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