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On June 18, 2002, BT Cellnet was rebranded as O2 by parent company mmO2 plc.

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From Christmas in Connecticut  to present. Christmas in Connecticut  (1992, TV) Lincoln  (1992, TV) Dave  (1993) Last Action Hero  (1993) Beretta's Island  (1993) True Lies  (1994) Junior  (1994) T2-3D: Battle Across Time  (1996) Eraser  (1996) Batman & Robin  (1997) End of Days  (1999) The 6th Day  (2000) Dr. Dolittle  (2001) Collateral Damage  (2002) Liberty's Kids  (2002-03, TV) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines  (2003) The Rundown  (2003) Around the World in 80 Days  (2004) The Kid & I  (2005) Terminator Salvation  (2009, likeness) The Expendables  (2010) The Expendables 2  (2012) The Last Stand  (2013) Escape Plan  (2013) Sabotage  (2014) Years of Living Dangerously  (2014-16, TV) The Expendables 3  (2014) Maggie  (2015) Two and a Half Men  (2015, TV) Epic Rap Battles of History  (2015, TV) Terminator Genisys  (2015...

From Hercules in New York  to Terminator 2: Judgement Day . Hercules in New York  (1970) The Long Goodbye  (1973) Happy Anniversary and Goodbye  (1974, TV) Stay Hungry  (1976) Pumping Iron  (1977) The Streets of San Francisco  (1977, TV - episode "Dead Lift") The San Pedro Beach Bums  (1977, TV - episode "Lifting Is My Life") The Villain  (1979) Scavenger Hunt  (1979) The Jayne Mansfield Story  (1980) Conan the Barbarian  (1982) Conan the Destroyer  (1984) The Terminator  (1984) Red Sonja  (1985) Commando  (1985) Raw Deal  (1986) Predator  (1987) The Running Man  (1987) Red Heat  (1988) Twins  (1988) Tales from the Crypt  (1990, TV - episode "The Switch") Total Recall  (1990) Kindergarten Cop  (1990) Terminator 2: Judgement Day  (1991)

That honour goes to What a Cartoon! , which first aired on February 20, 1995.

That honour goes to the 1989 film The Little Mermaid .

  These two major were once part of the big six until 1999. EMI (founded March 31, 1931 as Electric and Musical Industries and folded into Universal Music Group on September 28, 2012) Predecessor companies, 1898-1931 Gramophone Company (founded April 1898) Independent, 1898-1929 Radio Corporation of America, 1929-1931 Columbia Graphophone Company (founded February 13, 1917) Columbia Phonograph Company, 1917-1922 Independent, 1922-1931 Radio Corporation of America, 1931-1935 Independent, 1935-1979 (as Electric and Musical Industries until 1971 and as EMI from 1971 onwards) Thorn EMI, 1979-1996 EMI Group, 1996-2007 Terra Firma Capital Partners, 2007-2011 Citigroup, 2011-2012 Polygram (founded 1962 as Grammophon-Philips Group and folded into Universal Music Group on December 10, 1998) Predecessor companies, 1898-1962 Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (founded 1898) Independent, 1898-1941 Siemens, 1941-1962 Philips Phonografische Industrie (founded 1929 as Hollandsche Decca Distributie)...

These three and one mini-major were once part of the big six until 1999. Sony Music Entertainment (founded September 9, 1929 as American Record Corporation) Predecessor company, 1885-1929 Scranton Button Company (founded 1885) Independent, 1885-1929 Independent, 1929-1938 CBS, 1938-1988 (as Columbia Records, USA until 1966 and as CBS Records from 1966 onwards) Sony Corporation of America, 1988-2004 (as CBS Records until 1991 and as Sony Music Entertainment from 1991 onwards) Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann, 2004-2008 (as Sony BMG Music Entertainment) Sony Corporation of America, 2008-2012 (as Sony Music Entertainment) Sony Entertainment, 2012-2019 Sony Music Group, 2019-present Universal Music Group (founded September 1934 as the American unit of Decca Records) Decca Records, 1934-1939 Independent, 1939-1962 MCA Inc., 1962-1990 (as MCA Records from 1971 until 1989 and as MCA Music Entertainment Group from 1989 onwards) Matsushita Electric, 1990-1995 Seagram, 1995-2000 (as M...

It is none other than "Seamless actions across apps - Galaxy S25 Ultra", which was uploaded on January 22, 2025 and to date has amassed 56.6 million views.

