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BSkyB is to pay £4.9 billion to take over Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia, creating a European media powerhouse

In the midst of the entire patriotic binge-watching on the other side, ITV’s best hope of the evening came in the form of a double trip to the tumultuous, yet picturesque, village of Emmerdale.

Through the use of new macro systems, super high-speed cameras and 3D octocopters, the series hopes to capture the story of animal flight in a way that has never been seen before.

Sky has announced that its internet streaming service Now TV has been made available on PlayStation 4 consoles, giving gamers access to a range of films, live sporting action and 10 pay TV channels.

Thinkbox has announced that TalkTalk, the TV, broadband, mobile and home phone provider, is joining the organisation as an Associate Member.

After being abandoned for the last few weeks, the Commonwealth Games: Opening Ceremony gave people the excuse to escape the long sunny evenings and once again return to gawp at their telly box while coming over all patriotic.

US media players are increasingly developing a taste for the flesh of British TV companies in what is turning into a very expensive game of musical chairs. What is going on and where will it all end? Raymond Snoddy investigates.

Yesterday saw ITV soap Emmerdale (7pm) treat viewers to a whole hour of ill-fated rural romances and sheep dip-scented backstabbing as the home of doomed relationships played host to yet another pantomime of a wedding.

Targeting a younger, female audience, ITVBe will become the exclusive home of ITV’s The Only Way is Essex, as well as featuring acquired content, including US Real Housewives.

There were mixed results for commercial television channels in June, with only ITV – on the back of World Cup fever – reporting any significant gains.