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  • Ofcom: Just 5% of UK homes have a Smart TV

    Ofcom: Just 5% of UK homes have a Smart TV

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    Just 5% of UK households own a Smart TV, according to telecoms regulator Ofcom. Smart TVs are capable of delivering video and other content via broadband, often via apps Ofcom says sales have doubled in the past year with Smart TVs now representing a fifth of all TV sales, but notes almost half (47%) of…

  • BT confirms customers can use retail YouView boxes

    BT confirms customers can use retail YouView boxes

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    BT has confirmed that its broadband customers will be able to purchase their own YouView boxes from retailers and still access any BT exclusive content. Due to launch at the end of this month, YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as the BBC’s iPlayer and premium content from Sky’s…

  • The Inbetweeners – US remake trailer

    The Inbetweeners – US remake trailer

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    The trailer for the hideous looking US remake of The Inbetweeners is now available on YouTube. Keeping to the US tradition of rejecting any show that doesn’t have American accents, the series keeps the basic premise and characters of Damon Beesley and Iain Morris’s award-winning comedy but transfers them to a stateside High School. The…

  • James Bond Skyfall: Opening sequence images from Honda

    James Bond Skyfall: Opening sequence images from Honda

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    Courtesy of Honda, here are two images from the opening sequence of upcoming James Bond film Skyfall. The sequence, which was shot in Istanbul and Adana, Turkey earlier this year, features Bond (Daniel Craig) and henchman Patrice (Ola Rapace) riding Honda CRF250R bikes. To complete the sequence twenty machines were provided and ‘dressed’ into two…

  • New Doctor Who episodes named

    New Doctor Who episodes named

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    he BBC has announced the names of two new Doctor Who episodes which will air as part of the show’s seventh series. Requiring one of the largest sets to date to house the prehistoric creatures, Dinosaurs On A Spaceship will follow the equally epic Asylum Of The Daleks, which kicks-off the show’s highly anticipated return…

  • Sony Xperia P now available from Three

    Sony Xperia P now available from Three

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    The Sony Xperia P Android-powered smartphone is now available online and in store from Three The aluminium-finished smartphone features a 4” “reality display” which Sony claims delivers “the most colourful viewing experience, even in bright sunlight” and a 1GHz dual-core processor for super-fast performance. 

Also present is an 8 megapixel HD camera and Fast Capture…