I’m a big fan of Five’s The Hotel Inspector so was pretty disappointed when presenter Ruth Watson left the show after three series. Her replacement, Alex Polizzi, did a good job on the subsequent series but I prefer Ruth’s no-nonsense approach so I was cheered at it was announced she was to present a broadly similar show for Channel 4, this time looking at country houses whose owners need to make the … [Read more...]
Mobile web use 'up 300%'
December 24, 2008 By
The number of users surfing the web via mobile devices has increased by over 300% since last November, according to the final State of the Mobile Web report of 2008 from browser developer Opera. The firm says Opera Mini users viewed more than 5.7 billion pages in November. Since October, page views have gone up 12.1%. Since November 2007, this number is up 303%. "The numbers are clear: the mobile Web is growing … [Read more...]
Has Channel 4 finally gone too far?
December 24, 2008 By
Can't say I'm too impressed by the news that Channel 4's alternative Christmas message is to be delivered by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. We all know the channel often does things for pure effect and that the more outraged society is the happier channel bosses are but even by 4's standards this is pretty puerile. Iran is widely believed to have stirred up and possibly funded the insurgents in Iraq who are … [Read more...]
Conroy & Hamill to voice new Batman game
December 24, 2008 By
Eidos, the company behind the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum game, have announced that Batman: The Animated Series Veterans Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill will reprise their roles as Batman and The Joker for the game. Batman fans around the world will be excited to learn that Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame and leading television and stage actor Kevin Conroy will lend their voices to the Batman: Arkham Asylum videogame, … [Read more...]
Luhrmann, Kidman Australia interviews
December 24, 2008 By
Baz Luhrmann’s epic action adventure Australia hits screens this Boxing Day and, as an early Christmas present to our readers, we have some great interviews with Luhrmann and cast stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Australia is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in that country on the explosive brink of World War II. In it, an English aristocrat (Kidman) travels to the faraway continent where she meets … [Read more...]
Survivors gets second series
December 20, 2008 By
BBC One's updating of Terry Nation's Survivors has been renewed for a second series, according to reports. Written by Adrian Hodges and based on Nation's novel, the series features a UK decimated by a killer virus with only a few survivors remaining. MediaGuardian.co.uk reports the show has been recommissioned by the BBC 1 controller, Jay Hunt, and the BBC drama commissioning controller, Ben Stephenson ahead of this … [Read more...]
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