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Two-timing the TV has been going on for years – from getting up during the adverts to make a cup of tea, to grannies doing their knitting during an episode of Corrie. And now, advertising brands have mobiles and tablets to contend with as well. However, instead of brands seeing these as a threat, they should be using dual screening as an opportunity to get people talking about them, says Starcom MediaVest’s Steve Smith.

Syfy becomes first UK broadcaster to offer channel-wide second-screen app, giving users access to unique content of a range of programmes.

BBC Sport reaches deal with IMG to show Rugby League World Cup and Four Nations coverage through to 2017, cementing it as the terrestrial home of England international action.

The latest report from the EAO shows how Pay TV is continuing to grow throughout Europe despite the recession, reaching consolidated revenues of almost £30 million in 2012.

The latest report from Parks Associates reveals that the adoption of connected TV is much higher in the US than it is in the UK – expected to penetrate 25% of all US households by the end of the year.

EE is set to double its 4G network speed this summer in a bid to ensure that the UK remains at the forefront of the “digital revolution”, giving Britain one of the fastest mobile internet services in the world.

MediaTel is launching a brand new event at the end of this month, covering the rapidly growing online video market, which was valued at £70 million last year.

The new partnership between Vizrt and Zeebox will allow real-time audience participation of live TV shows, from voting to taking part in polls, creating a deeper audience engagement for broadcasters.

Decipher’s Nigel Walley is a massive Twitter fan and counts himself as a ‘super-user’. He is also a massive fan of broadcast TV and likes the story the two are somehow mutually beneficial – but now feels it is a myth that has spun out of control. There is no data, he says, to back up the wild claims flying around and, if anything, the data disproves them…

Inky fingers, immunity to ads and a near religious use of Twitter: yesterday saw MediaTel and Channel 4 host the third annual Youth, Media & Technology event where a panel of five brutally honest teenagers entertained, informed and made the packed audience laugh endlessly. Find out what they had to say…