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Scott Thompson uses Starcom MediaVest Group’s ECHOscreen tracking tool to look at the mentions of the Eurovision competition on Twitter…

Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted that development around its internet television product is closer to completion, saying technology for televisions was of “intense interest” to the company in a recent interview.

New research shows that TV and digital ads are less effective if a viewer watches an ad on TV and sees a different ad on their smartphone. However, there are opportunities around linking the two.

BBC iPlayer has seen a strong start to the year, with total requests averaging around 190 million per month between January and April 2012.

BT, the official communications services partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, today announced it is on track to have 500,000 wi-fi hotspots across the capital in time for the London Games. The company has also confirmed that it will be the sole provider of public wi-fi in the Olympic Park.

Eurosport has launched its Eurosport Player application, the sports channel’s online simulcast streaming service on VIERA Connect, Panasonic Smart VIERA’s cloud-based connected TV platform.

YouView is thought to be entering its final pre-launch stage with the start of its first public trials.

Al Jazeera Sport (AJS) has confirmed that it is interested in making a bid for Premier League football rights ahead of launching its beIN Sport network in France this week.

Raymond Snoddy says it would be good to see competition regulators in the UK concentrate on real abuses of market dominance that actually harm consumers’ interests rather than disadvantaging consumers in pursuit of theoretical models of competition….

James Grant, UK country manager, Vindico, says “instead of looking at TV to defend itself, I think the advertising industry should be pushing the digital VoD market to step up and improve”…