BBC Cuts : What they mean for viewers
February 26, 2010 – 2:39 pm | No Comment

Cuts by the BBC will see the budget for foreign imports cut by a quarter, a report by the Times revealed today.
For some time the BBC have said that hard decisions will have to be …

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MTV Re-brands in the UK and Ireland
March 5, 2010 – 10:13 am | No Comment
MTV Re-brands in the UK and Ireland

MTV have rolled out a re-brand of its channels which sees names changes and new idents and logos.
MTV2 will now become MTV Rocks, VH1 Classic will be MTV Classic and MTVR becomes MTV Shows. Base, …

Blog : Backstage at the Baftas
March 4, 2010 – 12:28 pm | No Comment
Blog : Backstage at the Baftas

I was so excited to be invited to the Baftas. I got the frock, researched all of the films and was ready to be amongst the alternative judging panel backstage.
The event took place in the …

Review : Skins – “I’m Katie F***ing Fitch, who the f*** are you?”
March 1, 2010 – 6:33 pm | No Comment
Review : Skins – “I’m Katie F***ing Fitch, who the f*** are you?”

Katie’s Skins episode featured the angry, conceited redhead finally learning to find herself and bring herself down to earth. And it’s about time.
Yet another week and another episode of Skins, with this time seeing bitchy, …

BBC Cuts : What they mean for viewers
February 26, 2010 – 2:39 pm | No Comment
BBC Cuts : What they mean for viewers

Cuts by the BBC will see the budget for foreign imports cut by a quarter, a report by the Times revealed today.
For some time the BBC have said that hard decisions will have to be …

Opinion : Why Media Studies is a skill, not a skive
February 26, 2010 – 10:37 am | No Comment
Opinion : Why Media Studies is a skill, not a skive

Today, Dr Linda Papadopoulous’ report for the Home Office on children’s consumption of sexualised images was published, part of a wider investigation and strategy on tackling violence against women and girls. The findings within suggest …

Party Down serves up more awesome
February 5, 2010 – 2:58 pm | Comments Off
Party Down serves up more awesome

This article contains spoilers for the first episode of Party Down season 2.

Party Down passed through on cable network Starz last year as a hidden gem, a secret you don’t want to get out in …

‘Bromance’ – Your new favourite waste of time
February 4, 2010 – 11:41 am | Comments Off
‘Bromance’ – Your new favourite waste of time

VIVA, the reality centred MTV channel new to freeview and freesat, will deliver a new chunk of addictive nonsense this February with the show ‘Bromance’.
Just like ‘Paris Hilton’s My New BFF’ the programme aims to …

Dear Comcast – video proof NBC is imploding on itself
January 19, 2010 – 11:27 pm | Comments Off

There’s nothing else to say.  Just watch.

Conan Rally – Late Night Street Fight – watch more funny videos

Glee – Madonna episode songs revealed
January 8, 2010 – 11:21 am | One Comment
Glee – Madonna episode songs revealed

The songs to be featured in an upcoming episode of the musical comedy show Glee have been accidentally revealed by a production team member on his Last.FM profile. The producer’s assistant has been listening to …

xtremespeeds.net BitTorrent site taken offline
January 4, 2010 – 11:46 pm | 100 Comments
xtremespeeds.net BitTorrent site taken offline

A major BitTorrent website providing thousands of television shows and movies without permission amongst tens of thousands of users has been closed today.

OVH, the French internet services company, has pulled the plug on xtremespeeds.net’s servers. …

Liveblog – Celebrity Big Brother – Monday 4th January on Channel 4
January 4, 2010 – 9:51 pm | Comments Off

9:56:51 PM: All geared up for tonights #cbb7 highlights! Recapper is me, Kev. Looking forward to seeing Barney again! http://tinyurl.com/ybuxfhg
10:00:24 PM: I wonder how the BB producers will try and explain away the …

Liveblog – ITV – The Lakes
January 4, 2010 – 7:55 pm | 4 Comments

7:53:38 PM: I’m going to be live blogging this new ITV series tonight! The only thing I know about it is that it’s on after Corrie…
7:58:38 PM: In honour of this show being about water …

Liveblog – Celebrity Big Brother 2010
January 3, 2010 – 8:58 pm | 66 Comments
Liveblog – Celebrity Big Brother 2010

Oh God, here we go again. It’s apparently the final ever Celebrity Big Brother and rumours have been rife over who will be involved. I was excited to hear about Stephen Baldwin, the worst …

Web series ‘Anyone But Me’ returns for season 2
December 15, 2009 – 3:18 pm | Comments Off
Web series ‘Anyone But Me’ returns for season 2

One of the best new web series of last year is back for a second season. Anyone But Me, a bittersweet drama about a young girl dealing with family, relationship and identity issues, finished last …

Review – Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Season 1 Episode 1
December 15, 2009 – 2:27 am | 23 Comments
Review – Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Season 1 Episode 1

On January 22nd, Starz launch “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” – surely the most ridiculously named show of the season.  Equal amounts man boobs to actual boobs, the opener catapults you to an ultra-violent, hyper stylized …