Major global IT network outage affecting banking services, flights, television, supermarkets – New Zealand Herald
A global IT outage is causing chaos tonight, halting banking services, disrupting flights, preventing supermarket shopping and causing chaos for public transport users. There were reports of disruptions to parts of the national bank payment system this evening, as well as global network outages for television and Microsoft services. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights […]
TV tonight: this year’s Proms kicks off with a magical female-led opener | Television
BBC Proms 2024 7pm, BBC TwoIt’s Proms season! Clive Miley kicks off eight incredible weeks of classical music at the Royal Albert Hall. On the opening night, the BBC Symphony Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Conductor Elim Chan will make his Proms debut, and star soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason will perform Clara Schumann’s Piano […]
Disney May Destroy One Of The Greatest Shows In Television History
A report published Wednesday detailed how Disney might have massacred “Doctor Who” to the point of extinction. Okay, so Deadline didn’t exactly say that Disney took “Doctor Who” round back and kicked its head in, but it was “almost completely absent from upfront festivities” despite being arguably the most iconic cult classic television show in […]
‘Had The Television On Too Loud’: Live In Caregiver Sentenced After Beating Elderly Woman To Death
An Arizona man who beat and killed an elderly woman because his television was too loud has been sentenced to 60 years in prison by a judge, authorities announced in a press release. Dmitri G. Rogachev, 46, a former live-in caregiver, was sentenced to 75 years in prison for the murder of 75-year-old Sandra Jackson. […]
GOP convention rock band energizes crowd and social media and drowns out television coverage
The 2024 Republican National Convention crowd of delegates and politicians were treated to an energizing rock concert led by the Nashville-based country music rock band Sixwire, which played popular radio tunes in between speakers on the first day of the convention. The band played a rocking setlist that included “I Want You to Want Me” […]
Euro 2024 final review – ITV wins quality match between nation’s broadcasters | Television & radio
aWhen Spain took on England at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, an equally tense battle unfolded in British television studios, broadcast live by both BBC One and ITV1. With a combined estimated audience of 30 million, the stakes were high: who would take home broadcast bragging rights? Both channels aired the match for over four hours […]
Kings From Queens: The Run-DMC Story review – incredibly honest and raw TV | Television & radio
circleOver-involving your subject, whether in a documentary or biopic, can turn treasure into trash. The members of Queen turned into bland, unapologetically heroic figures when they produced Bohemian Rhapsody; Ice Cube and Dr. Dre did the same when they collaborated on 2015’s Straight Outta Compton. Meanwhile, projects like Metallica’s Some Kind of Monster and Anton […]
The Turkish Detective review – downright ridiculous, in a good way | Television & radio
IIn one of the opening scenes of Turkish Detective — yes, it’s about detectives, yes, it’s set in Turkey, and yes, the extremely literal meaning of the title foreshadows the less mentally demanding nature of this detective drama — Turkish-born, British-raised police officer Mehmet Suleyman is greeted at Istanbul airport by his new boss, a […]
TV tonight: a moreish Swedish thriller about a big family trauma | Television & radio
End of Summer 9pm, BBC Four Something strange and terrifying happened to Vera (Julia Ragnarsson) and her family one summer during her childhood, as this Swedish thriller begins, alluded to in suspenseful flashbacks. Now an adult, Vera is a grief therapist. When a young man named Isak (Erik Enge) comes to one of her sessions […]
TV tonight: Tim Harford’s long, hard look at Britain’s broken economy | Television
Poverty: The truth behind Britain’s failing economy with Tim Harford 9pm, Channel 4 Harford, the Financial Times’ “undercover economist” and presenter of Radio 4’s “More or Less”, takes a sobering look into the lack of economic growth and why it means young people in the UK can no longer be expected to be better off […]