Archives for “TV”

An odd thing happened when I was a wee lad: For a distinct period of time -- about two years, there or thereabouts -- I ...


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I've never seen anything quite like it. There we were, watching the football, and it's heading to penalties. It's nil-nil, a bit scrappy, Everton just edging ...


In the past twelve months we've seen the amount of people watching online video go through the roof. But, unlike the YouTube boom that potentially ...


No, he wasn't. But if you were watching Sky Sports News you may have been mistaken for thinking the wonder-kid was in an awful lot ...


Remember Joe the Plumber? The chap who became an overnight celebrity after meeting President-Elect Barack Obama in the street and questioning his tax policies. Yeah... ...


The new Panorama homepage launched yesterday -- well worth taking a look. It's a collection of blogs, audio/video content and trailers for upcoming programmes. But before you ...


The Freedom of Information Act is arguably the UK journalist's biggest asset when it comes to public sector investigation. As a student, I was often told ...


Did this one completely pass me by? Noticed tonight that the (rather pants) film 'What Women Want' is on BBC iPlayer. They must have done ...


Seems Radio 4 did a 2008 Now Show round up and our 'quake video was on it. I've been trying (a little) to shake off that ...


The latest version of BBC iPlayer Desktop has just been released. Maybe that'll finally get Mac and Linux users off my back ;-) Click here to ...


Last Friday was iPlayer Day, an event on the BBC Internet Blog organised by myself, Nick Reynolds and Jonathan Richardson. It was my first major contribution ...


Today the BBC Trust pulled an absolutely stinking howler. With its decision to prevent the BBC from improving local journalism, the only people who are ...


It's becoming a bit cool to slag off the licence fee since Brand/Ross. Thankfully, the Guardian has come out in support with an editorial. Don't ...


Check out this great trailer for the new official Monty Python channel on YouTube. They're appealing for people who enjoy the channel to buy their stuff. ...


Quite often I find myself getting very irate with BBC viewers. Charlie Brooker summed it up beautifully last night when he said that there needs ...


Thank you to Media Monkey for this stunner from the archives. May I present to you, appearing on the brilliant GamesMaster, the one and only ...


Great interrogation of Alistair Darling by the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson today about the interest rate cut. You can see it here. I'd embed ...


Election night was great, wasn’t it? I managed to keep up ‘til about 3am, when Ohio officially came in. My choice of coverage was the BBC. ...


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A few media commentators have used the Brand/Ross fall out to take swipes at the BBC licence fee. I fear it's a debate that will ...


Wowzers. Take a look at this list of stories on the Russell Brand fiasco, all taken from Media Guardian. There's 49 in total -- and ...


Yesterday's shocking events in Finland brought the debate about media censorship to the fore once again. Peter Horrocks, head of the BBC newsroom, has gone on ...


It's been a while since my last Gate Police post, but this effort from the Telegraph is going to take the sporadic feature of out ...


We often see breaking news coming into its own on the internet -- there is no better place for it -- but sometimes it's good ...