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Armando Iannucci: ‘What the BBC needs to do is to bite the bullet’

The writer and director on penning a Doctor Who episode and why he’s itching to return to film-making

From New World to Salem, witches ride again in American pop culture

Jenji Kohan, of Orange is the New Black, is making a pilot about the Salem trials, one of three hot films and TV shows focused on a bizarre episode in American history

Little Baby Bum: how UK couple built world’s fifth-biggest YouTube channel

The rise and rise of an animated nursery rhymes channel whose most popular video has been watched more times than Frozen’s Let It Go

Former YouTube exec: don’t alienate fans by leaving the streaming service

Patrick Walker, boss of multi-platform network Rightster, sees potential on Facebook, Vessel, Snapchat and other platforms – if creators are careful

Sky’s marketing chief: ‘Customers should feel served, not stalked’

Personalisation helps businesses to build better relationships with customers, but it will turn them away if it feels invasive

Drones to take place of Jeremy Clarkson as Airheads fills Top Gear’s BBC slot

Sunday evening show offers an aerial take on hit Robot Wars with teams building flying machines before pitting them against rivals

HBO launches standalone streaming service as an Apple exclusive

HBO Now will debut in early April and cost $14.99 a month, with no cable contract required

Bondi Hipsters film will be ‘Pineapple Express meets Enemy of the State’

Creators of popular YouTube series among 10 Australian production companies to share $3.2m in development grants from Screen Australia

Ed Vaizey defends appointment of ‘incredibly impressive’ BBC Trust chair

Communications minister says Rona Fairhead will do a very good job, while admitting governance of corporation would be an issue for charter renewal

Tony Hall’s vision for the BBC – six things we learned

The director general has laid out his plans that aim to boost the corporation as a technology giant, make the service more personal and an end to linear TV

HTC and Valve take on Oculus Rift with Vive virtual reality headset

Standalone device will go head-to-head with Facebook’s $2bn VR headset by the end of 2015, when both will have released commercial editions

YouTube’s top 100 channels have more than doubled their views in a year

With 517.3m monthly views, unboxing channel Funtoys Collector is now bigger than second-placed PewDiePie – and Taylor Swift hasn’t done badly either

House of Cards: how Netflix’s $100m gamble made them internet video kings

With original series now launching every fortnight, Netflix’s business model is truly pioneering. Where next for the company?

MPs demand rigorous shakeup at top of the BBC

Report recommends replacing the BBC Trust with a single board, creating a public service broadcasting commission to act as external watchdog

Starting gun fired in BBC charter battle

A group of MPs headed by a Thatcherite known to admire subscription feels the licence fee is going to be difficult to replace any time soon

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  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
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