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

The [subscription required] that Ofcom has given the go-ahead this morning for YouView, the internet TV service led by the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳. It rejects complaints from commercial rivals such as British Sky Broadcasting and Virgin Media that it was anti-competitive.

The Government is said to be considering asking the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ to bear the £556m cost of free TV licences for the over-75s. The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Trust has said it will oppose the plan. Newsnight's Michael Crick broke the news in his blog. The that the cost of providing the benefit is so large that it almost exactly matches the entire £575m budget of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two,

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ has announced plans to launch HD Sound - "an extra high-quality audio stream" for online radio. It will be available for special live events, starting with Electric Proms on the Radio 2 website this month, and for all Radio 3 output from December.

On the day the government publishes its defence review, the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ newspaper review shows several papers report that HMS Elizabeth - one of two new aircraft carriers being built - will be mothballed after just three years.

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• Michael Crick | ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ | ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ may have to pay for pensioners' free TV licences
• ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ | ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ launches HD Sound for online radio
• ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ | Newspaper review

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