All Broadcast articles in 16 May 2003 – Page 2
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Free them from the idiot box
Television is the kiddie equivalent of crack cocaine, and should be banned - especially from bedrooms, says TV crit...
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Rape claims to be dropped for Leslie
TV presenter John Leslie is on the verge of being cleared of allegations of rape and misconduct. ...
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Why sitcoms rely on the bloke jokes
TV critic Jim Shelley celebrates 50 years of the great British comedy. ...
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RatingsI'm A Celebrity hits series high
ITV1's I'm A Celebrity?Get Me Out Of Here! Recorded it highest ratings last night (11 May), with 10.2 million (41.2% share) tuning in, according to unofficial overnights.
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NewsBBC pulls Al Jazeera film
The BBC last night pulled a 60-minute film on the Al Jazeera television station after the families of two dead British soldiers featured in the piece asked for it to be postponed, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsCelador promotes Woolfe as Watson departs
Celador has promoted Adrian Woolfe to managing director of its international business following Ellis Watson's decision to return to newspapers, writes Colin Robertson
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NewsITN attacks government over missing journalists
ITN has blasted the British government's 'extraordinary decision' not to investigate the disappearance in Iraq of cameraman Fred Nerac and translator Hussein Osman, writes Paul Revoir
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Does BBC online's might matter
The government's recent decision to review the BBC's online services is well-founded. ...
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Electronic posters that can run and run
The rationale for those giant electronic advertising screens can seem flaky. ...
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Absolutely nothing to be ashamed of
Two key players; two very different agendas. Flextech's Lisa Opie is unapologetically commercial; Alan Yentob belie...
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Xbox in drive to close the gap on Sony
Microsoft's Xbox video gaming arm is to step up its campaign to gain ground on Sony's market leading Play-Station 2...
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TV reality dawns live on PBS
The public broadcaster's status as a bulwark against the dominance of US media global groups is under pressure. ...
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NewsNew category for Channel of the Year
The Edinburgh TV festival's channel of the year contest has got a new category - best new channel, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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Reality, not TV rhetoric, drives greenback down
The financial markets' obsession with what the US administration really means by its dollar policy shows no signds ...
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ITN man's crew may have survived firefight
Hopes were raised yesterday for two missing members of the TV crew accompanying the journalist Terry Lloyd after IT...
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NewsSky on track to hit subscriber target
BSkyB picked up 150,000 subscribers in the last quarter, taking its total to 6.7 million, prompting chief executive Tony Ball to declare the company was on track to meet its 7 million target by the end of the year, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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'I'm a Celebrity' gets ITV out of its slump in ratings
ITV1 has reversed its decline by overtaking BBC1's share of the television audience, although it has had to rely on...