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After last week’s big plot revelations it seems some viewers are struggling with the new direction the Nordic-noir inspired drama was forced to take.

Gary Davey, executive VP of programming at Sky Deutschland, will take on an expanded role as managing director of content, with the additional responsibility for Sky’s entertainment, film and news channels in the UK and Ireland.

Saturday night saw two old karaoke favourites go head-to-head for prime time glory as BBC One rolled out a refreshed series of The Voice UK, while ITV cobbled together Harry Hill’s Stars in their Eyes.

Thursday night saw the return of BBC One’s sunny murder drama Death in Paradise which, alongside Midsomer Murders, must surely be the nation’s most popular family-friendly, light-hearted show about violent sociopathic homicide.

Popular shows in December included Doctor Who, Call The Midwife and Strictly Come Dancing.

With another fall in ratings for the top shows on the ‘biggest TV day of the year’, Research The Media’s Richard Marks asks: is the issue the content, or a deeper change in what we now do on Christmas Day?

December saw a record-breaking 227 million requests (excluding Sky and Virgin Cable), up 25% on December 2013, with the Christmas week also reaching an all-time high.

There is only one certainty about the media in 2015 – it will be exciting and unpredictable and will come complete with more issues than you could shake a stick at.

It’s been twenty long months and fifteen days since ardent fans of ITV’s unexpectedly successful crime drama were promised that ‘Broadchurch will return…’

Deloitte forecasts SVOD will generate about £5 billion globally this year, amounting to only 3% of the £168 billion pay-TV market.