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Rugby: BT Sport announces free-to-air Harlequins v Northampton Saints clash
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All UK homes will be able to watch this Friday’s Aviva Premiership Rugby clash between Harlequins and Northampton Saints after Bt Sport bosses announced the game would be broadcast free to air. The match will air on BT TV (507/510/58), Sky (413/426), Virgin (547/549) and Freeview (57) from 7pm. Existing TV subscribers will be able…
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Three adds 4-inch Sony Xperia M to PAYG range
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Three has added the 4-inch Sony Xperia M to its range of smartphones. The device is available in-store for £149.99 on the network’s new Pay-As-You-Go 3p a minute, 2p a text and 1p a MB of data tariff. It will also be available to order online at www.three.co.uk from October 11. The handset’s one-touch sharing…
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EE announces new ‘single payment’ 4G upgrade offer
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Orange and T-Mobile owner EE is offering customers the chance to buy themselves out of their contracts early in return for migrating to a new 4G plan. Under the firm’s Swap offer, customers on a 18 or 24 month plan can take their handset into a retail store and trade it in for a new…
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Hapless and vacuous, the BBC managers looked like Apprentice wannabes
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Watching yesterday’s grilling of BBC bosses by MPs it was striking just how much the less than Magnificent Seven resembled the contestants of BBC One’s The Apprentice. Like Lord Sugar’s wannabes, BBC bosses apparently approach their tasks with a fixed ‘i’m right’ mindset from which they emerge only long enough to whisper a barely audible,…
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Virgin Media adds Netflix to TiVo
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Virgin Media customers will soon be able to access Netflix’s catalogue of TV shows and films. The cable company has partnered with the US streaming service to offer its content via an app on the TiVo set top boxes. When Virgin first launched the TiVo in 2010, its management boasted of “hundreds” of apps appearing…
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Microsoft launches Xbox Music iOS and Android apps
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Microsoft has launched iOS and Android apps plus a free online streaming version of its Xbox Music service which offers both ad-free and subscription based access to music across various platforms and devices. The firm says both apps will be updated later this year to add an offline mode that lets users save music to…