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As if there was any doubt, the past two days have seen the UK’s premium ‘talent’ show lord it up all over Saturday and Sunday’s TV schedule, as The X Factor’s success overshadowed all of the competition.

The return to the fold of original judge Sharon Osbourne, has had a positive affect on the ratings for the tenth series of long running karaoke show The X Factor.

The offering gives viewers one place to access all on-demand programming across the BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5, available alongside TVCatchup’s linear TV service.

The latest TV Market round-up figures for August reveal a significant dip in total satellite revenue, down -0.8% compared with July’s 15.5% rise, while other channels fared much better.

At this year’s International Broadcasting Convention, the broadcaster’s chief technology officer Bob Harris said that the channel had been experimenting with real-time data processing.

ITV’s The Guilty wrapped up after three weeks last night, giving starved viewers their much needed fix of infanticide.

Channel 4 has said that it will be taking a step back from further exploring connected TV experiences because of limited uptake from viewers.

Blinkbox claims that its autumn content offering has ten times the number of latest blockbuster films than Netflix and LoveFilm.

Grinning boffin Brian Cox returned to the prime time schedules last night, armed with his unique brand of vocal harmonies and seemingly gormless enthusiasm.

DR, Denmark’s small public service broadcaster, has produced monster hits including The Killing, Borgen and The Bridge. Raymond Snoddy asks how they have pulled this off – and after hearing the organisation’s director of cultural affairs talk at IBC in Amsterdam, finds the answers are both extreme and surprising.