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NEWS that Google is testing how users could search for broadcast and video content via set-top boxes loaded with its Android operating system should surprise no-one.

LDP Creative reporter Alistair Houghton on Ignite Liverpool ( #IgniteLiv )

THE much-maligned PowerPoint presentation has become a byword for corporate tedium - but Ignite Liverpool proved that a showcase of slideshows can be anything but dull.

HERE'S the latest from LD Creative blogger Dougal Paver:

NEWS that Twitter may be about to launch an advertising resource targeting its 75m global users has caused a flutter among techies.

FOUR Liverpool firms have been chosen to take part in a new BBC commissioning project in a move the corporation says shows the strength of Merseyside's digital sector.
Conker Digital, Milky Tea, Onteca and Splinter Digital have been chosen to join @North, a project that aims to help Northern companies win commissions with the BBC to develop digital content.

LEADING figures in the video games industry have urged the Government to invest in education to ensure schools and universities develop the industry's future talent.

VIDEO gaming trade association TIGA has today welcomed news that the Government is still considering implenmeting a tax relief scheme for the sector.
TIGA (The Independent Game Developers Association) has led a campaign for Games Tax Relief. It says that without it, the sector could see jobs and investment move to countries such as Canada where tax relief is provided.
The sector is vital to Merseyside and Cheshire, where hundreds are employed at companies such as Bizarre Creations and Sony.
Last week LDP Creative reported that TIGA's chief executive Dr Richard Wilson was still pushing for tax breaks to be introduced, even though they were not included in last year's Pre-Budget Report.

MULTI-AWARD winning David Milligan-Croft has been appointed as the new creative director at Wirral agency ICE.

VIDEO games body TIGA says it will not give up in its battle to win tax relief for the industry.
The UK video games sector is a world leader and a key employer in Merseyside, with companies such as Sony employing hundreds of people in the region.
But industry leaders warn that leading position could be put under threat unless the UK Government offers the sector tax breaks.

MERSEYSIDE'S creative sector will start growing again in 2010 after a year of consolidation - that's the view from some of the industry's key players.

Paul Taylor of Northwest Vision and Media gives his take on 2009 and the year ahead

THE past year was a tough one for business and the creative industries have not escaped this.