Hi, does anybody know if Simon Cowell is likely to sign a new deal with ITV or move to a different channel. With BGT doing well its unlikely that ITV Won't want him isn't it?

I have a feeling that he will sign another contract for X factor and BGT there both brillient, and they are doing very well still the most watched talent shows on saturday nights so i dont think they will get rid of it anytime soon.

I doubt very much that itv woukd let cowell go. They would pay pver the odds to keep these viewer magnet programmes

What other channel could afford him? BBC don't have the funds and, even if they had, it wouldn't go down well with the public (remember Jonathan Ross?). Simon Cowell seems as ITV-centric as Ant and Dec and Philip Schofield.

BGT surely will be re-commissioned. X Factor WON'T, if figures continue to tumble, it will be AXED this year!

X Factor was still one of the biggest shows on TV last year, and it outperformed every other show by a country mile in terms of viewers aged 16-34 which is what the advertisers want.

It isn't going anywhere, it just isn't as big as it once was. Cowell knows ITV can't lose it, so the bits in the press how he wants to end it etc are just to bump the price up a bit, because he knows ITV will be able to get the next X Factor rights at a knocked down price.

If he lets them drop X Factor and continues to sell programmes like Red or Black and Food Glorious Food, then he won't be in TV production in a couple of years.

If ITV could find a show to replace X Factor with they'd dump it tomorrow. But why replace a show that might get 8-9 million with a show that would get 6-7 million? Or less.

It's also more than simple ratings - it's the publicity, the headlines. You need to look at the whole picture.

Clearly no clue!

Yes, he'll stay with ITV. Whenever he is actually interviewed it's quite clear that he has no real intention of going anywhere else. Much the same as his relationship with Sony.

Syco sold X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, Xtra Factor, Britain's Got More Talent, America's Got Talent and X Factor USA as one package. They'll do the same again and the success of BGT will help X Factor.

Not that XF really needs it. For all the "crisis" is hyped up, it was still the #1 series of 2012 among its target audience of 16-34's, the most lucrative demographic in television. The success of shows like Saturday Night Takeaway and even Splash and Catchphrase is good for ITV. But none of them are delivering anything like the revenues that X Factor does. With The Voice looking more Dancing on Ice than X Factor these days, ITV won't be feeling too confident that they'd be able to replace X Factor.

My guess is that the new deal will be 2 years rather than 3. Maybe for a bit less money, or with more BGT hours and fewer XF hours. Or maybe conditional upon more involvement from Simon. But there will definitely be a deal done, even if it does take place at the eleventh hour.

Absolute nonsense. Even the the figures are not as high as they once were it's still one of the most watched shows on TV.