Media Brief

I'm the BBC's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what you need to know.

Avatar and a recovery in advertising have boosted profits at News Corporation. Rupert Murdoch says he thinks ad revenue will continue to grow reports the BBC and Telegraph.

The Guardian looks at the high-tech election night plans of the main TV channels.

The Daily Mail reports that some Doctor Who fans are complaining that the programme is being "sexed up", with scantily clad vampires and seductive new assistant Amy Pond.

The BBC reports that Mark Thompson will be the first BBC director general since Greg Dyke 10 years ago to give the keynote McTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Sky's James Murdoch used last year's lecture to attack the BBC.

The BBC newspaper review says that the newspapers are focusing on pushing their party of choice on the eve of polling.

Links in full

BBC | Avatar boost for News Corporation
James Quinn | Telegraph | Rupert Murdoch hails rise in advertising revenue
Tara Conlan | Guardian | TV channels plan hi-tech coverage
Paul Revoir | Daily Mail | Doctor Who: Scantily-clad vampires
BBC | BBC chief to give TV festival lecture
BBC | Newspaper review

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