It is none other than "The Underdogs: Swiped Mac - Apple at Work", which was uploaded on July 19, 2023 and to date has amassed 78.6 million views.

This includes those from imprints. Spider-Man  (1977) - $9 million (1977-1982) Conan the Barbarian  (1982) - $79.1 million (1982-1998) Blade  (1998) - $131.2 million (1998-2000) X-Men  (2000) - $296.3 million (2000-2002) Spider-Man  (2002) - $825.8 million (2002-2007) Spider-Man 3  (2007) - $891.6 million (2007-2012) The Avengers  (2012) - $1.521 billion (2012-2018) Avengers: Infinity War  (2018) - $2.052 billion (2018-2019) Avengers: Endgame  (2019) - $2.799 billion (2019-present)

This excludes those from imports. Batman: The Movie  (1966) - $3.9 million (1966-1978, 12 years) Superman: The Movie  (1978) - $300 million (1978-1989, 11 years) Batman  (1989) - $411.6 million (1989-2008, 19 years) The Dark Knight  (2008) - $1.009 billion (2008-2012, four years) The Dark Knight Rises  (2012) - $1.114 billion (2012-2018, six years) Aquaman  (2018) - $1.152 billion (2018-present, seven years to date)

The project later evolved into Rebels , Rogue One , Star Wars Jedi ,  Solo , The Bad Batch , Obi-Wan Kenobi , Andor , Star Wars: Tales of the Empire  and Maul: Shadow Lord .

The project later evolved into Star Trek: The Motion Picture  and The Next Generation .

Predecessors are included here and at the time of this writing. Benfica (Portugal) - 38 Porto (Portugal) - 30 Sporting CP (Portugal) - 21 Palmeiras (Brazil) - 12 Santos (Brazil) - Eight Flamengo (Brazil) - Eight Corinthians (Brazil) - Seven São Paulo (Brazil) - Six Cruzeiro (Brazil) - Four Vasco da Gama (Brazil) - Four Fluminense (Brazil) - Four Internacional (Brazil) - Three Atlético Mineiro (Brazil) - Three Botafogo (Brazil) - Three Grêmio (Brazil) - Two Bahia (Brazil) - Two Belenenses (Portugal) - One Boavista (Portugal) - One Guarani (Brazil) - One Athletico Paranaense (Brazil) - One Coritiba (Brazil) - One Sport Recife (Brazil) - One

Predecessors are included here and at the time of this writing. Manchester United (England) - 20 Liverpool (England) - 20 Arsenal (England) - 13 Manchester City (England) - Ten Everton (England) - Nine Aston Villa (England) - Seven Sunderland (England) - Six Chelsea (England) - Six Los Angeles Galaxy (United States) - Six New York Cosmos (United States) - Five Newcastle United (England) - Four Sheffield Wednesday (England) - Four D.C. United (United States) - Four Huddersfield Town (England) - Three Wolverhampton Wanderers (England) - Three Leeds United (England) - Three Blackburn Rovers (England) - Three Columbus Crew (United States) - Three Preston North End (England) - Two Portsmouth (England) - Two Burnley (England) - Two Tottenham Hotspur (England) - Two Derby County (England) - Two Chicago Sting (United States) - Two San Jose Earthquakes (United States) - Two Sporting Kansas City (United States) - Two Seattle Sounders FC (United States) - Two Houston Dynamo FC (United States) - T...

Disney Channel Canada (launched September 1, 2015) and Disney XD Canada (launched October 9, 2015, original owned by Wildbrain as launched June 1, 2011 is now Wildbrain TV).

Boomerang Canada (launched October 1, 2007 as Teletoon Retro)  and La Chaîne Disney (launched September 4, 2008 as T élétoon R étro).

Cartoon Network Canada (launched October 17, 1997 as Teletoon, original as launched July 4, 2012 is now Boomerang Canada) and Nickelodeon Canada (launched September 3, 2001 as Discovery Kids Canada).

YTV (launched September 1, 1988) and Télétoon (launched September 8, 1997).

MyNetworkTV is owned by Fox Television Stations via Fox Corporation and The CW is owned by Nexstar Media Group, Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery.

Fox is owned by Fox Entertainment via Fox Corporation and Ion is owned by Scripps Networks, LLC via E.W. Scripps Company.

ABC is owned by Disney Television Group via The Walt Disney Company and PBS is owned by their member public television stations via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

NBC is owned by NBC Universal via Comcast and CBS is owned by CBS Entertainment Group via Paramount Global.

Involving the fourth Powerpuff Girl, Bunny.

