Broadcasters are being forced to hand over hundreds of hours of footage from the August riots by the Metropolitan Police.

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“It’s a bit like if you were a poet or a writer and then the printing press comes in, you might have thought, ‘oh no, I still want it to be written by a monk,’ and you’re frightened that it’s not written by a monk.” Read the full story

Viewers wanting to catch up on ITV programming online will have to pay for the privilege come January next year, when the broadcaster will implement a micropayment system into its ITV Player. Read the full story

ITV is launching a brand new investigative journalism strand of programming, under the name of Exposure. Read the full story

Adam Crozier has been paid £1.7m in his first eight months as ITV’s chief executive, according to MediaGuardian. Read the full story

A resurgent TV advertising market has helped ITV almost triple its pre-tax profits in 2010, reports MediaGuardian. Read the full story

Police have been accused of attempting to censor ITN’s news programming, after the broadcaster claimed it was excluded by Avon and Somerset police from a press conference police held about the murdered architect Joanna Yeates. [This story has since been updated, see below] Read the full story

Commercial channels such as ITV could be set to receive a financial shot in the arm after Ofcom relieved British television’s ban on product placement, meaning brands will now be allowed to feature in programmes. Read the full story