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  • Lovefilm signs ITV and BBC to streaming deals

    Lovefilm signs ITV and BBC to streaming deals

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    Amazon’s Lovefilm has signed streaming content deals with ITV and BBC Worldwide, giving it access to some of the UK’s most popular shows. BBC titles available under the deal include Doctor Who, Life On Mars, Spooks, and Planet Earth. The deal with ITV allows Amazon to offer a range of shows including Above Suspicion, Prime…

  • O2 to build Europe’s largest free WiFi zone in London

    O2 to build Europe’s largest free WiFi zone in London

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    O2 is to create Europe’s largest free WiFi zone in the heart of London, giving web access to millions of visitors and residents. Under a deal between the network operator, Westminster Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, work will begin this month on rolling out the service. It will initially be available…

  • BBC One revives Room 101

    BBC One revives Room 101

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    Room 101 is returning to TV screens from January 20th, six years after the BBC axed the series. Frank Skinner follows in the footsteps of past hosts Nick Hancock and Paul Merton who hosted the final edition in January 2006. The BBC describe the new run as “inspired by Hat Trick Productions’ original Room 101”…

  • Wooden King and Queen join Doctor Who Experience

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    The Doctor Who Experience at London’s Olympia 2 closes next month, but organisers have managed to squeeze in one last treat – the Wooden King and Queen from this year’s Christmas special. The pair have been installed alongside many of the Doctor’s most famous foes, including the Daleks, Cybermen, Silurians and the Silence and will…

  • Lacey Turner joins Sky Living’s Bedlam

    Lacey Turner joins Sky Living’s Bedlam

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    Former EastEnder Lacey Turner is joining Sky Living’s supernatural drama Bedlam which has been recommissioned for a second, six part run. Set in an apartment block built in a former asylum, the first series starred Will Young, Theo James and Charlotte Salt as the flatmates haunted by ghostly neighbours. Salt returns alongside Hugo Speer, who…

  • Apple rumoured to be holding iBooks related media event

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    Apple are expected to hold an iBooks related media event in New York City, home to the US’s biggest publishers, later this month. Reports suggest the event is not connected to the expected launch of the new iPad 3 or any other hardware. Available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, the iBookstore has so…