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Following a wave of acquisitions and consolidation in the television market, the question left hanging in the air is whether ITV could itself become a takeover target. By Raymond Snoddy.

For the year ending 30 April 2014, ITV’s share of viewing, based on Barb data, dropped from 23.4% in 2013, to 21.6% this year – a percentage change of 7.69%.

Tuesday night saw Sally Wainwright’s superior small town drama Happy Valley (BBC One, 9pm) slip further into darker territory as West Yorkshire’s most sadistic kidnapper literally lost the plot.

Aligning TV’s mass reach with online video’s mass addressability, you create a modern multiplier for advertisers, says Videology’s head of global TV strategies, Rhys McLachlan.

As part of what the Murdoch-owned company says are plans to create further value for shareholders, BSkyB has initiated talks with 21st Century Fox to evaluate the potential take-over of its pay TV assets in Germany and Italy.

ITV, Kudos and Imaginary Friends have today confirmed the returning cast for the new series of Broadchurch, which is set to begin filming in Dorset shortly.

For once Cowell’s talent soap for children seemed positively gritty, hard hitting and edgy compared to offering on the other side.

The deal means AdSmart will made available to parts of Johnston Press’ sales network, allowing medium sized businesses access to an advertising medium usually deemed out of bounds due to high costs and unnecessarily high reach.

From 2015, BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media will begin sending “educational letters” to customers that they believe are downloading programmes illegally.

Thursday night saw BBC One’s latest observational documentary wrap up after four episodes and a hugely successful run, as the traffic wardens of Parking Mad (9pm) hung up their ticket-issuing tools for the last time.