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BT Group plc announced its results today for the second quarter and half year to 30 September 2010, with revenues down 3% to £4,977 million.

Hulu has announced today that revenue has increased from $108 million in 2009 to $240 million in 2010.

Dean Wilson, UK managing director at Active International, gives some practical advice for media agencies looking to form partnerships with corporate trade companies (which allow brands to sell under-performing assets in return for trade credits)…

Today saw Channel 4 appoint Jay Hunt as its new chief creative officer, Julian Bellamy leave the broadcaster and Sir Michael Lyons announce plans to depart the BBC Trust next year.

Carat has forecast that worldwide global advertising expenditure will increase by 3.9% this year – by comparison, in March 2010 it was predicted to increase by only 2.9%.

The Times has announced a newsroom shake-up; Mike Smith has been appointed deputy home editor, and Suzy Jagger has been promoted from politics and business reporter to foreign news editor.

The conference was not just about the BBC and Sky – it was about an industry that felt it delivered world-class, diverse and (often) risk-taking content, but was not getting enough recognition and that was suffering unreasonable pressure on production budgets…

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.

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’.