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As the noughties draw to a close, TGI takes a look at how British young people are interacting with the digital world…

ITV1’s latest I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! continued with a peak audience of more than 8.3 million viewers last night.

Raymond Snoddy, questions the definition of news – from a shaggy dog story that is more newsy than a Royal engagement to the extent to which TV news is “lead by the nose” by everything from dramatic pictures to stunts manufactured by interest groups to get attention…

The main reason people watch catch-up TV is to avoid falling behind with the linear TV schedules, according to new research by Thinkbox and Decipher.

Facebook has finally unveiled ‘Project Titan’ – its ‘next generation of email’. With a bold claim that the service will mark the death of traditional email, the social network’s founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg launched the all-encompassing messaging service.

Mary Meeker is expected to tell today’s Web 2.0 Summit that “online advertising will reach $50 billion and mobile commerce will outpace traditional e-commerce”.

As Thinkbox and Decipher released their new ‘Tellyporting’ research at the Soho Hotel this morning, an expert panel continued the future of TV debate, which is generating excitement from all angles.

Speaking at O’Reilly Media’s Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco yesterday, Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt appears to have done little to douse the fires he started by referring to “dumb TV.”

ITV has announced an increase in advertising revenue – up 16% for the first nine months of 2010, while group revenues are up 11% year on year to £1,456 million (2009: £1,312 million).

informitv’s William Cooper says “with the end of analogue television and teletext services in sight, the role of the red button in providing rapid access to news, sport and weather information services should not be underestimated or undervalued”