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Doctor Who: Bookies make Rory Kinnear favourite for role
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Bookmakers William Hill have named Rory Kinnear the Even money favourite to replace Matt Smith in Doctor Who as the market was reopened. A flurry of bets had earlier seen Kinnear race to the top of the betting from 33/1, prompting the firm to close stop taking bets as it believed an announcement was imminent.…
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Before Midnight – Review
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Director Richard Linklater and stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reunite for this much anticipated follow-up to Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004). This third instalment is set nine years after the last film, Jesse (Hawke) and Celine (Delpy) are now living together in Paris with their two daughters but life is far from…
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Ofcom backs Sky over BT Sport ad ban
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Media regulator Ofcom has ruled Sky is free to block rival BT from advertising BT Sport on its Sky Sports channels. BT had argued that Sky’s actions amounted to discrimination because Sky had previously accepted adverts for ESPN’s channels. The broadband and phone company argued that blocking its adverts from Sky Sports would make it…
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Microsoft u-turns on Xbox One used games DRM and always connected policy
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Microsoft has u-turned on plans to block the use of pre-owned games and require its new Xbox One console to be connected at least once very 24 hours. Last week the company said the new games and home entertainment console would need to regularly dial home to check you’re allowed to play the games you…
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BT accuses Sky of withholding Sky Sports package in new Ofcom complaint
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BT has asked media regulator Ofcom to investigate rival Sky for “an abuse of dominance” after the two companies failed to agree a carriage deal for Sky Sports 1 & 2 on BT’s YouView platform. Under the terms of an existing deal BT is able to offer the channels to users of its legacy BT…
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Anchorman: The Legend Continues – new trailer
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Paramount Pictures have released this teaser trailer for Anchorman: The Legend Continues, the brand new sequel to the hit 2004 comedy. The film stars Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy, Christina Applegate as Veronica Corningstone, Paul Rudd as Brian Fantana and Steve Carell as Brick Tamland and is expected to hit screens in late December.