BT has appointed a former BBC policy adviser as its first head of media and convergence policy as it moves further into the media sector. The appointment of Simon Milner comes as BT is pulled into regulatory arguments about so-called converged services, which pull together online and broadcast offerings.

Take-up of BT Vision has been subdued compared with Sky and Virgin Media, with nearly 200,000 users signed up.

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