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Pioneers of new advertising and commercial opportunities in the connected industry were celebrated at the inaugural Connected Consumer Awards last week – and now you can listen to what some of the judges and representatives from the winning companies had to say moments after the winners were announced.

Captured at 2013’s Connected Consumer conference, our exclusive video charts the debate between Freesat’s Emma Scott, Decipher’s Nigel Walley and Channel 4’s creative lead, David Amodio, as they discuss whether BT and Sky’s battle for the triple play market is good or bad for consumers.

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.

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.

In the run-up to the sporting season, the battle between BT and BSkyB continues – and with BSkyB refusing to air its rival’s multi-million pound ads, it’s clear that they’re taking the threat seriously, says Aegis’ Jim Marshall. But what exactly is it that BT is threatening? It certainly isn’t BSkyB’s football coverage…

Netflix has signed its biggest deal to date for exclusive content with DreamWorks Animation, giving subscribers exclusive access to 300 hours of original television from 2014.