Young people on television are being misrepresented as “disrespectful” and living “unproductive and vacuous lives”, according to a survey commissioned by the BBC. Read the full story

If you want tabloid tittle-tattle on your television, then look no further than Channel 5′s “unashamedly populist” news bulletins. Read the full story

Things go from bad to worse for the Murdoch clan, as James and his brother Lachlan face up to the probably upsetting news that they have few friends among the News Corporation shareholders. More than a third of the board voted against the re-election of the brothers’ to the company’s board of directors, not including those who abstained. Are their days on the board numbered? Time will tell. (Source: Press Gazette)

Christmas is meant to be a time to rejoice… for television advertisers, anyway. But research from Ofcom says that British teenagers wouldn’t be that bovvered if they were to be deprived of television. They’d be much more distraught if they lost access to the internet or their mobile phones. But on the bright side, young people are watching more TV than ever before – but it’s via catch-up services, like the BBC’s iPlayer. (Source: MediaGuardian)

Prepare for a flood of headlines about how violent videogames are warping the minds of the nation’s youth, as the videogame that the Daily Mail loves to hate prepares to return. Grand Theft Auto V has been officially announced by its developer Rockstar, and will inevitably set new records for both videogame sales figures and hyperbolic headlines the world over. (Source: Rockstar Games)

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It’s the kind of footage that gets documentary makers in a steamy lather: a group of masked terrorists standing in a field with guns, shooting down a helicopter which plummets to the ground and explodes. It’s a clip that forces the audience to sit up and take notice, vicariously dragging them in to a sordid tale of arms dealers, terrorists and the despot Muammar Gaddafi. Read the full story

The government is reportedly on the verge of throwing its weight behind the idea of televising the sentencing of offenders in court. Read the full story

Associated Press has said that a “busy” year for high profile news stories has seen demand for its television services reach a record high in the first six months of 2011. Read the full story

The ‘P’ logo introduced to advise viewers that a company has paid to advertise its products within a programme is going unrecognised by over 90 per cent of British adults. Read the full story

Jeremy Hunt looks to have dropped his personally-vaunted national local TV network in favour of individually licensed stations. Read the full story