The media world is changing out of all recognition. Technology has to have a seat at the table.

The day that Google or Joost or any of these people start investing £1bn a year in UK content is the day I'll start to be worried. They're all parasites, they just live off our content is what they do.

These industries are interdependent but very separate. It's very tough for technology companies to become media companies, even though they aspire to become so. And media companies are not about technology. They are at the two ends of the spectrum--they are coming together on one side but are still very separate.

one of the finest media companies in the world.

One estimate suggests that in 10 years time, 10 to 15 percent of all available new content could come from new providers, such as one-man bands, back-yard productions or people sharing a particular passion, such as fly-fishing.

We have lost a national treasure - a comic actor of real genius.