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informitv’s William Cooper says its early days for Google TV – “it is not as if everything Google touches turns to gold… It’s success in television is far from certain”.

Tom Cape, managing director of Capablue, looks at the commercial opportunities surrounding internet TV…

Last Christmas I forecast Chelsea would win the premiership by at least 8 points. I didn’t want them to (I don’t like Chelsea) but I bet some football mates that they would. Could be seen as a form of hedging; could be seen as a very generous/daft bet.

In the latest Mobile Fix, Simon Andrews, founder of the full service mobile agency addictive!, discusses the issue of patents; the reinvention of SMS; and the promise of combining TV and interactivity…

James Myring, director of media and internet research at BDRC Continental, comments on the ever-growing world of piracy: “We know piracy is big when even the porn industry is worried about it”…

Dean Wilson, UK managing director at Active International, gives some practical advice for media agencies looking to form partnerships with corporate trade companies (which allow brands to sell under-performing assets in return for trade credits)…

In response to Raymond Snoddy’s latest local TV solution, Robert Kenny, MD at Human Capital, talks numbers: “Perhaps I’ve just had a bad pint, but local TV economics still give me a headache”…

Raymond Snoddy believes he has found the solution to the local TV conundrum – something, he says, that has been under our noses all along and would work (a light-bulb moment that happened in a pub on the way to a QPR game no less)…

In response to Derek Jones’ Standing out in a world of TV clutter article, David Spon-Smith, consultant at Accenture, joins John Billett’s discussion – Is television out of touch when it comes to marketing itself?

In the latest Mobile Fix, Simon Andrews, founder of the full service mobile agency addictive!, talks Google and display ads; the importance of location and search; linking mobile with TV and press; and finally M&S mobile commerce…Eric talks up mobile – againGoogle’s laser focus on mobile has been covered here plenty of times, so there… Continue reading Mobile Fix – Google; Facebook Places; and integration