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I'm the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.

News Corporation is expecting to notify the European Commission this week of its intention to bid for the 61% of BSkyB it does not already own. The that the move will formally kickstart a regulatory process that could result in its offer being blocked by the business secretary, Vince Cable.

that on-demand TV services are set to flood the market, and competition is increasing between YouView, BSkyB and Virgin Media.

the ´óÏó´«Ã½ doesn't want anyone to know about its bunker at Wood Norton, near Evesham.

Labour's shadow culture secretary that "The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is too important to be left to dubious deals made in undue haste and a PM who is cavalier about its independence from government".

Mr Lewis was responding to that David Cameron "ignited a furious row about the funding of the ´óÏó´«Ã½, after he described the corporation's six-year funding freeze as "delicious" and poked fun at it sending three reporters to his Brussels press conference"

The [subscription required] ITV is set to lose £10 million in ad revenue after Daybreak, its breakfast show, suffered a slump in ratings. Media buyers representing companies such as Unilever, Procter & Gamble and Kellogg's are to demand a reduction in ad rates.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s newspaper review shows the screening of air freight comes under scrutiny in the papers, following the discovery of two bombs on US-bound cargo flights.

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