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YouView could bring National Theatre to UK homes
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UK households with a YouView set top box could soon be enjoying the very nest of the National Theatre, CEO Richard Halton has suggested in an interview with City AM. Launched in July, YouView combines broadcast channels with on-demand and catch-up video delivered via broadband and is expected to add live internet delivered (IPTV) channels…
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Doctor Who: Christmas special title revealed
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This year’s Doctor Who Christmas special is called The Snowmen and introduces Jenna-Louise Coleman as new companion Clara, the BBC has confirmed. A special trailer airing during Friday’s also revealed a new look for the Doctor and a new monster that will have families shivering behind their sofas. Matt Smith returns as the Doctor who…
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Barclaycard returns to iPhone with new augmented reality game
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More than three years ago Barclaycard scored a viral hit with its Waterslide app for Apple’s iPhone, inspired from its then TV ad campaign. We were impressed at how little in-game branding there was and a 2010 follow-up Rollercoaster app offered more fun and impressively un-spammy gaming. Now the company is back with Toys Unleashed,…
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Cloud Atlas – new feature
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Here’s the latest feature from the upcoming Warner Bros. release Cloud Atlas. Based on David Mitchell’s novel of the same name, the film features six interrelated stories which take the viewer from the South Pacific in the nineteenth century to a distant, post-apocalyptic future. An stellar cast including Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan…
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Kobo’s Arc tablet goes on sale
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Kobo’s Android-powered tablet, the Kobo Arc, is now on sale in the UK and Canada. The 7” device offers access to Kobo’s reading app and integrated bookstore as well as more than 600,000 apps and is available in three storage configurations: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. The Arc also offers web browsing, emails and Kobo’s unique…
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Warner Bros. to release 20 new IMAX titles
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Warner Bros. has reached agreement with the IMAX Corporation to release up to 20 films in the “immersive” cinema format over the next three years. The studio is has a slate of big-draw titles coming over the next 12 months, including: Jack the Giant Slayer (March 1, 2013); Man of Steel (June 14, 2013); Pacific…