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Three announces new Europe mobile data plan
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Mobile network Three has announced a new data plan for customers travelling to Europe. For £5 per day, the network’s pay monthly phone customers will be able to make the most of their iPads and smartphones without worrying about running up large bills. Thomas Malleschitz, marketing director at Three said, “We love the mobile internet…
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Headhunters DVD and Blu-ray release date announced
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Jo Nesbø’s Headhunters will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download from 13 August 2012. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Black Hawk Down) from HBO’s epic series Game of Thrones, Aksel Hennie (Max Manus: Man of War, Age of Heroes) and Julie R. Ølgaard (The Killing), the hard-hitting thriller is the highest grossing foreign-language film of…
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David Mitchell’s Soapbox returns for fourth run
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David Mitchell’s popular Soapbox podcast series returns this week for a new 22-episode run. As before, the Peep Show star will use each week’s podcast to sound off about a subject which has got under his skin. The new run is available from today (Thursday 14th June) across a range of platforms including YouTube, Facebook,…
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Kobo announces ‘triple digit’ growth numbers
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Kobo says it has seen a marked increase in eBook and eReader sales over the past year. The company says eBook downloads by 400 percent while eReader sales were up by 160 percent. In the UK and Europe the company is locked in a three-way battle with Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s iBook for customers and…
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Dredd – UK release date announced
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Dredd, the new big screen outing for the 2000 AD character Judge Dredd, will be released in the UK and Ireland on 7th September, 2012. Described as an “action thriller”, the 3D film is the work of writer Alex Garland (28 days later, Never Let Me Go) and director Pete Travis (End Game, Vantage Point).…
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Mini marks 2012 Olympics with The Italian Job homage
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Iconic car manufacturer Mini has published a short London 2012-themed film which pays homage to Michael Caine’s classic 1969 film, The Italian Job. Mini’s version features a host of stars including Daley Thompson, James Cracknell, Jonathan Edwards and Matthew Pinsent as they attempt to track down the perpetrator of a fictional night-time heist – racing-driver,…