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Simon Cowell’s latest ITV series Red Or Black? has got off to a poor start – not only have three contestants been axed from the show after background checks proved they were ‘unsuitable’, but ITV1 is losing viewers.

According to reports in Broadcast magazine, BT and TalkTalk are intending to sell the internet-connected TV service YouView for less than £100.

The BBC One drama New Tricks topped audience ratings last night as it peaked with 7.9 million viewers, holding an average of 29.7% of the audience share before the show ended at 10pm.

The online TV company SeeSaw has taken a huge hit recently – not only has the private equity firm lost a key content deal with Channel 4, but the company’s designated chairman, Michael Jackson, has stepped down from his position.

TV is moving to the cloud, according to TechCrunch. Although the industry will resist change, it is inevitable – and positive. It will allow viewers to find and share new content and consume television in a different way.

The X-Factor returned to ITV1 on Saturday night, repeating its success of last week with a peak audience of 10.2 million viewers.

The latest report from Ericsson ConsumerLab shows a rise in on-demand viewing figures, while people are spending less time watching scheduled broadcast television.

So this year’s Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival was all about Google; Google and convergence. Eric Schmidt was the first non-broadcast industry speaker to deliver the MacTaggart lecture. But it wasn’t all boffins – there was a lot of luvving too!

I have been following the Athletics World Championships this week, as I am sure many of you have too. I hadn’t realised until I went to tune in for the first time that Channel 4 had snaffled this from the Beeb – and taken Michael Johnson with them.

ITV shares were up 3.3pc yesterday after The Telegraph revealed that it has been in talks with Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset – one of Endemol’s shareholders – about a potential takeover deal.