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The news follows BT’s announcement that it has secured the exclusive rights to broadcast live Champions League and Europa League football matches, which previously belonged to ITV and Sky.

The MRG Media Research Conference 2013 is approaching, and this year it contains some excellent papers covering various elements affecting the Connected Consumer.

The first Local TV channel will go live tomorrow in Grimsby, the first of 19 locations selected for the opening phase of the Local TV licence.

The exclusive deal between Channel 4 and PlayStation aims to engage viewers interactively – from second screening to time-shifted viewing.

Connected TV users are six times more likely to have increased their use of the medium in the last year than to have decreased it.

Proclaimed as an annual event by the United Nations in 1996, broadcasters across the globe have been invited to broadcast a brief video in recognition of TV’s role to inform, educate and entertain.

LG is investigating allegations that certain Smart TVs are sending programme information back to manufacturers, despite users activating a privacy setting.

Yahoo! has entered into a strategic partnership with music video and entertainment platform VEVO in a move that will extend Yahoo and VEVO’s existing partnerships in France, Spain and Italy.

Speaking to Richard Bacon’s Five Live radio show, the Question Time host said that the corporation needs to “redefine” its role and “examine whether it is too powerful for its own good.”

Channels in the new line-up include Comedy Central, MTV, Dave, Watch, Gold and Discovery.