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BT Sport signs up Liverpool friendlies
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BT Sport has snapped up rights to cover Liverpool FC pre-season matches including clashes with Celtic, Valerenga and Steven Gerrard’s testimonial. The broadcaster confirmed its latest signing just hours before its new £1bn channels launch on Thursday evening. Yesterday channel bosses announced the launch night programming would be available free to all homes with Freeview,…
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BT prepares to launch its sports channels and propel British TV into a new technological age
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After a year of waiting and an awful lot of hype, BT Sport’s launch is now less than 24 hours away and channel bosses are throwing open the doors to let every Sky, Freeview and BT TV home join the celebrations. What can we expect? The line coming from BT has always been one of…
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BT Sport launch to be free and open to all
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BT says the launch of its new BT Sport channels will be available free to all homes with Freeview, TV from BT or Sky. Launching tomorrow (August 1st), the channels will offer football fans 38 Barclays Premier League matches per season. Broadcast from the Olympic Park in East London, they’ll also carry exclusive Ultimate Fighting…
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A studio tour worthy of the film
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The Warner Bros. Harry Potter studio tour is proving to be a hit with fans, young and old alike – thanks in part to its selling point of allowing fans to step inside a world they’ve seen on the big screen. Such has been the tour’s success that Warner Bros. are considering opening up similar…
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ITV commissions 2-part Lord Lucan drama
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ITV has commissioned a two-part drama based on the life of flamboyant aristocrat, Lord Lucan. Lucan will be written by award-winning writer Jeff Pope (Mrs Biggs) and will star Skyfall’s Rory Kinnear as Lucan. Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston and Michael Gambon will also star in the drama which is being produced by ITV…
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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – new screenshots
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Here are some great new screenshots of Wolverine from LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, out this autumn. Wolverine, who will be playable in the game, comes bearing his fearsome Adamantium claws, regenerative healing and tough guy attitude all in a fun, LEGO form. He’s just one of more than 100 characters from the Marvel Universe, including…