Media Brief
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| 10:30 UK time, Wednesday, 17 March 2010
I'm the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.
Two Government press advertisements which used nursery rhymes to raise awareness of climate change have been banned for overstating the risks. But three other advertisements, including a TV commercial, were cleared by the advertising watchdog . Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, defended the campaign on Today.
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ITV's new chairman Archie Norman is to be rethinking its plan to withdraw from regional news. The Government is testing a scheme to contract the bulletins out to Independently Financed News Consortia (IFNCs).
The controversial Digital Economy Bill, authorising the IFNCs and curbs on illegal downloading, has passed through the House of Lords. It's expected to be rushed through the Commons before the election report the and the .
Ofcom has received almost 50 complaints that This Morning's "sex week" is showing unsuitable material before the 9pm watershed according to the and the .
At last night's Royal Television Society Awards, Harry Hill took the prize for best entertainment performance. Charlie Booker's Newswipe beat Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor in the best entertainment show section the .
Links in full
• Read Tuesday's Media Brief.
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