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  • Filming underway on Last Tango in Halifax second series

    Filming underway on Last Tango in Halifax second series

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    Filming has started on the second series of BBC One’s award-winning Last Tango in Halifax. The romantic drama stars Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid as a couple reunited after 60 years and was a ratings hit when it aired last year, attracting audiences of more than 7m. Produced by Red Productions, the show also stars…

  • The Internship

    The Internship

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    Somewhere towards the final third of The Internship Owen Wilson’s reluctant date reveals much she’d expected to hate him (or at least his character Nick) and expresses surprise that she’s actually had a really nice night out. That scene pretty much captures my feelings towards the film – having seen the last possible media screening…

  • Image Comics drops DRM from all titles

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    Image Comics, publishers of the Walking Dead, Saga and Witchblade series, says it has ditched DRM from all titles. The company, the third-largest comic publisher after Marvel and DC, announced earlier this week that all titles bought via its website can be downloaded without DRM and in a number of formats including PDF, EPUB, CBR,…

  • Nook slashes UK tablet prices ahead of exiting hardware market

    Nook slashes UK tablet prices ahead of exiting hardware market

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    Barnes & Noble has slashed the UK prices for its Nook tablets, the move comes just days after the US giant announced it would stop making such devices next year. Officially the company is billing the price-cut as part of its literacy promotion – supported by the London Evening Standard newspaper – and “in celebration…

  • Nook slashes UK tablet prices

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    Nook Media, the ebook subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, has slashed UK prices for its Nook tablets just days after announcing it would stop making such devices next year. Officially the company is billing the price-cut as part of its literacy promotion – which is being supported by the London Evening Standard – and “in…

  • YouView celebrates first birthday

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    Today marks exactly one year since YouView unveiled itself to the UK’s tech media at a launch event held in London’s former County Hall. Unlike many of my colleagues, I left the event impressed with what we’d seen and expecting great things from the new service. I took to my keyboard and predicted that YouView…