Ananova

[citation needed] The site was frequently referenced by Karl Pilkington during the Ricky Gervais Show.

The character of Ananova was given a distinctive look and personality based on celebrities Victoria Beckham, Kylie Minogue, and Carol Vorderman.

[6] Her creators described her as a 28-year-old "girl about town" who stands at 173 cm (5.7 ft) tall and loves the band Oasis and the TV show The Simpsons.

[1] A significant portion of Ananova's official website was dedicated to detailed fictions regarding the character's personality.

[5] The speech synthesis used by Ananova was developed using patented methods that applied human inflections to extend the rVoice solution from Rhetorical Systems (now Nuance Communications).