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

The the Premier League faces a protracted legal battle to defend its lucrative television rights after a top lawyer in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) advised that the present arrangements are illegal.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has apologised for remarks made on the television programme Top Gear which caused outrage in Mexico. Top Gear presenters characterised Mexicans as lazy and feckless reports the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. In a letter to Mexico's ambassador in London, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ said it was sorry if it had offended some people, but said jokes based on national stereotyping were part of British national humour.

The a Mexican has instructed lawyers to bring a test case against Top Gear. Iris de la Torre, a jewellery design student in London, is bringing the claim under a new equality law. Her lawyers claim it could cost the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Β£1m in damages.

Journalists from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, al-Jazeera, and other Arab news organisations have faced fresh attacks from pro-government "thugs" in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. reporters from a number of media organisations, including CNN's Anderson Cooper and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Jerome Boehm, were targeted as supporters of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak continued their attacks against anti-government protesters.

The the Government's plans for digital radio switchover "have been dealt another blow" after it was revealed that the share of listening through the new technology has not gone up in the last nine months. New listening results show only 15.8 % of all radio listening is through digital audio broadcasting, the main service meant to be driving the migration from FM and AM.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's newspaper review says the Times is furious about what it says is a campaign of intimidation and violence towards foreign journalists and human rights workers in Cairo. The Daily Mirror's reporter, Alun Palmer, describes how he was beaten up.

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