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  • TalkTalk signs up 160,000 new YouView customers

    TalkTalk signs up 160,000 new YouView customers

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    TalkTalk says it signed up 160,000 new customers to its YouView-based TV service service in the three months to end June. The additions take its total number of TV customers to 390,000 in that period.  In a statement TalkTalk revealed that 26% of households are taking premium content including blockbuster movies and monthly subscriptions to…

  • Celebrities join the electronic cigarette revolution

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    A growing number of celebrities have been spotted using electronic cigarettes recently including fashionista Alexa Chung, supermodel Kate Moss, Robbie Williams and One Direction’s Zayn Malik. Robert Pattinson has been seen vaping in the past few months and was reportedly introduced to them by convert Leonardo DiCaprio who has been vaping for years. Simon Cowell…

  • Holby’s Connie Beauchamp checks in to Casualty

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    Former Holby City star Amanda Mealing is to reprise her tole as feisty consultant Connie Beauchamp when she joins BBC One’s Casualty next year. Mealing bowed out of Holby City in December 2010 after 7 years in the hit medical drama in a plotline which saw Connie resigning from her position at the hospital. She…

  • Is 3D TV really dead?

    Is 3D TV really dead?

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    Recent news that both the BBC and US sports network ESPN are scrapping 3D has provoked a lot of speculation and worry about the format’s future. Understandably, viewers who’ve already bought 3D TVs have been taking to forums and social media to express concerns over the long-term value of their investment. The good news is…

  • Dave on demand player goes live on YouView

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    A new on demand player offering content from UKTV’s popular free-to-air channel Dave has been added to YouView boxes. First announced last month, the player gives viewers access to hit shows such as Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums, Ross Noble’s Freewheeling and Russell Howard’s Good News. The content will also be available via…

  • Daleks return to mark Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary

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    November’s Doctor Who 50th anniversary special will see the return of the Daleks, the BBC has confirmed. The Skaro meanies first appeared in the show’s second story in 1963, doing battle with William Hartnell’s Doctor and his granddaughter Susan. They’re returned to appear opposite almost all Doctors, becoming a staple of the series and its…