Staff
-

Freeview highlights Summer of subscription-free HD sport
—
by
Digital TV platform Freeview is hoping a “summer of subscription-free sport” will drive take-up of Freeview HD set-top-boxes which can offer up to 500 hours of HD storage.
-

On DVD & Blu-ray: Unknown
—
by
Liam Neeson identity theft thriller Unknown comes to DVD and Blu-ray on July 18th and is now available to pre-order from the seenit.co.uk store.
-

Filming starts on Whitechapel 3
—
by
Filming has begun on the third run of ITV’s hit crime series Whitechapel which stars Rupert Penry-Jones and Phil Davis as detectives solving crimes inspired by legends of the East End. The broadcaster commissioned the latest series in March after two earlier successful series drew audiences of up to 8.1 million. The show first aired…
-

ITV announces An Audience with Barry Manilow
—
by
Hit singer Barry Manilow is to become the latest star to appear on ITV’s popular An Audience With… programme. Hit singer Barry Manilow is to become the latest star to appear on ITV’s popular An Audience With… programme.
-
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
—
by
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is a smartphone which combines Google’s Android operating system with Sony’s PlayStation brand to create a mobile device centred around mobile gaming.
-
British Library announces classic books app for iPad
—
by
The British Library has released a new reading app for Apple’s iPad offering access to over a thousand scanned 19th Century books. The Library says the app will be updated later this summer to offer more than 60,000 titles which form part of its 19th Century Historical Collection.