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BBC recommissions Come Fly With Me
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Despite a less than positive critical reception, the new Matt Lucas and David Walliams airport mockumentary Come Fly With Me has been recommissioned for a second run.
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Tudors star lands Superman role
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British actor Henry Cavill, familiar to TV audiences for his portrayal of Charles Brandon in The Tudors, has been confirmed as the big screen’s latest Superman.
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Blue to represent UK at Eurovision
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Pop act Blue – Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe – are to represent the UK at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC has announced. The group, formed in 2000 and have to date sold over 13 million records, will perform their self-penned song I Can, in front of an estimated…
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Amazon claims Kindle books now outsell paperbacks
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Online retailer Amazon has claimed the sales of ebooks for its Kindle reader now exceed the number of paperback books sold via its Amazon.com website.
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O2 confirms new UK WiFi network
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UK mobile operator O2 has confirmed plans to build a free pueblos WiFi network it says will offer “at least double” the number of hotspots currently offered by BT Openzone and The Cloud combined by 2013. The company says it will start the roll-out of the new network “immediately” by replacing its existing 450 Cloud…
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Sony’s Android ebook app launches
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Sony’s ebook app for Android-powered mobile phones and tablets is now availably to download form the Android Market, but there’s no word as yet on the release of the previously announced version for Apple’s iPhone and iPad.