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  • Blackberry announces new ‘top name’ apps for Blackberry 10

    Blackberry announces new ‘top name’ apps for Blackberry 10

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    Troubled smartphone maker Blackberry has unveiled a host of new big name apps being released for its Blackberry 10 handsets. The apps and brands joining the platform were announced at the BlackBerry Jam Asia Developer Conference in Hong Kong and include Flipboard, Angry Birds—GO!, Bloomberg, NBC, MSN, The Sims, and Discovery. In recent years Blackberry…

  • BBC announces ballot for “limited” Doctor Who 50th Celebration tickets

    BBC announces ballot for “limited” Doctor Who 50th Celebration tickets

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    Doctor Who fans are being given a second chance to grab tickets for November’s sell-out official 50th anniversary celebration. Tickets to the official Doctor Who 50th Celebration event were snapped up in less than 24 hours when they went on sale earlier this year, however BBC Worldwide have now announced a ballot for a “limited…

  • Greg Davies and Rik Mayall star in new Channel 4 sitcom

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    Inbetweeners and Cuckoo star Greg Davies is writing and starring in a new Channel 4 sitcom, Man Down, in which he plays a childish idiot trapped in an adult’s life, kept down by crushing character flaws.

  • Sky confirms The Blacklist UK airdate

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    The Blacklist, one of the most anticipated US dramas of the year. will debut in the UK on October 4th, courtesy of Sky Living HD. The series stars James Spader as ex-government agent Raymond “Red” Reddington, now one of the FBI’s Most Wanted fugitives. Having evaded capture for years, he suddenly arrives back in the…

  • ITV announces more Birds of a Feather casting

    ITV announces more Birds of a Feather casting

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    Former Busted singer Matt Willis and Pauline Quirke’s son Charlie have joined the cast of ITV’s Birds of a Feather revival. Willis becomes the third actor to play Garthy, the eldest son of Tracey Stubbs. He follows Simon Nash and Matt Savage who played the role in the original series. Charlie Quirke will play Tracey’s…

  • TalkTalk’s new YouView ‘zapper box’ will let viewers pause and rewind

    TalkTalk’s new YouView ‘zapper box’ will let viewers pause and rewind

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    The latest YouView box from TalkTalk will straddle the gap between traditional dumb set top boxes and digital recorders. The ISP’s new box lacks the recording facility of top of the range models but, unlike most non-recording boxes, will still allow users to pause and rewind live TV. It will also offer YouView’s standard 7-day…