YouTube, meanwhile, thinks that is only right to count channel video views for videos that are still actually present on the channels - which means that whenever YouTube got round to reviewing the music majors' channels on its site, a massive cut was always going to be in order.
The next series of another homegrown drama hit, the BBC's Torchwood, is being co-produced with US cable channel Starz – adding American stars including Bill Pullman – while Episodes is itself a co-production between Showtime and the corporation.
Purnell said the BBC had been forced to cut back on the range of services it offers following the 2010 funding settlement, which froze the licence fee at £145.50 until 2017, including axing original daytime programmes on BBC2, and the decision, yet to be formally submitted to the BBC Trust, to axe the BBC3 TV channel.
There are the digital channels - but audiences lost the only provider of regular anime to the UK when the Anime Central channel shut down last August.
The state news channel Syria TV said seven people were wounded.
The state news channel Syria TV quoted a government official as saying two improvised explosives planted by "terrorists" blew up near the "Sons of Martyrs" school in Damascus.
US news channel CNN was forced to recall a tweet it sent about the Queen being in hospital, saying it was sent in error.
The channel launched with a lineup that included London Go at 6.30pm followed by Not The One Show, a reference to BBC1's The One Show, at 7pm, as well as shows such as Extreme Playgrounds in which "urban sports stars... showcase their skills on the streets of the capital".
The channel has got off to a difficult start since launch, attracting small audiences – its breakfast show Wake Up London averaged 2,400 viewers, and on occasions registering a Barb score of zero viewers.
DiConcetto has since been screenwriting for seven years, and is currently working on the TV show Recovery Road, which she co-created with Bert V Royal for the ABC Family channel in the US.
Many link the increased "official" interest in urban thinking with an attempt to channel the energy of this new middle class: the Muscovites who have done well from the oil-boom years, travel frequently, and wanted to introduce some change at home.
