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Jane Root, the former BBC2 controller and Discovery Channel president, has been tipped as the front-runner for the Channel 4 chief executive role.

Ofcom is considering relaxing television advertising rules in a bid to remove “unnecessary burdens” from broadcasters.

Ofcom is expected to force Sky to cut the price it charges rival broadcasters for its Sky Sports channels.

ITV1’s Dancing on Ice dominated the television ratings last night, attracting a high of more than 9.4 million viewers.

By 2013 revenues from video-on-demand movies will reach $2.4 billion in the USA and €430 million in the leading five Western European countries, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting.

BBC One’s Silent Witness secured the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-hour last night.

Magna has released its latest On-Demand Quarterly report, forecasting that US digital video recorder (DVR) subscriber households will hit 53 million (44% of US TV households) by the end of 2015.

ITV1’s coverage of the Live FA Cup match between Liverpool and Reading scored a high of more than 6.1 million peak viewers last night.

The BBC’s iPlayer service received a record number of catch-up requests in December due to the popularity of shows such as Top Gear.

The Policy Exchange, a key rightwing thinktank, has called for the BBC Trust to be abolished and for Channel 4 to be privatised.