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  • TP-Link Archer C7 and BT Sport – an update

    TP-Link Archer C7 and BT Sport – an update

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    We first played with the TP-Link Archer C7 last month when we flagged it up as a router which seemed to work just peachy with BT’s new internet delivered (IPTV) sports channels. Since then we’ve been using the device on a rotating basis alongside BT’s HomeHub 3 and the Apple Airport Express, assessing and comparing…

  • Review: You’re Next

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    Director Adam Wingard’s You’re Next is a refreshingly modern and sly take on the slasher genre. When Erin (Sharni Vinson) joins her boyfriend’s less than harmonious family for a weekend at their country cabin, no-one anticipates their ‘getting to you’ time will be interrupted by the arrival of masked killers hell-bent on working their way…

  • ITV’s Vicious and The Job Lot return for second runs

    ITV’s Vicious and The Job Lot return for second runs

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    ITV has ordered second runs of sitcoms Vicious and The Job Lot, despite both getting mixed receptions from viewers and critics. The two shows were screened back to back to form a new comedy hour double-bill. Vicious stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as Freddie and Stuart, an ageing gay couple whose careers are pretty…

  • BBC boss Tony Hall announces 45 new local radio apprenticeships

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    BBC boss Tony Hall says the broadcaster will hire at least 45 new apprentices at local radio stations across the UK by September 2014. The commitment means apprentices will be employed at every BBC local radio station across England and in BBC radio stations across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Apprenticeships provide an invaluable path…

  • The Tomorrow People remake heads to Channel 4

    The Tomorrow People remake heads to Channel 4

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    The US remake of classic British Sci-Fi The Tomorrow People has been bought by Channel 4. The series is one of three the broadcaster has signed from Warner Bros. International Television for transmission in 2014:

  • NOOK offers new customers free books and magazines

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    Smartphone and tablet users who open a new NOOK account and install the firm’s app will get three free books, including Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen. From August 23rd, Android and iOS users who install the app will also get David Pearce’s Red or Dead, Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones, The Mortal Instrument Book 1…