The Independent: Sony does battle with Toshiba over new DVD formats Many of us involved in the home entertainment business are keeping our eyes on the progress of HDTV, and also on the success (or, more likely, otherwise) of the...

by Joseph Gallant Living in the United States, I only got to see one season of BBC's long-running Top Of The Pops: in 1987-88. That season, CBS transmitted the programme in a late-night Friday slot, adding segments presented by Nia...

ITV to end kids' TV production It has been suspected for some time that ITV was losing interest in childrens' TV, even when it was still going ahead with the launch of the CITV Channel, and today's announcement simply underlines...

Show's over for Top of the Pops Over ten years ago, the (then) controller of BBC1 Alan Yentob was in a meeting with various other BBC employees, and during that meeting they collectively decided the Top of the Pops had...

CBBC: bosses to axe Top of the Pops It's bad news from the point of view of television history - the loss of any show after 40+ years is always bad news - but the decision is probably correct. Appaling...

Ofcom threatens Radio 1 over swearing The advent of the podcast has meant that people can download the so-called 'best bits' of Radio 1's high profile shows such as Chris Moyles (breakfast) and Scott Mills (late afternoon 'drivetime') for listening...

BBC to create single news brand Ah, the fun of corporate branding. Mention Sky News to someone and unless they work for Sky they are most likely to think of the rolling news channel, whilst BBC News conjures up...

Tango Clear - Bravo Sony Bravia - Balls You know that commercial... the one that starts with aerial views of a city; gently-edited shots of streets and street corners... beautifully scene-setting music (Heartbeats, performed by José González from his album,...

Over 2 million Americans and many others around the world watch Bill O'Reilly's "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News Channel. But yesterday, the programme, which is often refered to as the "No Spin Zone" spun out of control in joyous...

At 3pm on Friday, 7 June 1946, a BBC Television Service announcer drove up to the doors of Alexandra Palace in a chauffeur-driven car. She stepped out and walked up to a TV camera. Then, captured on newsreel film and...

Media Guardian: ITV axes 40 news jobs Ding ding, all change please! Hot on the heels of Mike Neville's departure, and ITV have announced a raft of changes to its regional news service. Tyne Tees's North East Tonight will remain...

BBC and ITV team up to launch mobile television This is rather clever. By teaming up together to endorse and develop a joint mobile TV project, the BBC and ITV are establishing such a service ahead of the analogue TV...

BBC News: Popular news anchor stepping down Media Guardian: Newsreader quits after 40 years Mike Neville is perhaps one of the best known regional news presenters in the UK. He's a legend in the North East, and in the area...

The Telegraph: Council tax inspectors watching Big Brother House I can't stand Big Brother myself, nor the obsession the media seems to have with it. However every now and then there's a Big Brother story that comes out and makes...

It seems that hardly a week goes by when there isn't some new scheme from the commercial sector to emasculate the BBC, either by stopping it from getting the money it plainly needs to continue its world-leading services, or by...