Box-office flops weigh on Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One shares slide 14% after poor performance of recent titles, including Steve Jobs biopic, and fewer releases
Government to bring forward law to close BBC ‘iPlayer loophole’ Culture secretary also asks if BBC shows such as Strictly Come Dancing are ‘distinctive’ enough and launches initiative against online adblocking
Culture secretary expected to warn of threat to newspapers from adblocking John Whittingdale will also back Clementi report’s recommendations that BBC Trust should be scrapped and regulation of the corporation handed to Ofcom
Openreach decision is an upgrade for all – as long as Ofcom gets sums right BT will not be broken up and its rivals have a more level playing field on which to operate, but the pressure is now intense to deliver on the deal
Net neutrality: BBC urges Ofcom to protect iPlayer ISPs could wield ‘gatekeeper power’ in conflict with public sector broadcasters unless regulation is modernised, it warns
Brit awards beats Great Sport Relief Bake Off to TV ratings cake Average audience of 5.8m watches music awards ceremony, pipping 5.4m for charity baking final and whipping up 7.5m tweets
STV to take on BBC in Scotland with launch of digital news service ITV licence holder to begin digital service next month that will cover international and UK news from Scottish perspective
Becoming Mike Nichols: new HBO film is fitting tribute to a great director Documentary shows Nichols discussing Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate before a New York theater audience, shortly before his death in 2014
French TV’s reputation spirals upward The Returned, Spiral and the upcoming Marseille starring Gerard Depardieu are just the tip of France’s €67.5m TV export industry
Credits roll on-air for the final time as BBC3 becomes online only Channel aimed at younger audience, which launched 13 years ago, sees budget cut from £85m to £30m as it stops broadcasting on television
Independent owner considering closing national print titles Evgeny Lebedev and team have not yet made a final decision but he is expected to close 30-year-old titles
Inbetweeners creators sign Film4 deal to make four comedy features Agreement with Iain Morris and Damon Beesley revealed as part of Channel 4’s plans to boost film arm’s budget by £10m this year
War and Peace watched by 5.7m as writer signs up for Les Misérables Andrew Davies set to follow success of Tolstoy drama with adaptation for BBC of Victor Hugo novel
BBC3 boss on going online only: ‘We are reinventing the BBC’s offer to youth’ Controller Damian Kavanagh on taking his station online, nurturing talent, and how he’s winning over critics
PewDiePie, Lilly Singh and Rooster Teeth star in first YouTube Red Originals Three films and one show to make their debut on 10 February in the US, but fans from elsewhere in the world will have to buy online