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Peter Capaldi’s naming as Twelfth Doctor draws 1.5m international viewers
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Peter Capaldi’s unveiling as the Twelfth Doctor was seen live by 1.5 million American, Canadian and Australian fans. On Sunday evening BBC One hosted a live programme to name the actor cast to play the next Doctor after Matt Smith leaves Doctor Who at Christmas. A peak of 6.9m UK fans tuned in for the…
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The Hobbit now available on Netflix UK
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic book, is now available to watch on Netflix UK. The film is set sixty years before The Lord of the Rings and follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who finds himself caught up in an epic quest to reclaim the lost…
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Phone and broadband switchers to get new protections
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New rules designed at making it easier for households to switch between phone and broadband providers have been published by Ofcom. Last year the regulator announced launched a consultation on changes to the switching system after research revealed customers were encountering problems when changing provider. According to Ofcom’s research, 46% of consumers with a landline/broadband…
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Really snaps up rights to US medical drama Emily Owens M.D.
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UKTV has grabbed the UK rights to CBS’s medical drama series Emily Owens M.D. for its free-to-air entertainment channel Really. The 13-part series stars Mamie Gummer (The Good Wife) in the eponymous title role – a geeky graduate leaving her days as an awkward student behind her and beginning an exciting new chapter as an…
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BT Sport: Red Bee Media to provide subtitle and audio description services
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BT has appointed Red Bee Media to provide subtitling and audio description services for its new BT Sport channels. Under a deal announced on Thursday, Red Bee will also provide additional broadcast services including rich metadata and sports award-winning 3D sports analysis software, Piero. The companies previously worked together to design the BT Sport logo…
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YouView ‘expects to add 130 IPTV channels within 12 months’
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More than 130 new channels are expected to launch on YouView within the next 12 months according to trade body digitaluk. News of the channels is contained in a document setting out proposed amendments to the numbering of channels on Digital Terrestrial Television (YouView and Freeview). The document states: “YouView (the IP television provider that…