Media Brief

I'm the BBC'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 BBC reports. Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, defended the campaign on Today.

ITV's new chairman Archie Norman is reported by the Guardian 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 BBC and the Guardian.

Ofcom has received almost 50 complaints that This Morning's "sex week" is showing unsuitable material before the 9pm watershed according to the Daily Mail and the Telegraph.

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 BBC reports.

Links in full

BBC | Climate change 'exaggerated' in government adverts
Maggie Brown | Guardian | ITV's Norman considers U-turn on dumping regional news
BBC | Lords pass controversial internet piracy bill
Richard Wray | Guardian | Online piracy law unlikely to face major scrutiny
Simon Cable | Daily Mail | Isn't it a bit early for that? Demo of sexual positions on This Morning branded 'inappropriate' by shocked viewers
Telegraph | TV show This Morning demonstrates sex positions to viewers
BBC | Harry Hill triumphs at Royal Television Society Awards

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