Mindshare has launched a new strategic planning and integration platform.

WPP has acquired the assets of AKQA Holdings, subject to regulatory approval.

BT Vision – like Sky – had to secure the rights to Premier League football for the 2013-2016 seasons, according to Nigel Walley, managing director of Decipher.

Josè Alberto Pascole, head of operations and infrastructure management at the Portuguese cable operator ZON Multimedia, has issued a warning that smart TV needs to provide standardisation.

Ooyala has raised $35 million in new capital to standardise digital video experiences provided by multi-service operators (MSOs) and TV programmers worldwide on the Ooyala video streaming and discovery platform.

In April, Newsline heard that Ikea was planning to launch a new furniture range with an integrated fully functioning smart TV and sound system called UPPLEVA.

ZenithOptimedia has upgraded its UK advertising forecast with the total ad market expected to post 3.5% year on year growth for 2012 – up from its March prediction of 3.2% growth.

“M-commerce is very interesting and we’ve only just hit the tip of the iceberg,” according to Tamsin Hussey, group account director at Joule.

Leaderboarded.com, a service for managers to rank people in their community based on multiple data sources, provided a Twitter leaderboard at Media Playground last week in a bid to engage delegates and discover the most influential person at the event.

MobHappy’s Russell Buckley predicts that mobile advertising will be a £2 billion industry by 2015.