Feb
15
One of the contestants on the most recent edition of hit television show Dancing On Ice, Jennifer Ellison, suffered a blow to the head during her live performance and was seen leaving the studio with blood all over her hair. The injury occurred while she was performing the Scorpion Kick, which is a particularly challenging …
Feb
03
The BBC has an impressive ability to find things to films that have never been shot before. Planet Earth had several impressive examples of this such as the goat being hunted by a snow leopard on a vertical cliff face. When Frozen Planet came along viewers are once again being treated to something they have …
Feb
03
The entertainment company Sky have recently announced a plan that is expected to benefit many people living in Britain. The company have said that they are going to allow their customers to start viewing some of the most popular television shows on the internet. The company has said that it is eager to embrace the …
Jan
27
The Leveson inquiry into media ethics is continuing its investigation, and recently heard evidence from some of the most important figures in British television. Among those who have appeared before Lord Leveson in the last few days are Mark Thompson, BBC director general, Lord Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust, John Battle, ITN’s head of …
Jan
14
First came the news that 3D films are losing fans at the cinema, and now a French TV company has decided to close down its 3D channel after just 18 months on the air. Only 20,000 people signed up for the 3D channel launched by Canal Plus, despite an aggressive marketing campaign and significant discounts …
Oct
20
A new television advert for a PC game that features a naked woman dancing on a pole and two girls kissing in school uniforms has been banned from the air until after 11pm. The ad is completely animated and for a game titled Duke Nukem Forever and in addition to the above mentioned scandalous scenes …
Oct
13
An advert called The F Word has been banned from UK television. The advert is from a charity run by Bono and it deals with famine in Africa. The advert lasts for a minute and has been banned because it breaches rules about political advertising. The advert focuses on the Horn of Africa and features …
Sep
23
A recent announcement has been made by the Digital Video Broadcast Group that they are going to be looking to make improvements to the quality of 3D television broadcasting in the UK. It has announced that it hopes many of these changes will have been completed by 2012. Wotsat has said, “It seems that the …
Jul
09
A special Olympic debate will be staged by BBC London as it gets close to just one year before the London 2012 Games. The debate will be hosted by Jeremy Vine and will give viewers the opportunity to speak directly with Lord Coe, who is the London 2012 organizing committee chairman and Boris Johnson, the …
Jul
08
In the run up to the changeover to digital television, residents are being told by trading standards officers to beware and on the lockout for rogue traders. In August and September the switchover takes place and the fear is that unscrupulous tricksters will try and take advantage of residents. The Derbyshire County Council is warning …