A round up of some of the stories to break during this weekend's Edinburgh TV Festival.

Mark Thompson, director general of the BBC, during the keynote speech, The MacTaggart Lecture, he launched at attack at Rupert Mudoch’s media empire, describing BSKYB  as being too powerful and said that it threatened to ‘dwarf’ the BBC and other broadcasters, while giving back too little.

During the festival, Thompson also admitted that plans to increase the license fee increase by 2 per cent may also have to be shelved and said that BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, was not for sale.

Jay Hunt, controller of BBC1 is rumoured to be the front runner to take up the chief creative officer role at Channel 4, but declined to comment when asked about the speculation, while BBC 3 controller dismissed rumours that he would move to BBC1 should Hunt depart.

Jeff Ford, Channel 5's new director of programmes, has said that he has 'tens of millions'  to spend on new programmes and is looking to spend it.

Paul Abbott, creator of Channel 4 series Shameless, has called for drama’s to be commissioned for longer periods in the UK during the Alternative MacTaggart lecture. He said that the UK industry did not have the courage of the US, where dramas are commissioned with 20-plus episodes in a series.

Katie Price’s no show at the festival, where she was set to discuss the price of fame with clinical psychologist Pamela Stevenson, has begun tabloid speculation around the model’s private life.

The next series of BBC Science-fiction drama Doctor Who will be split into two next year, and will not feature the Daleks, revealed head writer Steven Moffat.

Finally, the Channel of the Year awards saw Channel 4 voted Terrestrial Channel of the Year, and BBC 3 voted non-terrestrial channel of the year. Outnumbered won Terrestrial TV Programme of the Year, while The Inbetweeners was voted Non-Terrestrial TV Programme of the year.