Streaming habits are “closing in on linear TV” consumption, with the proportion of streamed video consumption now almost on a par with scheduled broadcast TV, according to a new global study by Ericsson. ...

Some 17% of US households owned streaming media players in Q2, after 6 million were added in the past year, according to new research by the NPD Group.  ...

Fox International Channels is bringing together its sales divisions to create a new umbrella distribution group, drafting in ex-Sky Vision exec Connie Hodson as part of a new look team. ...

Scripps Networks Interactive, a producer of lifestyle content about home, food and travel, has announced the launch of US home lifestyle channel HGTV in Singapore. ...

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi high court (HC) seeking a ban on surrogate advertising of tobacco and liquor products. ...

Broadcaster BBC Worldwide has created two new roles within its senior APAC ad sales team. ...

Social media is responsible for more than one third of UK television viewers actively planning their evenings around the TV schedule, according to new research.Carat, the media planning business, analysed data from CCS, its internal research tool that...

Over one third (35%) of people are now actively planning their evenings around the TV schedule - 5 million more than four years ago - according to a survey of 11,000 British consumers by media agency Carat via CCS, its consumer research and insight tool. ...

The Edinburgh International Television Festival, sponsored by The Guardian and ‘powered by’ YouTube, once again featured the convergence of television and the internet. It is less than a decade since the first YouTube video of elephants at San Diego...

Global TV advertising spend is set to reach US$236 billion in 2020, up by 38% compared to 2013 and by 54% compared to 2010, according to new report by Digital TV Research. ...