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  • Court rejects YouView trademark appeal

    Court rejects YouView trademark appeal

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    A judge has dismissed an appeal from IPTV service YouView against a ruling preventing it from registering its name as a trademark for some services. Registered Trademarks are granted for specific classes of goods and services with each class applied for being decided on its own merits. According to the Intellectual Property Office database of…

  • The Lone Ranger: trailer

    The Lone Ranger: trailer

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    Here’s the new trailer for Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer’s western adventure The Lone Ranger. The film, set for release next year, has Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounting the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice. His stories take the audience on…

  • TalkTalk announces TV and broadband growth

    TalkTalk announces TV and broadband growth

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    Telecoms firm TalkTalk says it’s connected 29,000 customers to its YouView-based TV service since launching the product in September and is signing up 1,000 TV customers per day. TalkTalk offers customers who take its Plus broadband and phone service a free YouView box in return for signing a new 18 or 24 month contract. Announcing…

  • Pre-order The Sweeney on DVD and Blu-ray

    Pre-order The Sweeney on DVD and Blu-ray

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    Nick Love’s thrilling, dramatic big scree remake of The Sweeney is comes to DVD and Blu-ray on January 21st. The film stars Ray Winstone and Ben Drew as the Flying Squad’s Regan and Carter, London coppers even harder than the armed villains they take down. The pair find themselves up against enemies inside and outside…

  • Latest iPad mini advert highlights ebooks

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    Apple’s latest advert for its new iPad mini focuses on the device’s abilities as an e-reader. As with earlier ads, the new video shows the iPad mini side-by-side with its full-size counterpart and shows depicts the devices opening and closing books in iBooks, Apple’s ebook store and reading software. The company unveiled the iPad mini…

  • Ofcom announces 4G auction timetable

    Ofcom announces 4G auction timetable

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    Telecoms regulator Ofcom has published the timetable for auctioning radio spectrum to enable mobile network operators to launch 4G services. 4G offers user faster mobile data speeds than existing 3G services. Existing networks O2 and Vodafone are expected to bid. Orange and T-Mobile owners EE have already launched 4G services on their existing spectrum and…