Last month, Netflix said better-than-expected losses from its UK and Ireland launch will entice it to launch elsewhere in Europe this year. Turns out, the new launches will be in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, Netflix announced on Wednesday. Lovefilm already operates streaming-only movie subscription in three of those countries (Sweden, Denmark and Norway). Now the only one of Lovefim's markets uncontested by Netflix is Germany.

Britons now enjoy an average broadband speed of 9 Megabits-per-second, an 18% increase on the average of 7.6Mbps in November 2011, when Ofcom last surveyed the market. When Ofcom began monitoring broadband speeds, in late 2008, the average was 3.6Mbps. Ofcom found that in May 2012 68% of British home broadband users had services promising speeds of up to 10Mbps. In May 2011, fewer than half (48%) of people were using services that delivered those speeds. Eight per cent of home broadband connections were 'super-fast', Ofcom said.

At its beginning, the 2012 Games were being labelled as the 'social Olympics'. New research from Vodafone, however, has rebranded them the 'mobile Olympics' as Brits broke their own record for streaming content. Previously, spikes were witnessed during New Year's Eve in 2011 and the Royal Wedding; although the Olympics eclipsed these, with Bradley Wiggins' time trial victory being among the most popular.

Due for release on 28 August the iPad edition will draw on the music magazine brand's 25 year heritage to deliver an engaging digital experience for tablet readers. As well as the full magazine content, additional artist interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and video and audio content will be available on the iPad.

Virgin Media has today launched a new app for digital music service Spotify, extending the pioneering partnership between the two companies. Designed to bring music fans the latest playlists and album reviews curated by Virgin Media's expert music editorial team, the new app can be found in Spotify app finder at open.spotify.com/app/virginmedia, and can be enjoyed by all users of Spotify whether they are Virgin Media customers or not.

With a new job, outgoing BBC boss Mark Thompson will face the same enemy he had back in Britain, Rupert Murdoch, who publishes the Wall Street Journal. The US company, which owns television stations as well as newspapers, said the 55-year-old's experience with digital media "on a global scale" made him the "ideal candidate". Thompson said it was a "privilege" to lead the Times, which also publishes The Boston Globe.

A 38-year-old Briton who made GBP35,000 a month through a website that linked to pirated copies of films and TV shows has been sentenced to four years in prison. Anton Vickerman, whose surfthechannel.com website had around 400,000 users a day, was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to defraud in June following an eight-week trial at Newcastle crown court. He is the first British man to be jailed in the UK for a website that linked to illegal copies of films and TV shows.

Video playback quality has been enhanced to take advantage of the tablet's technology, and numerous big fixes have been introduced. Users of other Apple devices will also benefit from the update, with smoother playback and improved support for voice commands having been incorporated. The BBC reported record viewing figures during the Olympic Games. Its televised coverage reached 51.9 million viewers, and video content across all digital platforms saw a whopping 106 million requests.

Children's digital radio station, Fun Kids, has launched a free-to-download iPad app, which targets children under 10 and their parents. Developed by Surrey, England-based Big Orange Software alongside Folder's in-house development team, the app features content from 50 podcast channels, the app also extends the brand into non-radio content. Users will also be able to access a magazine-style section with news, videos, book reviews and events information, get in touch with the station, and enter the station's competitions.

It is the first time the OFT has ever made a ruling about a social network business and brings the social network one step closer to completing its acquisition of Instagram. The OFT had to decide whether the acquisition would be anti-competitive and lead to a "substantial lessening of competition in the UK". There was the concern that Facebook's purchasing of Instagram could restrict people from uploading photos from the popular app to sites other than the huge social network, such as Twitter.