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Film4 announces new iPad app
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Film4, the film making arm of broadcaster Channel 4, has launched a new iPad to celebrates its 30 years of British filmmaking. The Film4 at 30 app brings together details on over 500 films supported by Channel 4’s film arm since its launch in 1982, complete with trailers, images, posters, interviews and Q&As. Channel 4…
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BBC Two announces new James Corden comedy series
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James Corden is to star in a new BBC Two comedy, Channel controller Janice Hadlow has announced. Corden will be joined by Mathew Baynton, who played Deano in Gavin And Stacey, for the six-part The Wrong Mans. The series centres on Sam (Baynton), and Phil (Corden), two lowly office workers who become caught up in…
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Kobo buys digital magazine publisher Aquafadas
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Kobo today announced the acquisition of digital publishing platform Aquafadas. The deal allows Kobo to bring digital editions of magazines, comics and academic publications to its 10 million users. The Aquafadas Digital Publishing System spans all aspects of digital publishing and allows publishers to make content available without any coding know-how. “This is a very…
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txtr announces new €9 eReader
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A new low-cost eBook reader designed for network operators to offer customers has been unveiled by ‘txtr,
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BBC DVD adds UltraViolet digital copies to range
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Buyers of the BBC’s biggest DVD brands will be able to enjoy their purchases on the move after the corporation announced it’ll be offering UltraViolet-enabled titles this Christmas. UltraViolet is a Digital Rights regime that allows consumers to download a digital copy of their purchases from an online ‘locker’ and watch them on computers, tablets,…
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Channel 4’s Shameless to end with 11th series
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Shameless, Channel 4’s comedy drama set on a run-down Manchester council estate, will come to an end next year, series creator Paul Abbott has announced. Abbott is overseeing the entire 14-part 11th series and has promised to end the show with “a suitably Shameless finale” The series stars David Threlfall as Frank Gallagher, leader of…