Category: Television

  • First UK use of Twitter on live TV?

    Did the first use of Twitter on live TV in the UK happen this morning? These tweets by ITV presenter Phillip Schofield certainly suggest so: I did tune in to “This Morning” for a few minutes after catching the first…

  • Jonathan Ross comeback lights up Twitter

    In common with thousands of fellow Twitter users, I sat down on the sofa at 10:35pm last night for the first of the continuance of the 15th series of Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, the chat show on BBC1 with…

  • All eyes on Washington

    Unless you disconnect yourself today entirely from anything audio-visual, you won’t be able to miss the inauguration ceremony of incoming US President Barack Obama. While he will become the 44th President of the United States when he takes his oath…

  • Virgin exuberance

    This ad spot for airline Virgin Atlantic is currently running on TV in the UK: It’s one of the best ads I’ve seen for a long time, one that grabs your attention and keeps it. Once you start watching, you’re…

  • Tech TV with attitude

    A shoutout for Hermione Way who I met at a Scobleizer dinner in London last night. Hermione is founder of the Newspepper (“hot news made by you”) citizen journalism start-up and is the front talent for Techfluff.tv (“the hottest entrepreneurs,…