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BBC planning to make shows available for at least a year via iPlayer
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The broadcaster is also considering making complete series box sets for selected titles available and boosting the amount of content from the BBC archive that can be streamed.
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Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and The Twits are coming to Netflix
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Netflix is to produce an exclusive run of animated series based on Roald Dahl’s acclaimed books, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and The Twits.
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Jeremy Clarkson’s The Grand Tour returns to Amazon Prime Video in January
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To mark the official confirmation of the show’s airdate, Amazon has released this new trailer showing Richard Hammond struggling to keep his Jeep on a tiny bridge over a steep canyon in Colombia.
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Amazon Prime Video is now available on BT TV’s 4K set top boxes
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The two firms confirmed their tie-up, which makes BT the first UK pay-TV provider to offer both Netflix and Prime Video on the same box, earlier this year and users of BT’s non-4K boxes have had access to Prime since June.
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Netflix and Korea’s LG U+ confirm distribution and single-billing deal
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The tie-up with LG U+ means 1.05 million U+tv consumers with a UHD2 set-top box will be able to access the service from Starting November 16th. The service will then be further rolled out at a later date.
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BBC iPlayer to offer Sir David Attenborough’s Dynasties in Ultra HD
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Each episode of the series, which follows individual animals including lions, chimpanzees, and emperor penguins, at the most critical period in their lives, will be to stream following their broadcast on BBC One.