Saul Bass
Saul Bass - Interactive image galleries of the pioneering designer's title sequences.
Saul Bass BBC image gallery
Bass - A film title pioneer (from Digital Media FX)
Bass biography - from London's design museum

Television channels
BBC - the home page of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
BBC Learning - Film and Media Web Sites.
Channel 4 - Includes listings and an excellent film section.
Discovery Channel - science television magazine, gives new technological and scientific advances.
ITV - includes news, soaps and sport.
Sky - TV guide includes sports and movie channels

Broadcast Magazine - full online access - students please see the Learning Centre staff for details

Archive film footage
britishpathe.com - preview items from the entire 3500 hour British Pathe Film Archive which covers news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970.
British Universities Film & Video Council Newsreel Project Database contains details of all traceable stories covered by British newsreels and cinemagazines between 1910 and 1979.

Directories and subject gateways
BUBL: Communications, telecommunication, broadcasting - BUBL is an Internet-based information service for the UK higher education community and this page concentrates on media websites.
Media UK Internet Directory - complete link survey of all UK TV, radio, newspaper and magazine websites. All media coverage regularly updated
Yahoo: News and Media - includes magazines, television and weblogs.

Film previews and reviews
Cinescape - science fiction and action adventure film magazine with lots of previews.
Dark Horizons - covers gossip, trailers and posters for the film industry.
Empire Online - a practical film magazine giving reviews of the week's releases.
Film Unlimited - the Guardian's film site offers complete coverage of all British films, listings and reviews.
Hollywood Online - the Washington Post's film site includes video and audio celebrity interviews and a video guide.
Internet Movie Database - contains details of more than 250,000 films and television programmes.
MRQE (Movie Review Query Engine) - Canadian Web site that contains links to reviews of over 25,000 different movie titles.
Mr Showbiz - a complete entertainment site. The film section includes a 30,000 movie review database.
Rotten Tomatoes - links to reviews of movies with a one line summary quote of the review and a rating.

Press coverage
Media Guardian - the Guardian Media online
Press Gazette - UK journalism news and journalism jobs - Established in 1965, Press Gazette is the only weekly paper for those in the business and practice of journalism. Every issue brings together vital news and developments from the world of newspapers, magazines, TV, radio and the internet. Covering launches, redesigns, closures, moves and legislation affecting the industry.

Classic television reviews
Epguides.com - Contains Episode Lists for over 1700 TV shows.
Each list contains titles and airdates. For over 450 shows there is a more detailed episode guide containing guest stars and plot summaries. US based but there are plenty of UK dramas and comedies listed some with full episode details.
Free Pint No. 127 - "Archive Television - A Survey of Websites" By Trevor Harvey.
TV ARK - The place to watch and learn the history of tv channel presentation,
title sequences, adverts, public information films and more.

Criticism, academic debate and theory
Free Pint No.85 - "Streaming Media and Broadband Sites" By Duncan Parry
Media, Gender, Identity - the award-winning website on media and identities by David Gauntlett from the University of Bournemouth.
Media and media literacy - this site offers links on the following subjects: commercial media including television, print and media history, media literacy, media and children.
Reel Action - This site is about resources and opportunities for young people interested in media production.
Screensite - produced by the University of Alabama, gives links and resources concerned with the study of film.

Links checked 19-11-10