The latest post-Christmas research from YouGov’s Technology and Telecoms analysts shows that while e-readers and tablets were generally a popular choice to give as a present this Christmas, 2011 was definitely the ‘Kindle Christmas’.

Samsung Smart TV is set to introduce ads in an update to the Smart TV SDK, according to Electricpig.

Raymond Snoddy looks at the year ahead – predicting that Rupert Murdoch will be humble, having stumbled across the concept for the first time in 2011; that he will not be on Twitter beyond Easter but that he will launch a Sun on Sunday this year; that the iPad will head towards the mainstream, with or without Premier League Rights; and that yet again the vast majority of newspapers will stubbornly refuse to die…

Are QR codes as popular with consumers as they are with marketers? The 2D datamatrix bar codes seem to be everywhere – in newspapers, on posters, on packaging – but Forrester Research shows that just 5% of Americans who own a mobile used the codes in the three months ending July 2011.

BBC Two’s new King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy banked the all-important prime time ratings last night with a high of 3.5 million viewers.

Boxee have announced that it has released its last software version of its online TV service for Boxee for PCs, Mac and Ubuntu.

Eastenders, Sherlock and the new Great Expectations adaptation pushed BBC One’s Christmas line-up to the top of the ratings charts this year.

According to new research released by eMarketer, online video has reached critical mass among US internet viewers, predicting 169 million people, or 71% of US internet users, will be watching online video each month by the end of 2012.