'X Factor' on the brink?

Simon Cowell is having "urgent" talks with ITV1 bosses over the future of 'The X Factor'.

The 51-year-old music mogul – who is yet to announce the line-up for the show's judging panel, despite the first round of auditions at London's O2 being just seven weeks away – is reportedly refusing to commit to the UK version of the talent show until he finalises the details of the US launch.