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  • Mark Thompson: YouView box makers have orders for “thousands” of units

    Mark Thompson: YouView box makers have orders for “thousands” of units

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    BBC Director-General Mark Thompson has predicted that YouView will be a huge success when it launches this year. Developed by the BBC, ITV TalkTalk and BT, YouView will offer broadband delivered on demand content in addition to the broadcast (linear) Freeview channels. Content providers such as Netflix and Sky’s NOW TV will be able to…

  • Angelina Jolie in Maleficent – first image

    Angelina Jolie in Maleficent – first image

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    Disney has announced the start of production on Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent and have released this great first look image. The film tells the untold story of Disney’s most beloved villain, Maleficent, from the 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty and reveals the events that hardened her heart and drove her to curse the baby, Aurora. Co-starring are…

  • T-Mobile introduce cheaper internet roaming while abroad for customers

    T-Mobile introduce cheaper internet roaming while abroad for customers

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    T-Mobile has announced its new mobile roaming service, Internet and Broadband Travel Boosters. Following EU regulations seeking the prevention of UK mobile networks, T-Mobile has joined Vodafone and Three in lowering the cost of such tariffs for their customers. EU rules on preventing British mobile networks from establishing excessive charges for their customers, means tourists…

  • Martin Clunes, Julia McKenzie and Kelly Adams cast in new ITV drama

    Martin Clunes, Julia McKenzie and Kelly Adams cast in new ITV drama

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    ITV has announced an “outstanding” ensemble cast which includes Andrew Scott, Julia McKenzie, Kelly Adams and Martin Clunes for its new drama The Town. The drama is the first television series by Laurence Olivier award-winning playwright Mike Bartlett and is being produced by Big Talk. 
Following a shocking incident amongst an otherwise normal family, 30…

  • The Voice UK tour cancelled after dismal ticket sales

    The Voice UK tour cancelled after dismal ticket sales

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    A live tour version of BBC One’s The Voice UK has been cancelled after ticket sales flopped. The tour was meant to kick off a UK-wide tour in Bournemouth on 12 September but has now been cancelled “due to lack of ticket sales.” The TV version launched to audiences of 10m in April but viewing…

  • Microsoft announces new Windows Tablets

    Microsoft announces new Windows Tablets

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    Office and Windows developers Microsoft has announced a new line of Tablet computers designed to take on Apple’s iPad which it will make and sell in-house. Although Microsoft does sell a range of keyboards and mice as well as it’s XBox games console, the company traditionally relies on companies such as HP and Dell to…