Media Brief

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

Radio listening is at an all time high, with record figures for Radio 4, Radio 1, Radio 5Live and 6 Music according to Rajar, the organisation who collect radio listening figures. Chris Evans has lost a million listeners in three months but is still beating Terry Wogan's record, reports the BBC.

James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Bill Nighy and Pete Postlethwaite are among more than 50 actors who have written to the Daily Telegraph, urging the Government to rethink its plan to close the UK Film Council. They say it earns Britain £5 for every £1 invested.

The Disasters Emergencies Committee will run a TV and radio appeal to help those devastated by the Pakistan floods, as explained in the BBC Editors blog by Jon Williams, the BBC World News editor.

The Guardian reports that Ofcom has asked the Competition Commission to investigate the subscription market for first-run Hollywood films. It says BSkyB "has the incentive and ability to distort competition." Sky says "Ofcom is yet again seeking to intervene in a sector in which consumers are being well served."

The Financial Times says [subscription required] that News Corporation is saying it won't increase its offer for the remaining BSkyB shares.

The BBC's newspaper review says there are more gloomy financial predictions in several papers.

Links in full

• BBC | Radio 2 host Chris Evans loses one million listeners
• Andrew Porter | Telegraph | Leading actors and actresses condemn plan to scrap UK Film Council
• Jon Williams | BBC Editors' blog | DEC Pakistan flood appeal
• Mark Sweney | Guardian | BSkyB faces pay-TV movies probe
• Financial Times | News Corp refuses to raise offer for BSkyB
• BBC | Newspaper review

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