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  • Broadband and mobile customers could get new right to cancel contracts over price hikes

    Broadband and mobile customers could get new right to cancel contracts over price hikes

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    Broadband, phone and mobile customers could gain the power to end their contract without penalty if prices increase. At present customers are generally unable to exit a contract if prices increase during its term without paying a penalty. The only exception is where a provider agrees an increase would to cause a ‘material detriment’ to…

  • Why do the staff of Holby and Casualty drink in different bars?

    Why do the staff of Holby and Casualty drink in different bars?

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    The paths of BBC One medical dramas Holby City and Casualty seem to be diverging.

  • Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley series now available from iBooks

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    Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley series of novels are now available from Apple’s iBookstore, published by W. W. Norton & Company. Previously The Talented Mr. Ripley had been available in ebook format from Random House. That edition is now longer available. Fans can read all five books in digital form by clicking the links below: The…

  • Lilyhammer out now on DVD

    Lilyhammer out now on DVD

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    Norwegian drama Lilyhammer is now available to buy on DVD, released by Universal Pictures UK. The eight-part series, which aired on BBC Four last year, stars Stevie Van Zandt (The Sopranos) as New York mobster Frank ‘The Fixer’ Tagliano who is forced into the Witness Protection Programme after testifying against his Mafia boss. Tagliano demands…

  • Frankenweenie DVD and Blu-ray release details

    Frankenweenie DVD and Blu-ray release details

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    Disney has confirmed Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie will be available on 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD from 11th February. All versions are now available to pre-order from Amazon.co.uk. The stop-motion, black and white animated film, which tells the heart-warming tale about a boy and his dog, received its European premiere at last year’s 56th BFI London…

  • BT recruits Samantha Bond to push YouView

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    Former Miss Moneypenny actress Samantha Bond has been recruited by BT to help promote its YouView TV service. The actress played Moneypenny in four films opposite Pierce Brosnan. She has since guest-starred in ITV’s Downton Abbey and last year starred alongside Omid Djalili, Tim McInnerny and Georgia Moffett in a new production of Joe Orton’s…