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Official Doctor Who game now available in Android Marketplace
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Users of Android phones and tablets can now download the official Doctor Who mobile game, Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time, from the Android Marketplace. Almost a yar after the game launched for Apple’s iPhone and iPad, BBC Worldwide, the broadcaster’s commercial arm, has released a version for Google’s Android platform.
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BBC brings Doctor Who rentals to Facebook
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A new deal between BBC Worldwide and Facebook means fans can rent nine stories from the official Doctor Who Facebook page covering most of the TV series Doctors.
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BBC Worldwide and Starz agree 100 hour drama deal
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Hot on the success of Torchwood: Miracle Day, BBC Worldwide and US broadcaster Starz have announced a multi-year partnership to development “premium” TV shows. The deal allows for the production of “more than 100 hours of globally appealing series” with distribution rights being shared between the partners. The shows will be distributed by Starz in…
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BBC takes iPlayer international
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Overseas fans of British TV can now enjoy a mix of classic comedies and modern dramas thanks to a new international version of the BBC’s iPlayer now available for Apple’s iPad. In return for paying €6.99 a month (or €49.99 for an annual subscription) to access gems such as Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses,…
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Torchwood gets iPhone and iPad app
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Captain Jack and Gwen Cooper are coming to Apple’s iPad and iPhone in a new app which ties-in with the upcoming new adventure Torchwood: Miracle Day which is set to air in the UK later this summer. The app, Torchwood: Web of Lies, will feature what BBC Worldwide describes as “10, three-minute motion comic narratives”…
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Yesterday explores Heroes of Biggin Hill
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A new documentary telling the story of the WWII pilots based at RAF Biggin Hill airs this week on History-based channel Yesterday, as part of the channel’s ‘Spirit of 1940’ season which also included the John Nettles presented Channel Islands at War.