Sci fi series "Doctor Who" zooms into record books
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The cult science fiction series "Doctor Who" has won a place in the record books as the longest-running television show of its type, a fitting accolade for the time-travelling adventurer.
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A record-breaking 6.1 million UK television watchers have used an interactive service that enables them to see a different Olympic event than the one being broadcast over the air by the BBC.
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Television talk show host and quiz master Regis Philbin set a new record on Friday as the person who has spent the most hours in front of US television cameras, according to officials of Guinness World Records.
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More than 3.5m programmes were watched using the BBC's iPlayer since 25 December, the corporation says.
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The DVDs of the original Star Wars trilogy break a UK sales record after one day of release.
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A hand-written, illustrated book of  wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched a record  1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) at auction in London on  Thursday, nearly 40 times its expected price.
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LONDON : It weighs in at 60 volumes and 282 pounds (128 kilogrammes), costs a fortune and is billed as one of the greatest works of reference the world has ever seen.
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BBC One is voted terrestrial channel of the year and Dr Who best programme at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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Online retailer says it set new records this year.
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LONDON: This one is surely good news for Simpsons&#39; fans. Physicists at Imperial College London are developing a new optical disk that could store all 350 scheduled episodes of The Simpsons , totalling 8,080 minutes of film.
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The final Harry Potter book will have a record breaking, back breaking first printing of 12 million copies, Scholastic, Inc., announced Wednesday.
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Mel Gibson's film records impressive DVD sales.
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US TV host Regis Philbin has earned a place in the Guinness Book of World of Records for logging 15,188 hours in front of the camera.
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Girls Aloud enter the new World Records book with the most consecutive UK top 10s by a female act.
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Strong overseas sales of shows such as Doctor Who help BBC Worldwide to  increase annual profits by 24%.
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Four decades after Capt. Kirk and   crew zoomed off at warp speed to "the final frontier," the   iconic sci-fi series "Star Trek" returns to broadcast   television this week with an extensive digital face-lift.
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft this month is set to surpass the record for the most science data returned by any Mars spacecraft.