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The opening panel at MediaTel Group’s Connected Consumer event on Monday gave some useful insight on mobile’s role in this world, but recognised that – despite the massive potential – we are still some way from bridging the huge gap between mobile usage and mobile advertising spend.

Raymond Snoddy peers through the connected mist to focus on some key thoughts that might take us forward.

The panel were asked to give a view on who is leading who in the connected world as MediaTel Group’s Connected Consumer event opened on Monday.

Tuesday saw the soaps rule the night, with EastEnders and Emmerdale given a little breathing space without the distraction of the needy and overbearing Coronation Street.

The UK is “the most aggressively competitive TV market in the world,” according to Decipher MD, Nigel Walley, speaking at MediaTel’s Connected Consumer conference on Monday. His comment came as the panel discussed Netflix’s entry into the UK VOD market.

Panel debate from the Business Models and Platforms session at MediaTel Group’s Connected Consumer conference yesterday.Nigel Walley, MD of Decipher, is coming round to YouView. Nigel, who along with many others in the industry had previously spoken of a product that was simply too late, has been sold on at least one aspect of the… Continue reading The Connected Consumer: YouView – “Only proposition with the Five Apps Everyone Wants”

Are we likely to see more pay TV sold a la carte? It would seem so judging from the Business Models and Platforms panel at yesterdays Connected Consumer event.

Panel debate from the Business Models and Platforms session at MediaTel Group’s Connected Consumer conference yesterday.“BT and ITV should have done a deal eight years ago, but it’s not too late. Both need each other. To succeed just as a platform is difficult.”An interesting question posed from the audience during yesterday’s Business Models and Platforms… Continue reading The Connected Consumer: Could a BT/ITV deal still work?

Last night saw the return to our screens of Nigella Lawson and her laboured whisk-licking shtick, for the first time since Nigella Kitchen in 2010.

David Brennan, Founder of Media Native, summarises his key take-aways from MediaTel Group’s packed Connected Consumer conference yesterday at Merrill Lynch.