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Following AOL’s purchase of Adap.tv, along with fresh viewing figures from Thinkbox, it’s plain to see that video on demand is growing, says Dominic Mills – though achingly slowly – and live TV certainly retains an iron grip on our viewing habits for now.

This week Simon Andrews, founder of Addictive!, examines the evolution of TV and video – looking at the new thinking and experimentation being driven by the proliferation of new devices and consumer behaviours.

Is there a way for brands to optimise marketing spend with accurate data-led targeting, whilst allowing publishers to maintain the value of their premium inventory? ‘Emotive data’ – capturing a person’s personality, attitudes and motivations – could be the answer says VisualDNA’s Ian Woolley.

It would be heart warming, says Raymond Snoddy, if local TV were to establish itself and outlive the period of Government-imposed subsidy that will kick-start it. But to do so it will have to confront and overcome a number of harsh challenges.

In the third of our series looking at the future of Britain, OMD’s insights director Chris Worrell explores how the recession has changed the way people research and buy products. Get ready to sell to a much savvier consumer.

We’re a long way off a Minority Report-style future of perfectly targeted outdoor ads says Dominic Mills – and that future looks even further away after the plug was pulled last week on what could have been a very interesting experiment…

After spending the week in San Francisco, Simon Andrews, founder of Addictive!, takes a look at the differences in technology and ways of thinking between the US’s West Coast and the UK, and says that we should really import more Big Picture thinking over here.

Newsline has collected the very best expert analysis on the latest Consumer ABC figures – including views from MediaCom, Carat UK, ZenithOptimedia, Starcom MediaVest, Initiative and Manning Gottlieb OMD.

The launch of the iPad, and later Apple’s Newsstand, marked the beginning of a rare period of tech-fueled optimism for the magazine industry – but after some high-profile flops, was this misguided? Peter Houston, founder of Flipping Pages Media, finds out.

A huge spat is taking place in the US between CBS and Time Warner, with millions of customers losing out – and despite the differences between the US and UK broadcast industries, the row highlights some serious concerns much closer to home says Raymond Snoddy.