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D-Day: As it Happens brought to life the experiences of seven real people through a clever mix of digital and traditional mediums. Here, one of the show’s creators, Adam Lawrenson of Digit, explains how this could be a pivotal moment in the evolution of how content is disseminated.

Coronations Street’s absence from Tuesday night’s schedules gave the dominant soap’s rivals a bit of a breather and allowed them to shine for the evening.

BT has awarded its digital advertising sales contract to AD2ONE, and has partnered with Google to supply the adserving technology and programmatic trading for the new look BT.com and BTSport.com that launches this summer.

For the fifth consecutive week in a row, BBC Two ran away with the 9pm slot thanks to psychologically grungy thriller The Fall.

Data from an analysis of more than 9,500 campaigns and 13.5 billion impressions during 2012 show that Brits are much more receptive to interactive pre-rolls – with experts suggesting UK ads are simply more creative and engaging than outside the UK.

Some consumers are still resisting engagement with the Internet with respondents to Ofcom’s survey citing privacy and security issues and a major barrier.

In a recent survey carried out by QuickPlay Media, over half of respondents selected live TV as their viewing preference over video on-demand – with three quarters admitting to only watching live TV on a smartphone.

What people are interested in is content – not device – and advertisers want to reach those consumers regardless of the screen they use. It’s welcome news then that the new Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings provide advertisers with the window they need to finally optimise their spend at an impression level – and make sure that video messages are aligned and efficiently targeted. By Videology’s Rhys McLachlan.

The latest Connected Intelligence report from the NPD Group predicts that by 2015 there will be an estimated 119 million connected devices delivering broadband Internet to TVs in US homes – with games consoles remaining the primary delivery device.

BSkyB is set to issue broadband price cuts in response to BT’s recent sports offering – with a statement from BSkyB likely to be issued early this week.