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DCM’s Zoe Jones looks back on her eventful week in Cannes – where she was impressed by both the quality of work and the people that she met…not to mention a bunch of oversized stuff.

On both Saturday and Sunday, the BBC’s flagship channel claimed the top four shows each day.

The BBC will make available 10 streams of Wimbledon 2013 across mobile, tablet, computer and connected TV devices, as well as over 170 hours of live radio coverage.

Prime time scripted drama was in short supply last night as the TV schedule was awash with cheap ‘documentary’ shows, with viewers drowning in a sea of observational reality programming.

The campaign supports the corporation’s on-going aim to improve awareness and uptake of new technology and platforms, contribute to better media literacy in the UK and help audiences to derive as much value as possible from their licence fee.

“iPlayer, 4OD, ITV Player – they’re all dying out. They’ve had their day in the sun,” said Decipher’s Nigel Walley at this year’s Connected Consumer conference on Wednesday – and it’s the STB that is going to put the nail in the coffin…

Wednesday saw the annual Connected Consumer conference in full swing as a series of panel debates took place in central London. In the first of our reports, hear from the likes of ITV, OMD and Specific Media as they set out the challenges for both defining and reaching the connected consumer.

The audience research community has welcomed news that BARB, the official source of television viewing figures in the UK, is to collect census data for TV viewing through all computer devices, including tablets.

Pioneers of new advertising and commercial opportunities in the connected industry were celebrated at the inaugural Connected Consumer Awards last night – with Virgin Media, Thinkbox, Civolution, Grand Visual and Mindshare winning their categories.

For countless viewers, last night’s instalment of Coronation Street (ITV, 7:30pm) was a piece of fan fiction come true.