Notable examples being the fictional ads seen in the start of several episodes but also Slurm.

The 1991 film that was an influence to The Fast and the Furious  and the 2015 remake that felt too similar to the film that the original inspired.

From 1966 to 2025. See for yourself.

Live and Let Die  (1973) and Licence to Kill  (1989).

In The Nutty Professor  (1996) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps  (2000).

One word: Fruitopia as it launched in the mid Nineties under the Minute Maid brand and had that trippy psychedelic ads.

Titled "Drugstore", this was directed by Michel Gondry and had two versions when it aired during 1995. See for yourself.

All of these franchises are under the highest-grossing media franchises list from Wikipedia with over $1-2 billion in revenue. Pokémon  -  Pokémon Detective Pikachu  (2019), grossed $433 million Mickey Mouse & Friends  - Get a Horse!  (2013, short film attached to Frozen ), grossed $1.28 billion Winnie the Pooh  - Christopher Robin  (2018), grossed $197.7 million Star Wars  - Star Wars: The Force Awakens  (2015), grossed $2.071 billion Disney Princess  - Beauty and the Beast  (2017), grossed $1.266 billion Anpanman  - Not applicable Barbie  - Barbie  (2023), grossed $1.447 billion Harry Potter/Wizarding World  - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two  (2011), grossed $1.342 billion Marvel Cinematic Universe - Avengers: Endgame  (2019), grossed $2.799 billion Hello Kitty  - Not applicable Call of Duty  - No films to date Batman  - The Dark Knight Rises  (2012), grossed $1.1...

While touchscreen phones/smartphones that already existed before the iPhone, the first notable example is the IBM Simon. Brand - Bellsouth Developed by IBM Manufactured by Mitsubishi Launched August 16, 1994 Discontinued February 1995 50,000 units sold

As the first is in fact the 1989 film The Wizard , which starred Fred Savage and has gained a cult following to this day. It also known for that line "I love the Power Glove. It's so bad."

It opened five days after I was born. December 12, 1996 to be exact. It has gone by various names: Virgin Cinemas (1996-2000), UGC Cinemas (2000-2005), Cineworld (2005-2006), Empire Cinemas (2006-2023) and now Omniplex Cinemas (2024-present).

When launched in 1998 by Dixons, they were Freeserve and was later bought by France Telecom in 2001. Three years later, Freeserve became Wanadoo and then becoming Orange Home in 2006 and is now EE Broadband as a result of the Orange/T-Mobile merger in 2010 that resulted in the EE brand two years later.

So, back in 1963, Ford announced plans to acquire the Italian luxury carmaker as founder Enzo Ferrari wanted to focus more on the racing side of the company and the deal was revealed in full on May 21, where once the acquisition was finalised, the automobile side would be called Ford-Ferrari and the racing side would be called Ferrari-Ford. However, the acquisition never materialised as Enzo, who initially approved it, discovered a clause that the racing team to request its funds from Ford, feeling it would threaten his autonomy. Because of this, Ford would create their own racing car to compete against Ferrari called the GT40.

From August 1993 onwards though on hiatus since September 2023. Fox Kids Network/Fox Kids - 1993 to 2002 (1993-94 to 2001-02) ABC Family - 2002 to 2006 (2001-02 to 2005-06) ABC Kids - 2002 to 2010 (2002-03 to 2009-10) Jetix - 2004 to 2009 (2003-04 to 2008-09) Toon Disney - 2004 to 2009 (2003-04 to 2008-09) Nickelodeon - 2011 to 2021 (2010-11 to 2021-22) Nicktoons - 2011 to 2021 (2010-11 to 2021-22) Vortexx - 2012 to 2013 (2012-13) Twitch - 2017 to 2018 (2017-18) Netflix - 2021 to 2023 (2021-22 to 2023-24)

This excludes those currently in development such as Blade Runner 2099 . Blade Runner  (1982) - Feature film Total Recall  (1990) - Feature film Barjo  (1992) - Feature film Screamers  (1995) - Feature film Soldier  (1998) - Feature film, connected to Blade Runner Total Recall 2070  (1999) - TV series Impostor  (2001) - Feature film Minority Report  (2002) Paycheck  (2003) - Feature film A Scanner Darkly  (2006) - Feature film Next  (2007) - Feature film Your Name Here  (2008) - Feature film, biopic Screamers: The Hunting  (2009) - Feature film, sequel to Screamers Radio Free Albemuth  (2010) - Feature film The Adjustment Bureau  (2011) - Feature film Total Recall  (2012) - Feature film, remake of Total Recall  (1990) The Man in the High Castle  (2015-19) - TV series Minority Report  (2015-16) - TV series, sequel to Minority Report  (2002) 2036: Nexus Dawn  (2017) - Short film, prequ...

