ITV will not be appointing Tony Ball as the new chief executive due to “substantial differences” of opinion.

The BBC’s licence fee should be scrapped in favour of a subscription model to ensure its creativity in the future, according to David Elstein, chairman of the Broadcasting Policy Group.

BBC One’s New Tricks drama secured the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak hour last night with 5.5 million viewers and a 25% audience share.

Independent News & Media has turned down Denis O’Brien’s call for shareholders to vote on the closure of its UK Independent newspapers.

The BBC Trust is to launch a review of corporation’s key services, including BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and red button services.

ITV1’s prime time line-up secured the highest ratings between 7pm and 10pm last night.

INM’s second biggest shareholder Denis O’Brien has proposed an alternative rescue plan that would see him invest £90 million into the ailing company.

The Local Radio Company will withdraw from the London Stock Exchange from 7am on September 30.

Independent News & Media has confirmed that discussions with lenders of a €200 million bond have advanced significantly and said it is close to securing terms that will see it swap bonds for shares.

Digital Britain’s broadband tax on landlines will come into place before the next election, according to the treasury minister Stephen Timms.