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Ofcom is inviting applications for licences to run local TV channels in eleven further locations across the UK, including Barnstable, Gloucester, Guildford and Reading.

The media world has always been a promiscuous place, but what do we make of the new relationship between Virgin and Netflix? The Media Native – aka David Brennan – assesses the impact for the pay-TV market.

It’s been a very successful few days for commercial broadcaster ITV, as its latest raft of reality contests and returning dramas had enough to overshadow similar BBC offerings.

Netflix, the popular home of House of Cards and Breaking Bad, has cornered 38% of the US video streaming market, up 7% since 2012.

Despite an absence of a FIFA World Cup or an Olympics Games, viewers “remained gripped by TV shows”, with over 14 million Brits watching the Wimbledon Final, 13 million French viewers watching the Tour de France, and 26 million Germans watching the election debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Peer Steinbruck.

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.