Yesterday - Soccer fans are in for a treat this summer, with ITV launching an ITV1 HD channel on Virgin Media and Sky in April, meaning that almost all World Cup games will be viewable in high definition.

11 March 2010 - RTL has been forced to write down the value of Channel Five by more than half following losses of €41 million (£37 million) in 2009.

10 March 2010 - Microsoft is set to launch its UK video on demand service tomorrow with content including Skins, Faking it and Waterloo Road.

10 March 2010 - Dean Baker, head of JWT Entertainment at JWT London, explains how to achieve the Holy Grail of successful branded content.

9 March 2010 - Google is trialling a new television search service, letting users find TV shows and online videos, and personalise a lineup of their favourites.

9 March 2010 - A new survey reveals that 41% of UK media buyers use online video advertising to deliver incremental reach to TV, indicating that TV budgets are driving market growth.

8 March 2010 - BSkyB is set to show 3D demos in shopping centres across the UK to promote its new Sky 3D channel.

8 March 2010 - The latest television viewing figures, for January 2010, show that BBC One and ITV1 both suffered slight year on year declines in viewing share.

8 March 2010 - Film4 HD and E4 HD will launch on Virgin Media's digital TV platform this summer.

5 March 2010 - According to the latest market data from ABI Research, global pay-TV markets will expand by a quarter from 2009 to 2014.

4 March 2010 - BBC Worldwide has acquired the extra 40% share of its joint DVD operation 2entertain for £17 million.

4 March 2010 - RTL Group's CEO Gerhard Zeiler took to the stage at the FT Digital Media & Broadcasting Conference yesterday to discuss the impact of the recession, consolidation of TV channels, VoD opportunities, Apple's iPad, the BBC's strategic review, and what he thinks of current TV landscape.

3 March 2010 - Ofcom CEO Ed Richards was quick to support the BBC's new strategic review at this morning's FT Digital Media & Broadcasting Conference.

3 March 2010 - Raymond Snoddy on the BBC's "beautifully crafted" Strategic Review, designed "to give critics as few grapple holds as possible".