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  • Ofcom announces 4G auction winners

    Ofcom announces 4G auction winners

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    Telecoms regulator Ofcom today announced the winners of the 4G mobile spectrum auction. 4G networks will allow operators to offer ultrafast mobile broadband services to consumers and businesses. Seven companies bid for 28 lots of spectrum in two separate bands – 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz. The lower frequency 800 MHz band is part of…

  • ITV to screen two-hour observational documentary, Our Queen

    ITV to screen two-hour observational documentary, Our Queen

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    ITV is to broadcast a two-hour documentary portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Our Queen was filmed throughout 2012, the Diamond Jubilee year, and had unique access to members of the Royal Family, staff, current and former Prime Ministers and royal residences.    Made by the award-winning producer-director, Michael Waldman, and best-selling royal author and writer,…

  • BBC announces BBC Two HD launch date

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    A new HD version of BBC Two HD will launch next month, replacing the current BBC HD channel which shows selected content from BBC Two, Three and Four. The channel will be a simulcast network version of the BBC Two schedule and will go live at 6am on Tuesday 26 March. Announcing the launch date,…

  • YouView revisited

    YouView revisited

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    We take a second look at YouView, the broadcast and IPTV hybrid platform backed by the UK’s major broadcasters and ISPs.

  • Star Trek Into Darkness motion poster

    Star Trek Into Darkness motion poster

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    Paramount have released a brand-new motion poster for J.J. Abrams’ eagerly-awaited Star Trek Into Darkness. The film stars Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Zoe Saldaña as Uhura, Karl Urban as Dr McCoy, Anton Yelchin as Chekov, John Co, as Sulu, Simon Pegg as Scotty and Benedict Cumberbatch. In December the film’s plot…

  • Final series reunites Poirot with Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon

    Final series reunites Poirot with Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon

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    The thirteenth and final series of ITV’s Poirot will see Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson and Pauline Moran reunited with David Suchet. Last seen in Evil Under the Sun, the trio will reprise their roles as Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon in The Big Four, a story which plunges Poirot into a world of…