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First-look photos – Richard Gere in BBC Two’s MotherFatherSon
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First-look images have been released for MotherFatherSon, Tom Rob Smith’s forthcoming original drama for BBC Two starring Richard Gere as Max, a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London and around the world.
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BBC First to launch in Poland where it will become the home of Doctor Who
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Replacing BBC HD, the channel – which is also available in Australia, South Africa, Benelux and the Middle East – will be accessible through DTH, cable and IPTV providers alongside BBC Brit, BBC Earth, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies and BBC World News.
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UKTV’s channels to return to Virgin Media as cable firm concedes over BBC on demand rights
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Virgin Media has struck a “long term” deal to restore all of UKTV’’s channels and services to Virgin TV, ending a two week dispute row which started when the cable company demanded a reduction in the fees it paid to the broadcaster.
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The BBC is experimenting with new speed reading technology that could make it easier to follow the news on your smartwatch
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Developed by Spritz, the experiment sees information presented one word at a time and centred of the screen, a technique which counter-intuitively allows the reader to process it faster because their eyes stay fixed on a single area of the screen.
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BBC Four to tell the story of the last Maharajah of the Punjab
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Growing up in a colonial enclave in India, the boy king abandoned his Sikh religion and signed away his ancient kingdom to the British – decisions he would come to bitterly regret. He moved as a teenager to Britain, where Queen Victoria became his godmother. Duleep Singh lived most of his adult life here as…
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BBC Studios and beIN sign co-production and distribution pact
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The MOU establishes a strategic partnership which commits the two companies to explore “opportunities for the co-development, co-production and distribution of content in Qatar, the Middle East and Turkey.”