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Marco Bertozzi, managing director EMEA at VivaKi, reveals his highlights from this year’s CES and talks about the implications for the TV industry…

Steve Smith, head of thought leadership at SMV Group, says Tesco needs to focus on shoppers’ community values…

Apple shares were up 8% in early trading today to $454.45. At its highest, the rise in shares added nearly $32 billion to Apple’s market value, helping to push it to become the world’s most valuable company with a market capitalisation of $430 billion.

Over 60% of viewing on TiVo is now delayed or on-demand video via broadband (OTT), while 38% is live TV viewing.

Ahead of Lord Patten’s keynote address at the Oxford Media Convention today, Raymond Snoddy says to try and cut £15 million off the [BBC local radio] budget and get rid of 280 people is simply unsustainable as a piece of politics…

Channel 5 enjoyed another month of increased revenues before Christmas – up 14.3% on December 2010. The channel posted a run of positive results last year under Richard Desmond’s ownership.

MAGNAGLOBAL predicts that the quadrennial boost of 2012 (political advertising and to a lesser extent the Summer Olympic broadcasts) will help generate US year on year revenue growth of 3.7% in 2012.

Steve Cox, marketing director of JCDecaux Airport, explains why media research has to be smart and persuasive insight, communicated in a simple way if it is to be useful and get used…

A YouGov survey in November 2011 revealed that one in 10 people in the UK owned a Smart TV – with 15% of UK consumers saying they would own one within the next 12 months.

Planet Rock MD Jonathan Arendt has announced he is leaving the company to set up a new digital media company, 7West Ltd.