Sky will soon be bringing its television services to broadband customers, negating the need for a traditional set-top box. Read the full story

ITV and Sky are “doing very little to support British film”, according to a government-commissioned report urging the broadcasters to invest more into the UK cinema industry. Read the full story

They might be sharing Formula One coverage next season, but Sky has moved quickly to ensure the BBC won’t be keeping hold of five of its key presenters. Read the full story

Footage running up to Muammar Gadaffi’s bloody end was not too graphic to broadcast, Ofcom has ruled, despite hundreds of complaints from viewers. Read the full story

Mosley sues Google, is angry

Watch out, Max Mosley is on the rampage. The ex-Formula 1 boss is now suing Google, because the search engine won’t remove links to the infamous story of his alleged ‘sex party’. Mosley’s taking action against the big G in Germany and France. Incidentally, anyone googling the term ‘orgy’ today, will be greeted with a front page result for, yep, you guessed it, Max Mosley. Nice work there buddy. (Source: The Register)

Sky launching F1 channel

Formula 1 fan? Better make sure you fork out for Sky Sports next season, as the broadcaster will be showing all the races in high definition on its brand spanking new Sky Sports F1 HD channel from March. The most welcome bit of news is that Sky has no plans to interrupt races with adverts, and will also show qualifying and practice sessions. Sky’s deal, in conjunction with the BBC, will expire in 2018. (Source: MediaGuardian)

Littlewoods is evil, pure evil

Curse those intolerable adverts and their capitalist aims! 456 complaints have been made about Littlewoods’ Christmas ad campaign, most on the basis that (DON’T READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU ARE A CHILD) they reveal it’s mummy who brought you that Ben 10 action figurine, not Santa. Complainants requested the ad be rescheduled to a time when children are tucked up in bed, remaining blissfully unaware of the lies their parents are telling them, but the ASA – in its aim to destroy the innocence of youth – has ignored these demands. (Source: MediaGuardian)

BSkyB’s latest financial results will make bittersweet reading for Rupert Murdoch after the broadcaster posted a 33 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £307m in the three months to the end of September. Read the full story

The BBC will concede half of its coverage of Formula One to Sky next year, as the Corporation continues to find areas where it can cut expenditure due to the flat licence fee. Read the full story

The overt revulsion to the latest astonishing phone hacking allegations, and a concerted Twitter campaign pressing companies to consider their relationships with the News of the World, has left the paper facing potentially serious financial concerns. Read the full story