American video-on-demand service Hulu, hotly tipped to be coming to the UK to partner with ITV, is the latest media outlet to announce it’s considering charging for content. As the amount of money we’re paying for our bandwidth continues to fall, could the cost of what we actually do with our broadband connections be set to rise?

Now that the Edinburgh Festival proper’s over, it’s the city’s Television Festival that’s hitting the headlines – and, for the BBC at least, it’s no laughing matter. One day James Murdoch, the chair and chief executive of News Corporation in Europe declared the Beeb’s “flooding the market” with its online offerings; the next Five’s chief executive is leading calls for its presence on the Internet to be dramatically stripped back. The gallant Robert Peston’s stepped in to try and save the day, but will anyone else stand up for the BBC?

The BBC’s decision to share online video content with three major newspapers was never going to slip under anyone’s radar. One week on, columnists are still questioning the Beeb’s motives – and it’s since emerged the infamous BBC Trust could still derail the whole venture. With seemingly everyone writing about the plans having a vested interest in what actually happens, what’s really going on?

Following Rupert Murdoch’s announcement that his company’s looking for ways to make readers of The Sun and The Times pay to access their websites, the debate on how newspapers can save themselves in the digital age has been reignited. He says the current business model is “malfunctioning” and the end of the (literally) free Internet press is nigh – others aren’t so sure.

Ireland’s draft Broadcasting Bill includes provision to extend TV licence fee payments to cover Internet access – and it’s soon set to become law. Even devices capable of picking up YouTube appear to be included in the Broadcasting Act 2009’s definition of “television.”