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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.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will be given new powers to regulate brands’ websites and free online spaces from March 1 next year.

UTV Media, owner of TalkSport radio station, is extending distribution of its free weekly Sport magazine.

According to a new eMarketer report, mobile content revenues is predicted to rise from less than $1.15 billion in 2009 to more than $3.53 billion in 2014.

On Monday night, the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm was shared by BBC One’s Who Do You Think You Are? and ITV1’s Agatha Christie’s Marple.

Gmail have launched a new feature called ‘Priority Inbox’.

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.