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BBC One’s Crimewatch Solved won the peak hour of 9pm to 10pm last night, with an audience of just over 4 million and a share of 17.9%.

IPC’s Essentials magazine is releasing a “model free” edition in October, featuring ten real women instead of models or celebrities.

During the MacTaggart Lecture, the BBC director general Mark Thompson seemed keen to throw the commercial channels a number of olive branches, albeit this was a political lecture and there were further implications to everything he said.

BARB has appointed Joe Lewis as the new research manager. Lewis will be taking over from Simon Bolus, who has in turn been promoted to research director.

ITV1’s long-running series The Bill finished last night, with the second episode of a two-part finale winning the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm

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.