MUMBAI: Andy Murray?s straight-set victory in the Wimbledon men?s final on Sunday drew the highest TV ratings of the year so far.

A peak audience of 17.3 million viewers tuned in to BBC One to watch Murray triumph over Novak Djokovic.

It is the highest audience for a Wimbledon final since at least 1990.

It also beat the 16.9 million peak rating and 11.4 million average for last year?s final when Murray was defeated by Roger Federer.

According to an analysis of five-minute data, viewing peaked at 17:30 BST as Murray closed in on Djokovic, representing a 79.6 per cent share of the total TV audience during the same period.

An average 12.1 million viewers watched the BBC?s entire coverage of the final between 13:45 and 18:00 - a 73 per cent share of all TV viewing.

Murray?s semi-final victory on Saturday was watched by a peak audience of 13.2 million.

Prior to Wimbledon, the most watched TV programme of the year was the Britain?s Got Talent final in June with an average 11.1 million viewers and 13.1 million at its peak.

The UK?s TV audience for the Olympics opening ceremony in July 2012 peaked at 26.9 million.

The average viewing figure for the four-hour show was 22.4 million, making it the UK?s 13th most watched programme ever.

The biggest audience ever in the UK for a single programme remains the 30.5 million who tuned in to EastEnders on 25 December 1986 when Den Watts announced he was divorcing Angie - but the figures were compiled differently at the time.

MUMBAI: Online video ad network YuMe is looking to raise $65 million via an initial public offering (IPO) and trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ?YUME? symbol, according to an S-1 filed on 2 July.

YuMe, founded in 2004, has developed a proprietary platform designed to deliver targeted video advertising campaigns to a growing variety of IP-connected devices. The company said it delivered over eight billion video ad impressions last year across PCs, smartphones, tablets, set-tops, game consoles and connected TVs. According to the S-1, it also counts 64 of the top 100 US advertisers as customers.

For the three-month period ended 31 March 2013, YuMe recorded a net loss of $3.3 million on revenues of $26.6 million, a 33 per cent increase from the year-ago period. For all of 2012, YuMe recorded net income of $6.3 million, versus a net loss of $11.08 million in 2011. YuMe also posted 2012 revenues of $116.7 million, up from the $68.56 million it generated in 2011.

As of 31 March, the company had an accumulated deficit of $25.3 million, had cash and cash equivalents of $26.83 million, and had an employee base of 357. YuMe has raised $74.4 million so far.

Its competitors include Hulu, Google (via YouTube and DoubleClick), Tremor Video, as well as a range of privately-owned ad exchanges, including Adap.tv. Tremor Video?s IPO is off to a rough start after debuting on the NYSE on 27 June at $10 each. Shares in Tremor closed Friday (5 July) at $7.12 each, down 38 cents for the day.

YuMe?s S-1 outlines several growth strategies, including expanding into new geographies and look to pursuing strategic acquisitions.

Citigroup Global Markets, Deutsche Bank Securities, and Barclays Capital are acting as joint book-running managers for YuMe's IPO.

MUMBAI: Ion Media Networks has grabbed the off-network rights to cable series of two veteran USA network series: Burn Notice and White Collar. The acquisition of these one-hour dramas brings the network?s off-cable slate to five, joining Psych, Leverage and Monk. Other shows in Ion?s lineup include Criminal Minds, Cold Case, House and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

"Burn Notice and White Collar have the creative quality and originality we look for to serve smart and engaged audiences with our

?Positively Entertaining? brand promise," said ION Media Networks chairman and CEO Brandon Burgess. "And strategically, we are making a concerted bet on top-performing, high-quality, off-cable shows balancing our strong broadcast series portfolio."

Burn Notice is currently airing its seventh and final season, while White Collar will return for season five this fall. Both shows are the top-rated scripted cable series on their respective nights among adults 25-54.

Burn Notice is an American television series created by Matt Nix and stars Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless and Coby Bell. The series which was first aired on 28 June, 2007, premiered its seventh season on 6 June 2013.The series is about how a spy recently disavowed by the US Government uses his special ops training to help others in trouble.

White Collar, a USA network series is created by Jeff Eastin, starring Matt Bomer as con-man Neal Caffrey and Tim DeKay as Special Agent Peter Burke. The show is about a white collar criminal agreeing to help the FBI catch other white collar criminals using his expertise as an art and securities thief, counterfeiter and racketeer. First premiered on October 23, 2009, the fifth season of the show will be aired in September this year.