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Last night’s Euro 2012 coverage suffered the Judgement of Solomon and was once again split between the two main stations, after an ITV-only night on Monday. Tuesday brought Group D’s second round of matches with things kicking off at the Arena Lviv in Western Ukraine.The Denmark v Portugal game started off at 5pm on ITV… Continue reading TV Overnights: Netherlands v Germany peaks at 10.8m

The popularity of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship was in no doubt this weekend as the tournament provided the biggest number of viewers for both BBC and ITV.

The tension was mounting in last night’s The Apprentice (BBC One, 9pm) and with only one week to go before the dreaded interview stage the episode pulled in the biggest audience of day.

The release of the April’s traffic figures also saw the launch of Hybrid data from UKOM; as well as the home and work panel that has been used to collate pre-April 2012 data, the company now measures traffic from ‘other locations’.

BSkyB has released its unaudited results for the nine months ending 31 March 2012, showing that revenue is up 5% to £5.1 billion.

Rovi Corporation and Decipher have released the first results from a two-phase study about Smart TV usage and interactive advertising in the UK, showing that 84% of Samsung Smart TVs and Blu-Ray players are now connected.

Broadband provider TalkTalk is to launch an in-house trial of YouView in early 2012.

Apple’s game-changing film streaming service has suffered a major setback with a lack of film distributors signing licensing deals.

Last night, the BBCs news viewing figures for coverage of the ‘London riots’ rivalled the prime time slots on both BBC One and ITV.The 10 o’clock showing of the BBC‘s flagship news show attracted an average audience of 7.1 million viewers. This figure rivalled both showings of Coronation Street on ITV1 (7.7 and 7.5 million… Continue reading TV Overnights: Late night news ratings up as riots strike the capital

After a staggering 20.34million sales in quarter 2, Apple’s iphone has been confirmed by the IDC as the worlds’ biggest selling smart phone. The device, now in its 4th incarnation, has been growing it’s market share since its introduction in 2007.