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Speaking at MediaTel Group’s Media Playground event today Paul Wright, chief digital officer at OMD UK, said that big brands are now well past the test phase with social media and that we are all seeing better activity because of it.

Speaking at MediaTel Group’s Media Playground event, Nigel Walley, MD of Decipher, said that people want to buy the “biggest, flattest, shiniest TV” possible that will fit next to the fireplace, and that they’re not looking necessarily for connected capabilities.

Gavin Sugden, research director for Ipsos MediaCT, gives key insights about the best way to engage with consumers via their mobile…

Jeff Siegel, senior vice president, Worldwide Advertising, Rovi Corporation, says broadcasters, content owners, device manufacturers and advertisers will be paying close attention to how consumers are viewing, interacting and engaging with the broadcast and live streams of the Games as it will serve as a gauge to the industry for what the winning model is for the ecosystem moving forward…

Raymond Snoddy says despite the grandeur and scale of the evidence – and the abuses revealed in cruel detail – Leveson has little choice but to wend his way towards a better form of independent self-regulation…

Abba Newbery, News International commercial director of advertising strategy, says we need to re-consider the short-term trading conditions of national press and change our day-to-day trading model…

“The more experienced users become, the more cautious they get in order to avoid aggressive tracking,” claims Frederic Filloux in today’s Monday Note.

Simon Andrews, founder of the full service mobile agency addictive!, on mobile advertising, Facebook, Google and privacy….

Greg Grimmer: Imagine a testosterone-heavy flat in Hackney within a single speed racing bike’s ride of silicon roundabout and any number of unshaven techies living off nothing but toast and beans as they seek to create the next billion dollar web/mobile/digital revolution. Surely they should be working for the good of advertising?

Leonie Gates-Sumner, senior research manager, Media and Digital Practice, Millward Brown, says brands who have clear objectives for online video, taking into account content, context and delivery, and who do this as an integral part of their wider brand strategy, can make a real impact…