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  • BBC announces new iPlayer for TVs and set top boxes

    BBC announces new iPlayer for TVs and set top boxes

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    The BBC has unveiled a new version of its iPlayer catch-up TV service designed for televisions and set top boxes. The corporation says the overhauled iPlayer better suits the needs of television screens and their remote controls and gives an experience which “feels just like TV.”

  • Terry Gilliam confirmed for BIG SCREEN

    Terry Gilliam confirmed for BIG SCREEN

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    With just two days left before the first ever Empire Presents BIG SCREEN it’s been confirmed that Monty Python legend and visionary filmmaker Terry Gilliam will be taking part in a special session.

  • Apps take Virgin’s TiVo to the V Festival

    Apps take Virgin’s TiVo to the V Festival

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    Virgin Media says owners of its new TiVo box will be able to enjoy archive performances and live backstage footage from the V Festival thanks to a new app which will be available from August 10th. The TiVo allows Virgin Media to easily add one-off apps to every customer’s box, bringing them new content and…

  • Guardian launches new ebook range for Kindle and iBooks

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    British newspaper The Guardian has announced a new ebook range for the Kindle and iBooks. The Guardian Shorts range will feature “detailed guides to topical news stories, public policy, sports and cultural events” and has launched with an account of the paper’s role in uncovering phone hacking by the News of the World. Although some…

  • C4 takes viewers into the belly of the whale

    C4 takes viewers into the belly of the whale

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    This Sunday Channel 4 will air a special 90 minute edition of Inside Nature’s Giants in which presenter Mark Evans dissects a Sperm Whale which became stranded and died on Pegwell Bay, Kent in March. Viewers will be able to interact during and after the show with Evans who will be posting on Twitter (username…

  • Sherlock and PIXAR added to BIG SCREEN weekend

    Sherlock and PIXAR added to BIG SCREEN weekend

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    Next weekend’s Empire Presents BIG SCREEN continues to grow ever more unmissable with the news that Sherlock creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and Pixar films are joining the lineup. Pixar’s twenty five years of animation will be celebrated with a screening of ALL twelve Disney.Pixar films. Each of the films will be preceded a…