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  • Netflix adds Disney films to UK and Irish library

    Netflix adds Disney films to UK and Irish library

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    Movie and TV streaming service Netflix has announced a deal to bring some of Disney’s biggest live-action and animated films to members in the UK and Ireland The deal means customers can get instant access to Disney and Disney•Pixar favourites including Ratatouille, Wall-E, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the…

  • Three adds 4G compatible Huawei Ascend P2 to Android range

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    Mobile network Three is to offer the “future proofed” Huawei Ascend P2 smartphone, promising users who buy the phone can enjoy its 4G network “without having to pay a premium, swap SIM cards or change price plans” when it launches later this year. Currently supported by DC-HSDPA technology, Three’s Ultrafast network already covers 80 per…

  • UKTV reveals new look for Really

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    UKTV is to rebrand its Really channel as it seeks to “shift viewer perceptions.” The lifestyle-themed channel draws audiences of around 4.7 million each week and has seen audiences grow off the back of major US acquisitions including Hart of Dixie and CIA spy thriller Covert Affairs which stars Piper Perabo (Coyote Ugly). The shows…

  • Trailer: Captain Phillips

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    This upcoming action-thriller from Columbia Pictures tells the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. The film stars two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks as Phillips and was directed by Oscar® nominee…

  • Trailer: Before Midnight

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    Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reunite for this follow-up to Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004). Nine years after the last film, Jesse (Hawke) and Celine (Delpy) live in Paris as a couple, parents to twin girls conceived when they got together. Jesse is also struggling to maintain his relationship with his…

  • Barry Norman to host an evening of Oscar-winning music

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    Legendary film critic Barry Norman is teaming up with composer Carl Davis and the Philharmonia Orchestra to host an evening of Oscar-winning orchestral music. The concert takes place at the London’s Royal Festival Hall on Saturday 1 June 2013 and will feature music from a number of award-winning soundtracks, including Lawrence of Arabia, ET, The…