19 Dec 2003
1. Christian O'Connell, Xfm. 'Mould-breaking', 'standard-setting', 'pure genius': these are just some of the quotes made up by Christian O'Connell about his own breakfast show on Xfm. O'Connell, together with his newsreader-turned-sidekick Chris Smith, regularly break broadcasting boundaries, making...
19 Dec 2003
1. The Matrix: Reloaded; Directors: Andy and Larry Wachowski; Box office gross: £33.2m. Never the stirring sequel to The Matrix everyone was panting for, murmurs that Reloaded would give the series the same mythical status as the Star Wars trilogy were way off the mark. If anything, the Wachowski brothers...
19 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – Five is continuing its move upmarket with plans to strengthen its science and history programming in a further move away from its roots of 'films, f***ing and football'.
19 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – 'The Last Temptation of Christ' is the most complained about TV programme or film, triggering 1,554 complaints after it was shown on Channel 4 in 2001, the ITC has revealed in a final top 12 of complained-about TV as it prepares to shut its doors for the final time.
18 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Future Publishing has appointed industry veteran Tony Mott as the new editor of its games magazine Edge, which it plans to back with increased distribution and international expansion in 2004.
18 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Project Tyson, Emap's new weekly men's magazine, is to hit newsstands in January with advertising deals booked solid for the first six issues.
18 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON – Google has quietly begun testing a new service, dubbed Google Print, with publishing firms, which will pull together reviews and excepts from novels.
18 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – The government's target of converting 95% of homes to digital TV by 2010 has begun to look possible as new year figures are likely to show that 50% of homes now have a digital service.
18 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - After being hit by a barrage of criticism and denials by senior management, Chrysler has pulled its Dodge brand's sponsorship of the 'Lingerie Bowl', where models in underwear are due to play American football.
18 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON – Discovery Networks International has signed its first international mobile deal with Vodafone, which will see it provide images and ringtones from its diverse family of channels.