A significant trend shows that 80% of UK teens engage in social media while watching TV, reflecting changing viewing habits driven by technology such as connected TVs. Reports predict explosive growth in connected TV and related markets, with revenues from web-to-TV video content expected to rise dramatically. The rise of on-demand content and social TV is reshaping media consumption and presenting new opportunities for businesses within the industry.

1. FOUR IN FIVE UK KIDS WATCH TV ON DEMAND - BBC AND CBBC IPLAYERS

2. STUDY: 80 PER CENT OF UK TEENS USE SECOND SCREEN TO COMMUNICATE WITH FRIENDS WHEN WATCHING TELEVISION

3. EDITOR OF WIRED MAGAZINE UK DAVID ROWAN, NAMES SOCIAL TV AT NUMBER THREE OF SIX IN HIS PEEK INTO 2011 AND WHAT TECH TRENDS WILL GET TRACTION

4. REPORT: INTERNET-CONNECTABLE TV DEVICES TO REACH 350 MILLION UNITS IN SALES BY 2015

5. INSTALLED “SMART TV” TO REACH OVER 230 MILLION BY 2014; THE MAJORITY DEPLOYED IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE, SAYS IN-STAT

6. REPORT: LIVE TV LOSING ATTENTION OF YOUNG ADULTS

7. NPD: CONNECTED TV SALES ARE ON THE RISE AND SO IS SATISFACTION AMONG CONSUMERS

8. LE MONDE INFORMATIQUE: CONNECTED TV TO CREATE €41.3 BILLION MARKET IN EUROPE BY 2015

9. REPORT: ADS IN APPS - €8.5 BILLION MARKET BY 2015

10. FINDINGS IDENTIFY $10 BILLION IN NEW REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEDIA COMPANIES

11. MOTOROLA STUDY REVEALS NEW TV VIEWING HABITS TOWARD PAID CONTENT AND SOCIAL TELEVISION

12. REPORT: CONNECTED TV - A ‘GAME CHANGER’ IN THE UK IN 2011

13. PARKS ASSOCIATES: FORTY-SEVEN MILLION EUROPEAN HOUSEHOLDS WILL HAVE CONNECTED TV BY 2014

14. REPORT: INTERNET & MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES WILL CHANGE THE PAY-TV INDUSTRY

15. LIVE TV IN DECLINE - ONE-THIRD OF US ADULTS BAILING TO WEB

16. SANDVINE REPORT: NETFLIX ACCOUNTS FOR 20 PERCENT OF US DOWNSTREAM TRAFFIC DURING PEAK TIMES

17. ORIGINAL ONLINE PROGRAMMING MORE ENGAGING THAN TRADITIONAL TV SAYS REPORT - GENERATION Y VIEWERS MOVING TO WEB

18. ALMOST HALF OF ALL BRITISH USING SOCIAL MEDIA WHILE WATCHING TV

19. APPS TRANSFORMING CONSUMER ELECTRONICS (CE) MARKET

20. MEDIA CONVERGENCE SAID TO BOOST CHINESE ECONOMY BY $100 BILLION DOLLARS

21. REPORT: THREE QUARTERS OF 18-24 YEAR-OLDS REGULARLY BROWSE THE INTERNET WHILE WATCHING TV

22. DELOITTE REPORT: TELEVISION AND SOCIAL MEDIA: GENERATION Y AND FRIENDS FOREVER?

23. ERICSSON STUDY SHOWS ON-DEMAND AS NEXT TV SERVICE AND TABLETS AS REMOTE

24. REPORT: WEB-TO-TV VIDEO CONTENT REVENUE WILL GROW BY 750% TO $17 BILLION BY 2014

25. ASIA BY 2015 - 400 MILLION DIGITAL TV HOMES WITH 40 MILLION ON IPTV, REVENUES WILL TOP $40BN

26. REPORT: SOCIAL TV: HOW FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND CONNECTED TV WILL TRANSFORM THE TV MARKET

27. SEVENTY PER CENT OF SPORTS FANS AND 55% OF DRAMA VIEWERS SAID THEY WANT TO INTERACT WITH TV

28. REPORT: ONE BILLION TV APPS DOWNLOADED BY 2015: GIGAOM ANALYST MICHAEL WOLF

29. REPORT: TV APPLICATIONS AND WIDGETS MARKET WORTH OVER €1 BILLION EURO BY 2013

30. YNON KREIZ, CEO OF THE ENDEMOL GROUP: "SOCIAL TV IS GOING TO BE HUGE... GET UP, LEAVE THIS ROOM , RUN TO YOUR GARAGE AND GET TO WORK DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL TV - WHOEVER FIGURES IT OUT, WILL BE THE NEXT STEVE JOBS OF THIS GENERATION.”

31. MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: THE INTERNET TORE THROUGH NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, AND MUSIC... NOW POISED FOR TELEVISION

32. SAMSUNG ADDS CONTENT FROM HBO AND MTV TO US TV APPS STORE

33. NYT AND WSJ TRASH GOOGLE TV

34. VIZIO IMPACTING US CONNECTED TV MARKET

35. YAHOO! CONNECTED TV STORE TO START SELLING WIDGETS

36. LG CONNECTED TV TO ADD NINE NEW APPS - ACETRAX, BBC IPLAYER, GOOGLE MAPS, FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND MORE

37. RUMOUR: MICROSOFT LOOKS TO MAKE STRONG MOVE IN CONNECTED TV SPACE - VIA XBOX

38. VIACOM SAYS NO MTV FOR GOOGLE TV

39. BETFAIR TV (CONNECTED TV APP) WINS INNOVATION OF THE YEAR AT EGAMING REVIEW AWARDS

40. SAMSUNG TO INCLUDE QWERTY KEYBOARD REMOTE WITH SMART TVS

41. UK BROADCASTER CHANNEL 4 ANNOUNCES £2M CONVERGENT FORMATS FUND

42. CONNECTED TV BACKLASH? MORE MONOPOLISATION? CANADA'S CRTC TO ALLOW ISPS TO METER INTERNET

43. PHILIPS NET TV IN FRANCE TO GET MTV

44. GOOGLE TV - CONNECTED TV DEALS ON THE ROPES?

45. YAHOO! INTRODUCES BROADCAST INTERACTIVITY, NEW TV APPS AND MOBILE DEVICE CONNECTIVITY ON YAHOO! CONNECTED TV

46. SAMSUNG EUROPEAN TV APPLICATION CONTEST VOTING UNDERWAY - €500,000 UP FOR GRABS!

47. COULD CONNECTED TVS OVERWHELM THE INTERNET? 21 PERCENT OF TVS IN 2011 SOLD WILL BE SMART

48. AMERICAN VIEWERS CORD CUTTING CABLE TV EN MASSE - 3/4 OF MILLION IN 3 MONTHS

49. EU INVESTS €10 MILLION IN UNIVERSAL APP PLATFORM

50. SAMSUNG'S NEW SMART TOUCHSCREEN REMOTES - REDEFINING THE TWO SCREEN TV APP EXPERIENCE

51. OPERA RELEASES TV APPLICATION AND WIDGET CDK

52. SCREACH LAUNCHES IN UK - OPEN PLATFORM FOR TWO SCREEN SOCIAL TV AND INTERACTIVE SOLUTION

53. GETGLUE SOCIAL TV GETS $6M ROUND OF FUNDING FROM TIMEWARNER, RRE VENTURES AND UNION SQUARE VENTURES

54. 106 MILLION INTERNET-READY TVS WILL BE SOLD (AND CONNECTED) IN 2012. APPLE TO BUILD TV'S NEXT?

55. YOUTUBE HACKED - RAMIFICATIONS FOR THE CONNECTED TV INDUSTRY?

56. VIRGIN MEDIA CONNECTED TV TIVO-FUELED SET TOP BOX (STB) DEVICE AND NEW SERVICE UNVEILED

57. SAMSUNG MERGING APP PLATFORMS FOR SMARTPHONES AND CONNECTED TV

58. GROWTH IN CONNECTED TV'S WILL LEAD TV-VIEWING REVOLUTION

59. WARNER BROS FURTHER TAPS INTO FACEBOOK TV, WILL A USER-CENTRIC APPROACH BE THE VIABLE NEW BUSINESS MODEL?

60. REPORT: FACEBOOK AND TWITTER TO TRANSFORM THE TV LANDSCAPE

61. FACEBOOK TV: THE CENTRALISED AND DECENTRALISED SOCIAL ENABLER FOR TV

62. NETFLIX RETRYING ITS SOCIAL TV STRATEGY

63. STARZ IS LAUNCHING TRANSMEDIA TV SERIES "SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA" WITH FACEBOOK GAME AND AN IPAD APP

64. TV GUIDE TO USE FACEBOOK API FOR TV SHOW CHECK-IN

65. DEEP MEDIA AND TRANSMEDIA - HENRY JENKINS AND FRANK ROSE

66. THE FIRST FACEBOOK MOVIE: "HIM, HER AND THEM" - FACEBOOK AS A DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM & NON-LINEAR VIEWING EXPERIENCE

67. GUILLERMO DEL TORO TAKES A SERIOUS STEP WITH MIRADA, OPENING A BOUTIQUE ‘TRANSMEDIA’ STUDIO