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  • TalkTalk: 500,000 homes losing broadband speed through poor set-up

    TalkTalk: 500,000 homes losing broadband speed through poor set-up

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    Poorly set-up networks mean over half a million UK homes are losing around 4Mbps of broadband speed, according to research conducted by TalkTalk. The ISP claims that over the course of a year British homes will leak over 100 million megabytes of bandwidth capacity, more than enough to power BBC iPlayer continuously for 59 years.…

  • BBC announces new Radio 1 online TV channel

    BBC announces new Radio 1 online TV channel

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    BBC Radio 1 is launching a new online TV channel carrying exclusive performances and interviews not shown on the BBC’s traditional channels. The new channel will be available via BBC iPlayer and follows the station’s successful use of YouTube to show video content – an interview with Kanye West in September attracted over 3 million…

  • Cleopatra – gaming hero

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    Undoubtably the most famous depiction of Cleopatra is Elizabeth Taylor’s in the 1963 American/British/Swiss epic, but history’s most famous female leader’s outings haven’t been confined to the big screen. In addition to appearances on TV, for instance in Rome where she was played by Lyndsey Marshal, she’s also made the leap into the world of…

  • BBC snaps up global rights to Robbie Williams’ latest live performance DVD

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    BBC Worldwide has snapped up global rights to Robbie Williams’ first live performance of songs from his forthcoming album Swings Both Ways. Williams and special guests will perform the album’s tracklist at the UK’s historic London Palladium next month and corporation’s commercial arm will film the event for release on DVD in December. Released on 18th November…

  • BT Sport goes free for ‘Open October’ – all UK homes get live Aviva Premiership rugby

    BT Sport goes free for ‘Open October’ – all UK homes get live Aviva Premiership rugby

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    BT Sport has announced two weeks of free evening access to its magazine and live sport programming. From 7pm Monday to Friday for the weeks of 7th and 14th October, the channels will be available at no cost to anyone with Freeview, BT TV, Sky or Virgin TV. Freeview and YouView households will be able…

  • Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – trailer

    Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – trailer

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    Paramount has released the first official trailer of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, a new film featuring Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst. Unlike previous Ryan movies, including The Hunt for Red October, the new film isn’t based on any particular Clancy novel but instead features an original story conceived by screenwriter Hossein Amini. Star Trek actor Chris…