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  • TalkTalk launches new mobile phone anti-virus and security app

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    TalkTalk has launched a new free security and anti-virus app for users of its Android-powered smartphones. Available from the Google Play store, the MobileSafe app offers anti-virus, safe browsing, anti-theft, parental controls and call and text message. The anti-theft tool enables customers to locate, lock and wipe their smartphone, protecting sensitive information. Users can tailer…

  • Alien Rage – gameplay video

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    Here’s an advance look at Alien Rage, set to make its assault on the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC this Autumn. The sci-fi shooter blends together a classic FPS with stunning graphics where players will be immersed in fierce battles across 14 levels. Players will be equipped with 10 weapons that are designed…

  • How theatre publicists have taken their message online

    How theatre publicists have taken their message online

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    As a media news site we get to see a lot of publicity campaigns up close and personal, but the ones which most consistently impress are those for West End theatre shows. It used to be the case that theatre productions would consider themselves lucky to get a cast member onto a chat show, or…

  • Exclusive: BT & Virgin Media’s deal doesn’t cover digital-only content

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    Virgin Media customers celebrating the arrival of BT Sport may not have got quite the great deal they first assumed. Since last week’s deal between the two broadband and TV rivals was announced, some Virgin Media customers have been asking whether they also get access to the BT Sport app and online player. The answer…

  • Video: Doc Martin returns to ITV

    Video: Doc Martin returns to ITV

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    Wedding bells are ringing in Portwenn as Martin Clunes returns to Cornwall to play the nation’s favourite grumpy medic in a brand new series of Doc Martin, coming soon to ITV. Clunes reprises his role as Dr. Martin Ellingham, the GP with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood, in a new 8-part…

  • Terry Pratchett’s Truckers gets DVD release

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    Terry Pratchett’s Truckers will receive its first ever DVD release on 7th October, courtesy of FremantleMedia International.

 The first of Pratchett’s books to be adapted for TV, the 13 part series was animated by legendary production house Cosgrove Hall for broadcast on ITV.   A cutdown version was previously available on VHS but the new…