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The old dogs dusted off their mystery-solving magnifying glasses, cleansed their catheters and returned with that fresh feeling for the tenth series of retrospective crime resolving.

BBC Trust begins a review examining how well the BBC’s involvement in broadband television service YouView is meeting the conditions set by the Trust.

New research from TiVo finds no significant difference in the amount of traditional TV viewing between the self-reported Netflix and non-Netflix households.

Monday night saw Long Lost Family’s (ITV, 9pm) penultimate episode up the stakes by devoting an entire episode to one person’s search for her mother, so you just know the precious tears were in plentiful supply.

Shareholders, which include the BBC, ITV, BT and TalkTalk, have already begun discussions to expand the service to connected TVs, smartphones and tablets.

Want to know how to ‘kill’ the traditional TV industry? It’s easy, says Jeremy Toeman, CEO of Dijit Media. Come up with a cash flow of roughly $70 billion. That’s it. Pure and simple.

ITV has today reported that TV ad revenue for the first half of the year was down 3%, but the company expects a good third quarter with an anticipated 9% boost as total revenues increase by £30 million.

Mobile and tablet devices accounted for 32% of all requests in June, while PCs made up a record low of 44%.

Revenue was up 7% to over £7 million, while the corporation’s services saw strong growth too, with paid-for subscription up 3.3 million to a total of 31.6 million.

Chromecast allows anybody with a smartphone, tablet or computer to play shows from certain sites and apps on home television sets.