News Corp’s controversial plans for a full takeover of Sky came under scrutiny at this year’s MediaGuardian International Television Festival.

Radio merited relatively few mentions around Edinburgh over the weekend – reasonable enough as it is a TV conference – but the BBC director general Mark Thompson’s radio comments – not reported much – were significant on two fronts.

Mark Thompson, the BBC director general, used the central stage at this year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival’s MacTaggart lecture to make his own attempt to set the media agenda, as James Murdoch did in the same spot this time last year.

“Will ITV survive the next 10 years?” was a question asked in the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival’s special edition of ‘Question Time’.

If you can only have one thing, go for Google TV, said Project Canvas’ marketing director Tim Hunt to a room full of surprised delegates at this year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.

Mark Thompson’s MacTaggart lecture at this year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival ensured that the BBC dominated the weekend agenda… even the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt admitted to being a “huge fan”.

Yesterday’s ABC release paints a fairly dire picture for the regional newspaper market, with all but two newspaper groups posting declines.

How is the consumer magazine market really holding up in a post-recession market? Yesterday’s ABC release for January to June 2010 gave a fairly good insight, and showed some successes alongside some not-so-good results.

July was a poor month for the daily newspaper market, despite stories such as the BP oil spill and the Raoul Moat murders dominating the headlines.

Music magazines is among one of the worst hit sectors in the latest ABC release. Just two titles are able to boast a slight increase in circulation, while most titles suffered hefty losses.