Super Bowl Sneaks Past Own Viewer Record

While an official attendance of 68,658 was recorded at the Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, it is not the sell-out numbers that go through the physical gate that matter most to the NFL, it is the audience figures on TV, with the latest results showing that they have beaten their own (and America’s) record for most average [...]

NBC Want Ricky Back Again For 2013 Golden Globes

After a hosting performance in the 2012 Golden Globes that was deemed by many critics as ‘tame’ in comparison to his ‘controversial’ celebrity jokes in 2011, English funnyman Ricky Gervais has reportedly been asked by ceremony host broadcaster NBC if he would like to take up the role for a fourth year in a row, having been the main presenter of [...]

Super Bowl Sells Record Ad Rates

While the weekend in American sport saw the elimination of four NFL franchises (Broncos, Texans, Saints, and title-holder Packers) in the single-elimination hunt to reach the Super Bowl on 5 February, the event itself (Super Bowl XLVI) is getting ready to be one of the most profitable of all-time in broadcasting terms, with new services prepared and [...]

Ricky Gervais Taken Back By Golden Globes

For the third year in a row, controversial comedian Ricky Gervais will host the Golden Globe awards in 2012, despite what was described by critics as a ‘highly offensive’ performance from him at the event earlier this year. The ceremony is planned to take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles (USA) on 15 January, [...]

NBC iPad App Gets A Full Episode Makeover

The NBC iPad app was originally released back in June this year, and was a huge dissapointment due to lack of any full length streaming. The app consisted of a collection of news and clips and other TV related stuff. But now NBC have redeemed themselves and added full episode streaming, bringing the app into [...]

NBC iPad App Dissapoints With No Full Length Streaming

NBC have caught up with the rest of the world and launched an iPad app that does everything a TV network should do, except stream TV shows! The new app shows show information, plotlines, photographs, customized dashboard and even interactive games. You can even watch some clips but no matter how hard you look, you [...]