Google chief exec Eric Schmidt used his address to the IFA technology trade fair to announce that Google TV is to be launched worldwide next year, following its planned rollout in the US later this autumn.

The service involves putting a search bar at the top of the TV screen, allowing users to search both the internet and live TV listings.

BBC.com has relaunched with new functionality, design and content, to build on global growth. The new site is designed to offer users better navigation, easy-to-share functionality and greater use of video.

Second-quarter revenue at Google exceeded expectations, rising 24% to US$5.1 billion, but rising operating costs led to its overall profit margin being lower than expected: pro-forma operating profit margin dipped to 39% (down from 41% in Q1). Staff headcount rose by 1,200 during the quarter, adding to costs.

For a company that has made a big business of indexing third-party websites, a substantial part of Google's display success hinges on its ability to milk YouTube and its other owned and operated properties such as Gmail and Google Finance.

The Guardian and Trinity Mirror's websites recorded big increases in traffic in May, while The Times' new registration-only websites have been hit by substantial drops, according to new sets of industry data from ABCe and Experian Hitwise.

In the EU5 markets (UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy) the iPhone only has 4% of the mobile market, but 18% of the overall EU5 smartphone market. However, iPhone users are the most consistent consumers of mobile media with 87% using applications and 85% using their phone to browse the internet.

The new Times paywall-protected website is up here. The Guardian reports that editor James Harding has spoken on the Today programme defending the plan, saying the title could be "wiped out" if it cannot make its website pay.

Google yesterday announced the new Google TV service, which will merge applications and a web browser with TV content, enabling users to search across TV programming, their DVR and the web in order to find related content.

An interesting report in the FT today about the increasing focus on "original branded entertainment", the mixture of content and advertising epitomised by Yahoo's self-produced online videos such as Sports Minute and the Toyota Who Knew current affairs videos.

News Corp's quarterly results show that its UK newspaper titles enjoyed an increase of 10% in ad revenue during the three months to the end of March - and suffered a drop in circulation of 4% over the same period. Rupert Murdoch commented:

"I've got to tell you I'm surprised...at the moment, there's every sign that this is continuing into the current quarter."

The news comes just ahead of the big paywall going up. Next month sees the start of the wall around the websites of the Times and the Sunday Times, whereby online readers will be required to pay £1 per day or £2 a week to access all content.