Media: Things we like.

ITV'S REBRANDING

ITV appears to have hit the right note with the rebranding of its portfolio of channels. The commercial broadcaster has updated its image with a series of new idents and logos which are just the right side of slick and modern, without alienating its bread-and-butter viewers on ITV1. We think the new look will work whether ITV is airing the latest episode of Coronation Street or targeting cultured connoisseurs and lads with its digital offering on ITV3 and ITV4.

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER

Congratulations once again to Channel 4 for wheeling out the unlikeliest bunch of has-beens, nearlies and virtual-nobodies-but-for-a-sexual-encounter for another highly addictive, cringe-inducing series of Celebrity Big Brother. You may baulk at its watchability, but with bank accounts empty and detoxes under way, its creators and commissioners must be applauded for their great sense of timing. Not to mention their gift for selecting the sort of surreal activity that keeps us entertained on these cold, dark January evenings.

THE PLAYSTATION PORTABLE (PSP)

PlayStation's hand-held cousin looks beautiful and plays like a dream. We particularly loved it over the Christmas break, when it made many a family Christmas bearable. No more charades in the living room with pissed-up Uncle Alf ...