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In a statement issued last week, the Trust described the service as a “natural progression in a digital age.”

After a long-running battle between the two, the BBC and BSkyB have finally agreed that the BBC will no longer have to pay to put its channels on Sky’s pay-TV platform.

Despite all of Saturday’s bombastic noise and attention-grabbing visuals, the weekend’s most intense battle was to be fought on Sunday as the broadcasters rolled out their ratings juggernauts.

Performing much better was the bite-sized slice of Mockney ruckus at 7:30pm as the day’s biggest audience tuned in to see the newly-returned Stacey Slater and some bloke from Busted shout at each other. A lot.

The latest financial results for Virgin Media’s TiVo reveal that global subscriptions were up 34% year on year to reach 4.2 million.

Following a competitive tender for the rights, the new two-year contract, starting in September 2015, will see BT Sport show around 115 live matches a season – 15 more than the current deal.

The director general of the BBC mounts a strong defence of the £145 annual licence fee, as he calls for it to be extended to include people watching content via iPlayer.

BT has today added Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, British Eurosport and British Eurosport 2 to its high definition TV line-up.

Wednesday evening brought viewers the second to last ever episode of contemporary family sitcom Outnumbered (well, apart from the numerous specials we’ll no doubt be subjected to over many Christmases) at 9pm on BBC One.

Amazon has commissioned Ripper Street a third season to appear on its Prime Instant Video service, following the BBC’s cancellation of the show in December due to poor ratings.