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Netflix has decided to shelf the idea of splitting the video service into two brands – Qwikster to sell DVDs and Netflix for streaming.

A high of more than 5.4 million viewers tuned in to ITV1 to see England v France on Saturday morning. The game attracted over 3.6 million average viewers and a 36.2% audience share for ITV in the early-morning slot.

According to YouTube’s blog, it has now launched its UK movie rental service.

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) expects Sky’s growth to continue, despite the overall TV market slowing in this “tough consumer environment”.

Microsoft has announced partnership deals with BBC, LoveFilm, 4oD, VEVO and Blinkbox for the Xbox 360.

The BBC is set to cut almost 2,000 jobs in a bid to save £670 million a year by 2016/17.

The European Union’s ruling that it is not illegal for individuals to buy set-top box decoder cards from foreign broadcasters is “no risk to Sky”, which will maintain its ‘buy’ rating, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML).

MAGNAGLOBAL has revised down its year-end 2016 forecast for DVR subscriber households to 57.5 million (48.7% of TV households), from 63.1 million in its July 2011 forecast (and compared to 41.2 million – 35.5% of TV households – as of the end of Q2 2011).

In a Toluna QuickSurveys and Newsline poll of 558 football fans in the UK (337 with a Sky subscription and 239 with ESPN), 69% admit that they would consider buying a foreign decoder card to watch football.

At BARB’s “Bigger Picture” event this morning, Bjarne Thelin, chief executive of BARB, appealed for more involvement from across the television and advertising industries in order to develop the potential of television measurement, and facilitate the coordinated use of additional data and so keep the measurement of television together – creating ‘the bigger picture’.