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Having let the dust settle, allowing me time to watch Eric Schmidt’s MacTaggart lecture in its entirety, I was struck by his sincerity, self-deprecation (“if we were responsible for TV programming, you’d get a lot of bad sci-fi”) and an innate understanding of where TV fits in the new media eco-system.

Raymond Snoddy says it is totally banal to say that instant communication tools in the hands of almost every citizen can change societies dramatically at breakneck speed and be a force for both good and evil in equal measure. But it would be true…

Greg Grimmer, partner, Hurrell Moseley Dawson & Grimmer, says six years on and people have finally come around to his way of thinking…

The online TV company SeeSaw has taken a huge hit recently – not only has the private equity firm lost a key content deal with Channel 4, but the company’s designated chairman, Michael Jackson, has stepped down from his position.

TV is moving to the cloud, according to TechCrunch. Although the industry will resist change, it is inevitable – and positive. It will allow viewers to find and share new content and consume television in a different way.

Rovi has signed a new partnership deal with Panasonic to power the TV manufacturer’s next generation EPG for connected TV and DVD/BD recorders in Europe.

Consumers that post a comment, view a video, play a game, or enter a competition on a brand’s social media page are on average 78% more likely to consider or make a purchase from the brand in future, according to a new research study by Starcom MediaVest Group.

The latest ABC release for the regional newspaper market is very illuminating – not for the continued percentage declines in newspapers sold, which continues unabated, but for the online usage stats.

Richard Nicholls, The Future Foundation, on personal policing of the social space and the rise of the super-highway code…

Channel 4 has made its catch-up viewing figures for 4oD available for the first time, launching its first 4oD Monthly Report for July 2011.