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I'm the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.

Two British actresses, Archie Panjabi and Julia Ormond were winners at the Emmy awards in Hollywood. Mad Men again won the award for best drama, report the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ and .

Former England cricket captain why it took a newspaper, the News of the World, to expose the Pakistani betting scam.

The Mark Thompson has said the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ could waive the 2% licence fee increase agreed for next April, but the arguments are "finely balanced".

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ reports Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he would ask the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ to provide better value for money. He said he could not rule out a reduction in the licence fee: the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ "has to live on the same planet as everyone else".

Next year's licence fee negotiations will be a "moment of realism" for the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳, said director general Mark Thompson in his MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. But he said any loss of funding would damage the UK's capacity to produce high-quality TV programmes, which were popular in Britain and round the world. He criticised Sky for failing to invest in British talent and content and suggested it should pay to re-transmit PSB channels. The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ reports.

The controller of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One, Jay Hunt, is seen as the favourite to take over as Channel 4's chief creative officer, .

the Edinburgh International Television Festival.

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s newspaper review highlights the papers' focus on Lord Mandelson's intervention in the Labour leadership election.

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• ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ | Mad Men wins top Emmy for third year running
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• ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ | Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt asks for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 'discipline'
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• ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ | Newspaper review

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