James Murdoch may no longer be BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) CEO but, as CEO of his daddy’s wider News Corp (NYSE: NWS). he’s still disgruntled with the BBC’s catch-up TV service. Speaking at a Marketing Society dinner in London last night (via Times), he said iPlayer was “a big step, a pre-emptive intervention” that was “squashing a lot of competitors” - although “I am not saying the iPlayer is a bad product”.

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On stage at the Monaco Media Forum in November, Murdoch told an audience member - outgoing BBC future media and technology director Ashley Highfield - that the BBC “is a state agency with police powers to levy tax, that is the case”. An argument Highfield declined the opportunity to rise to on his blog.