In a new study published, research firm NPD revealed that 18% of consumers across 14 countries, including the U.S. and U.K., access Web-based services and media from their televisions. That figure includes both people connecting to the Web from their televisions, as well as through set-top boxes hooked up to their sets. NPD found that 25% of consumers who view online services from their televisions do so "several times a week."

Ted Sarandos, who is the Chief Content Officer of Netflix, defended the company from accusations that is is paying "uneconomically high" rates in the U.K. video-on-demand market, according to the Guardian. Sarandos informed the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival that his company is ready to pay a "tremendous amount of money" for exclusive rights for the showing of popular films and TV shows.

The Sun's decision to publish the photos of Prince Harry naked while on holiday in the US has sparked a media debate on the role of newspapers in the post-Leveson, digital world. Nude photos of the third in line to the throne partying in a Las Vegas hotel were published by US website TMZ earlier in the week, and then picked up by several other publications. However, British newspapers did not run the photos after St James's Palace sent out legal letters warning them that doing so would be an invasion of the Prince's privacy.

ehe publisher of 250 regional newspapers, saw first-half profits rise as new chief executive Ashley Highfield speeds up its move into the digital era. But the boost to profits included a massive, one-off payment to Johnston of GBP30 million after the termination of a contract to provide printing for News International, the publishers of the The Times and Sun newspapers.

As part of its annual survey of consumer attitudes towards broadcasting, Ofcom warned that longer term questions about the regulation of programming were on the horizon due to the rise of digital media. The report said: "Overall, three quarters of respondents felt the current levels of TV regulation were 'about right'. However, the growing availability and take-up of new technology is changing viewing habits, and is likely to raise longer term questions about the regulation of programming."

The Scottish broadcaster has also reported a 15% rise in operating profit in the first half of the year. According to STV's interim results, overall revenues were up 1% to GBP47.6 million, compared to GBP47.2 million in the first half of 2011. Digital revenues for its consumer business were said to have grown by 13% to GBP3 million "as we enhance our consumer services across our digital channels".

Every national newspaper website audited by ABC saw monthly unique browsers increase both month on month and year on year in July. With an average 51,809,888 unique browsers last month - up 35.4% on 2011 - the Telegraph website reported the best year-on-year figures, outstripping the growth of even Mail Online. Standard.co.uk saw the best month-on-month improvement, with monthly unique browsers up 31.69% to 3,864,901.

After snapping up e-book retailer Anobii and music company Global Media Vault, the UK supermarket is now partnering with Rovi for a digital video service. Launching later in the year, it'll offer video-on-demand and downloadable copies of "major" film and TV titles, available the same time the discs are available in store. It'll initially be limited to computers, before rolling out to Smart TVs, connected Blu-Ray players, smartphones and consoles.

Users of the bespoke Mail Shop Instant Mobile Checkout app can now purchase straight from the supplement. After downloading the app, powered by Simply Tap, smartphone users register their payment and shipping details. They can then identify and buy featured products by tapping in the unique product code, this is then processed and delivery of the item follows shortly after.

Songs from Russian punk band Pussy Riot are now streaming on Slacker Radio's "Protest" station amid public outcry - online and offline - around the world for their imprisonment. A judge in Moscow last week convicted three Pussy Riot members for hooliganism after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin performance inside an Orthodox cathedral. They were sentenced to two years in prison.