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  • BT: Retail YouView users wanting BT Sports will have to pay a TV subscription

    BT: Retail YouView users wanting BT Sports will have to pay a TV subscription

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    BT has said YouView users who purchased their own boxes will need to have an active monthly TV subscription if they wish to view its upcoming sports channels via on their TV. Customers who purchase their own YouView boxes and connect it a BT broadband connection can subscribe to the firm’s on demand content for…

  • ITV confirms third series of DCI Banks

    ITV confirms third series of DCI Banks

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    ITV has announced a new six-part series of DCI Banks will start filming in August. The show, based on the novels by Peter Robinson, stars Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe and Caroline Catz and is produced by Left Bank Pictures.   The series will see the return from maternity leave of DS Annie Cabbot (Lowe), immediately…

  • BARB to measure catch-up viewing figures

    BARB to measure catch-up viewing figures

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    Viewing figures for catch-up services such as BBC iPlayer and 4oD are to be collected for the first time. BARB, the company which measures television viewing figures in the UK, says it will start measuring viewing through all computer devices, including tablets, from this autumn. At present the body measures live TV viewing and recordings…

  • White House Down – New clips

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    Here are two new clips from Roland Emmerich’s new big budget action film White House Down. In the film, Channing Tatum plays Capitol Policeman John Cale, who has recently been turned down for a job in President James Sawyer’s (Jamie Foxx) Secret Service protection detail. Not wanting to disappoint his daughter with the news, he…

  • Video: Stephen Fry voices new Walking with Dinosaurs apps

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    BBC Worldwide has revamped its educational iPad app Inside the World of Dinosaurs, converting it into an “comprehensive interactive dinosaur encyclopaedia” voiced by actor Stephen Fry. The new version offers users 60 expertly modelled, photo-realistic dinosaurs chosen by researchers to reflect a combination of the most popular and unique dinosaurs to ever to have roamed…

  • London’s Canary Wharf gains free public WiFi service

    London’s Canary Wharf gains free public WiFi service

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    Canary Wharf’s 1.2m weekly visitors will soon be able to enjoy free WiFi after mobile network O2 announced plans to deploy a wireless network throughout the financial and shopping district by this Summer. Under a deal with Canary Wharf Group, customers of all mobile networks will be able to access the WiFi service which will…