Most popular and commented – Page 2261

  • _22457_gif
    Ratings

    Title ?decider' scores 2.5m for Sky

    2003-04-17T12:15:01Z

    Manchester United and Arsenal's tense Premiership clash at Highbury last night (17 April) on Sky Sports 1 netted 2.5 million viewers and an 11.8% share across all TV homes between 19.00 and 22.00, peaking at an impressive 3.8 million during the game, writes Luke Satchell

  • _22458_gif
    News

    Mentorn wins Fox commission

    2003-04-17T15:11:16Z

    Robot Wars producer Mentorn, a subsidiary of The Television Corporation, has won a commission from Rupert Murdoch's US broadcaster Fox to make a new prime-time reality show, Paradise Hotel, writes Luke Satchell

  • _22459_gif
    News

    Channel 4 to air edgier late zone

    2003-04-17T15:15:29Z

    Channel 4 is introducing a new weekly block of low-cost experimental programming in order to inject more edgy shows into its late-night schedule, writes Penny Hughes

  • News

    News teams pulled out as conflict ends.

    2003-04-17T15:34:12Z

    News broadcasters are scaling back their commitments to the region in and around Iraq, following the

  • News

    BBC daytime joins battle for 'scud stud'.

    2003-04-17T15:34:21Z

    The competition for the services of much in demand BBC News correspondent Rageh Omaar is set to be joined by an unlikely contender - BBC daytime writes Leigh Holmwood.

  • News

    Govt tries TV scheme to lure couch voters.

    2003-04-17T15:34:26Z

    Members of the public will be able vote for candidates in next month's local elections via their TVs for the first time, as part of a pilot scheme from Sky and NTL, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

  • News

    Missiles and boycotts won't stop us reporting.

    2003-04-17T15:34:26Z

    Al-Jazeera paid the ultimate price for tenaciously adhering to its professional ethos: 'the opinion and the

  • News

    C4 turns spotlight on fashion legend.

    2003-04-17T15:34:35Z

    The inner workings of fashion bible Vogue are to be exposed in a new Channel 4 documentary series, writes Penny Hughes.

  • News

    Endemol launches Jamie-style show.

    2003-04-17T15:34:35Z

    Endemol UK is hoping to cash in on the success of Channel 4's Jamie's Kitchen with a new regional series offering students from the same catering college the chance to work in an expensive London restaurant, writes Penny Hughes.

  • News

    Give C4 licence fee cash, urges Gardam.

    2003-04-17T15:34:35Z

    Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam has called for the BBC's licence fee to be

  • News

    Free trial of digital TV converts doubters.

    2003-04-17T15:34:35Z

    First-hand experience of digital TV makes 'digitally uninterested' cynics more willing to convert from analogue, according to new research from the Independent Television Commission, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

  • News

    Jordan's world comes to BBC3.

    2003-04-17T15:34:35Z

    Busty glamour model Jordan is to be profiled in a third BBC3 documentary which will chart

  • News

    ITC comes out for ITV merger.

    2003-04-17T15:34:35Z

    The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is set to lend its support to the creation of a single ITV today (Wednesday) as it gives evidence to the Competition Commission, which began its investigation into the merger this week, writes Paul Revoir.

  • News

    Highfield heads defence of BBCi.

    2003-04-17T15:34:35Z

    BBC director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield is to lead the BBC's response to the government's review of its online service, which media secretary Tessa Jowell this week announced must be submitted by the end of June, writes Leigh Holmwood.

  • News

    Women directors lead B+ shortlist.

    2003-04-17T15:34:35Z

    Female directors dominate the shortlist for this year's best young director category at the B+ Young

  • News

    UK Gold to stage fawlty vs Brent.

    2003-04-17T15:34:36Z

    John Cleese's classic comic creation Basil Fawlty and The Office's David Brent and will go head

  • News

    BBC WORLD EXPANDS.

    2003-04-17T15:34:36Z

    The BBC has signed up 15 new foreign terrestrial broadcasters to its breaking news service since

  • News

    BALLET JOB FOR GRACE.

    2003-04-17T15:34:36Z

    Janie Grace, the ITV kids controller who was forced out of her job in February, has

  • News

    SKY IN AMSTRAD BOX DEAL.

    2003-04-17T15:34:36Z

    BSkyB has ended its exclusive contract with set-top box manufacturer Pace Microtechnology to supply its Sky+

  • News

    AL JAZEERA ADDS STAFF.

    2003-04-17T15:34:36Z

    Arabic newscaster al-Jazeera is to bolster its London office with half a dozen new appointments as