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Smartphones, tablets, and laptops are not having a "cannibalising effect" on TV news consumption, according to a survey conducted by the BBC.

As other EU countries look on, smartphone and tablet users in Sweden, who don't own a TV, will have to pay the country's national TV license from today

The BBC has blocked search engines like Google & Bing from indexing its current iPlayer Radio site, as it migrates users to its new, feature-rich, site.

On the news sites the 2012 US Presidential Election has become a battle of the interactive maps - here are some of the best and most informative.

We speak to the founder of Big Motive, whose Smart TV app, Motivision, allows users to make live purchases & will be launched at SXSW in March 2013.

TV transmitters in Northern Ireland have started broadcasting Freeview ahead of the digital switch over. Some channels are available in the Republic.

The battle for your second screen, the mobile or tablet you use when watching TV, has just begun - with the arrival of Big Motive's Motivision on the market

Most of the population of Ireland has not upgraded to DTT, Saorview, but this might be a good thing as modern devices can view Saorview & Freeview together.

Google search results for the London 2012 Olympic Games reveal we have a new Olympic obsession - the medal table.

A BBC investigation doubts the value of advertising on Facebook, suggesting that companies are wasting "large sums" of money in a bid to garner more page Likes.

The BBC launches its iPlayer multiplatform trailer ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

How to keep ahead of Euro 2012 no matter what device you're using or where you are.

Starting today, Xbox LIVE users in the United Kingdom can download and watch the BBC iPlayer video-on-demand service - and what's more, it's completely free.

Watch the double decker sized asteroid, 2012 BX34, as it passes between the Earth and the Moon on Friday.

LOVEFiLM Instant has just swept up two of the UK's largest broadcasters, the BBC and ITV, which will see their content become available through the site.

Microsoft has boosted its search credentials with the buyout of VideoSurf – a Shizam-like video search engine founded in 2006 and partially funded by Al Gore.

BBC Worldwide, with help from social app maker Softwind Studio, has developed a Facebook video on-demand application that allows Facebook users to rent episodes of Top Gear and view these directly within the social network.

The BBC has today launched a new TV-friendly version of its video on demand iPlayer service which aims to improve user experience on this medium. The new version is only available to users in the UK initially on the PlayStation 3 console but later rolled out to a myriad of other devices and connected TVs.

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has launched its global iPlayer service this morning, Thursday, with an iPad only app now available in 11 European countries. Other areas such as Australia, Canada and the US are expected to follow later this year.

He's surly, short tempered and now on Twitter. Jeff Albertson, most commonly known as Comic Book Guy, has started live tweeting this year's Comic Con.