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Wednesday evening saw the TV schedule inundated with a heavy slice of prime time glitter and pomp as the self-congratulatory festival of backslapping that is The National Television Awards 2014 (ITV, 7:30pm) took place.

Decipher’s Nigel Walley says one of the biggest problems with this year’s CES offerings is that we just don’t want to live in the worlds many of these companies envisage.

Speaking at MediaTel’s CES Debrief, Decipher’s Nigel Walley says media owners can no longer afford to keep making new apps for proprietary operating systems in what has become a deeply fragmented market.

The search for that ultimate palate-pleasing taste netted the smallest audience out of all the main broadcasters in the 9pm time slot.

The findings come at the start of a year when “crucial decisions” about the future of free-to-air TV will be made by policy makers in the UK and EU,

Monday night saw ardent and bereaved soap fans come together on ITV as a vigil was held for one of soap land’s most enduringly popular characters.

From Gary Barlow’s Big Ben Bash to Matt Smith’s farewell as the Time Lord, the BBC dominated the Christmas TV schedule.

To coincide with the start of the BBC’s World War One season the broadcaster has launched a range of new digital content under a new brand called BBC iWonder.

If Saturday’s showy content was a bit hollow, Sunday evening provided a barrage of scripted drama with the return of feverishly anticipated Call the Midwife (BBC One, 9pm) leading the way.

The series, based around the adventures of Marco Polo, is due to premier at the end of the year.