Of course, they're based in the States with good reason. The Emmys (television), the Grammys (music), the Oscars (film) and the Tonys (theatre).

This focuses on every entry of The Matrix  franchise comprising of films and video games. The Matrix  (March 31, 1999) The Matrix Revisited  (November 20, 2001) - Direct-to-video documentary The Matrix Reloaded  (May 15, 2003) Enter the Matrix  (May 15, 2003) - Video game The Animatrix  (June 3, 2003) - Animated anthology film The Matrix Revolutions  (November 5, 2003) The Matrix Online  (March 22, 2005) - Video game The Matrix: Path of Neo  (November 8, 2005) - Video game The Matrix Awakens  (December 9, 2021) - Video game The Matrix Resurrections  (December 22, 2021)

The football tournaments in question are the Summer Olympics (men's), the FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Summer Olympics (women's). Europe: Summer Olympics (men's) - Great Britain and Hungary (winners, three titles each) / FIFA World Cup - Italy and Germany (winners, four titles each) / FIFA Women's World Cup - Germany (winners, two titles) / Summer Olympics (women's) - Norway and Germany (winners, one title each) North America: Summer Olympics (men's) - Canada (winners, one title) / FIFA World Cup - United States (third place) / FIFA Women's World Cup - United States (winners, four titles) / Summer Olympics (women's) - United States (winners, five titles) Africa: Summer Olympics (men's) - Nigeria and Cameroon (winners, one title each) / FIFA World Cup - Morocco (fourth place) / FIFA Women's World Cup - Nigeria (seventh place) / Summer Olympics (women's) - Nigeria (sixth place) South America: Summer Olympics (men's...

They are none other than the Ultra Series , Kamen Rider , Super Sentai and Metal Hero  with the first half to have a film directed by Neon Genesis Evangelion  director Hideaki Anno. Representing the big four are Ultraman ( Ultra Series ), Kamen Rider #1 ( Kamen Rider ), Akaranger ( Super Sentai ) and Gavan ( Metal Hero ).

Starting in 1996 with the former being the overall winner and the latter being the winner by regular season performance. 1996 - D.C. United (Cup, first title) and Tampa Bay Mutiny (Supporters' Shield, only title) 1997 - D.C. United (Cup, second title and Supporters' Shield, first title) 1998 - Chicago Fire (Cup, first title) and Los Angeles Galaxy (Supporters' Shield, first title) 1999 - D.C. United (Cup, third title and Supporters' Shield, second title) 2000 - Kansas City Wizards, now Sporting Kansas City (Cup, first title and Supporters' Shield, first title) 2001 - San Jose Earthquakes (Cup, first title) and Miami Fusion (Supporters' Shield, only title) 2002 - Los Angeles Galaxy (Cup, first title and Supporters' Shield, second title) 2003 - San Jose Earthquakes (Cup, second title) and Chicago Fire (Supporters' Shield, first title) 2004 - D.C. United (Cup, fourth title) and Columbus Crew (Supporters' Shield, first title) 2005 - Los Angeles Galaxy (C...

It's none other than Sight on Sound. This channel began broadcasting on December 1, 1977, the same day as the launch of Warner-Amex's Qube cable television service as well as Pinwheel, which later became Nickelodeon two years later before folding on July 31, 1981, as MTV began broadcasting the following day.

Alphabets to numbers. So, once again - A1, B2, C3, D4, E5, F6, G7, H8, I9, J10, K11, L12, M13, N14, O15, P16, Q17, R18, S19, T20, U21, V22, X24, Y25 and Z26.

Note that these ten are all football stadiums including the Estádio da Luz, Benfica's home stadium. Estádio da Luz (S.L. Benfica) - 64,642 Estádio José Alvalade (Sporting CP) - 50,095 Estádio do Dragão (FC Porto) - 50,033 Estádio Nacional (Portugal national football team) - 37,593 Estádio Municipal de Aveiro (S.C. Beira-Mar) - 32,830 Estádio Algarve (Louletano D.C.) - 30,305 Estádio Municipal de Braga (S.C. Braga) - 30,286 Estádio D. Afonso Henriques (Vitória S.C.) - 30,029 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (Académica de Coimbra) - 29,622 Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (Boavista F.C.) - 28,263