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Experts from BARB, Thinkbox, Sky Media, Archant and SMG celebrate a triumphant history – and look at the opportunities that TV continues to provide.

For all its manifest successes there are still question marks and an unusual level of unease about the Netflix phenomenon, writes Raymond Snoddy.

Last night brought an end to the first (and possibly) last series of ITV’s latest real-life tear fest, Saved.

January 1986 kicked off a defining year for media – witnessing Murdoch’s newspaper triumphs, a German incursion into UK mags and a proto-Gogglebox. Here, renowned journalist Torin Douglas recounts a fascinating history.

As usual, Monday night saw BBC One and ITV’s variety of shouty tales from soap land take the day’s top four places.

Sky says deal will benefit the broadcaster as an advertiser and investor and signals a growing trend for TV to work more closely with ad tech companies.

Unsurprisingly, the December TV chart was dominated by a raft of seasonal specials, including Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife and Doctor Who.

The latest episode of the birthing drama once again took the weekend’s top spot.

In fairness, it was hardly a laugh-a-minute visit to Walford either.

How should we interpret the double whammy of high-profile departure announcements at the commercial broadcaster, asks Raymond Snoddy.