38.4 million people accessed the internet during August according to the latest data from UKOM. This figure represents 62.5% of the UK population and is actually down 1.1% compared UKOM’s inaugural data release in January.

Ofcom has fined the Daily Mail & General Trust £225,000 for closing Teletext before its licence expires in 2014.

UK online video viewing rose 37% year on year in February, new figures from comScore reveal.

ITV has unveiled plans to track live audience reaction to the First Election Debate online.

This week has seen the sale of GMG’s regional titles to Trinity Mirror and the forced sale of some of BSkyB’s stake in ITV. Raymond Snoddy comments on the “sadness and eloquence” of the deals.

Video is key to the transformation of television over the next 10 years, according to a new report by communications consultancy informitv.

The Media Research Group’s one day conference offered an insight into what the industry is planning in 2010, with updates from all the leading industry currencies including POSTAR, UKOM and RAJAR.

After four years preparation and two years setting up, today saw the official launch of the new BARB 2010 contract, where Bjarne Thelin, chief executive, and Tony Wearn, research director, presented a briefing to the television industry.

Liz McMahon, director, Kantar Media, looks at the future of market research in a digital age…Just how relevant will market research companies become as we move ever more rapidly towards a digital future? Data can be supplied from digital sources more quickly, cost-effectively and flexibly than ever before. If digital platforms appear better placed to… Continue reading How can research adapt and flourish in a digital future?

WPP’s Kantar Group has acquired Red Dot Square Solutions, a provider of interactive virtual reality retail environments. Red Dot Square’s key clients include Safeway, Walgreens, Tesco and Wal-Mart among its key clients, while it has also worked in collaboration with leading global marketers including General Mills, Kimberly-Clark, Kraft, MillerCoors, Sara Lee and Unilever. Eric Salama,… Continue reading Kantar Group acquires Red Dot Square Solutions