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What’s the Best Excuse You Can Come Up With to Fob-Off the TV Licence?

Pretty much everyone has to buy a damned TV licence, which funds what's probably the best media powerhouse in the world, the BBC, but sometimes it's a bit of a ball ache. Here are some of the most hilarious excuses ever recorded by the TV Licencing authority. Can you do any better? Read More >>

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In the Tragicomedy That Was Your Childhood Who Played Your Dad?

People seem to have strong feelings about TV dads. They round them up and rank them. And no one ever really got over the whole Danny Tanner situation. But which TV dad is your dad? If it's not immediately obvious (mine is definitely Bill Nye) then you may need some help. And it exists! This flowchart will help you figure out an alter-ego for that guy who was never around. Or was always around. Whatever, Dads are cool. [Blip via Digg] Read More >>

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Japan Testing 4K Video Streams Through the Internet

Imagine how rubbish your internet's going to be when all your neighbours and their kids are streaming films in 4K all evening on their TVs and laptops. That's the scenario being tested in Japan right now, where one network is bunging 4K content to its subscribers down a standard broadband connection. Read More >>

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Sky Is Jacking Up Its TV Prices Come September

Inflation's a right bitch -- at least, that's what Sky'd have you believe. Come September, the price of all their TV services will be increasing by "up to 10 per cent", hitting you where it hurts the most -- the remote. Read More >>

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Report: Intel Is Throwing Crazy Money at Its Streaming TV Dream

Intel confirmed it's all-in for this whole streaming TV thing early this year, and since then we've heard that plenty of the big content providers are slowly but surely getting on board. And how did that happen? According to Reuters it's because Intel is willing to pay out the ass to make this work. Read More >>

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Are TV and Movie Spoilers the Worst Thing in the World?

Yesterday, the Metro published an article about the penultimate episode of the third season of Game of Thrones, which aired on Monday in the UK. I won't spoil it for you here if you haven't seen it, but apparently a lot of stuff happens. It seems, though, that not everyone watches things live any more, because a legion of irate readers descended on the newspaper, angrily complaining about all the spoilers ruining the show for them. Read More >>

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TalkTalk’s TV Service is a Pretty Sweet Upgrade From Freeview

Ever since the digital switchover, Freeview TV has ruled the kingdom, which is great if you love ITV4, Dave and the shopping channels. However, those of us who don't want to cough up for premium services like Sky have been left out in the cold. But for those of us without oodles of cash, there are other options, and TalkTalk's TV is one of them. Read More >>

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Chopped Cable Downs Virgin Media TV and Internet on the South Coast

The precious umbilical cord of light that connects thousands of Portsmouth and Southampton residents to the internet has been cut through by engineers, leaving thousands of Virgin customers in the area without telly and cable broadband. Read More >>

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A Free Sky Wireless Extender Is Your Movies-Everywhere Deal of the Day

Sky has got its nice face on, and is giving stuff away to its customers. Well, the ones who subscribe to Sky Movies that is. Read More >>

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Who Should Be the Next Dr Who?

Matt Smith is leaving Dr Who after four years of playing the cult British sci-fi hero. The 50th Who anniversary episode, which is scheduled to play to the nation in November, will be his last. Now that the floppy-haired screwdriver-wielder is out of the picture, who should be the next Dr Who? Read More >>

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Porn Accidentally Broadcast Live On Greek Evening News (NSFW)

It seems smut gets everywhere, even on the evening news. Legions of Greeks watched in horror as a graphic sex scene played out in the background of a report by the state-owned public broadcaster on the latest unrest across the nation. The news anchor seemed none-the-wiser as to what was happening over his shoulder. Read More >>

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Sky’s Android Apps Are Back After Hacking Mess

After the Syrian Electronic Army sunk its teeth into Sky, forcing the Murdoch massive to remove its Android apps, they're back again, seemingly without any changes. Still, if you want Sky on the Go, you can download, err, Sky Go. The Android balance is restored. [Play Store via Twitter] Read More >>

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These Are the Original Pilots Amazon Is Going to Make Into Series

Amazon has decided on the five pilots it will turn into full series — Alpha House, Betas, Annebots, Creative Galaxy, and Tumbleleaf — have all officially gotten the green light. Read More >>

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BT Wants to Pump Its New Sports Channels Onto the Xbox One

It seems the Xbox One sparked a twinkle in BT's eye when Microsoft got up and started talking up all of its TV features. According to a BT spokesperson talking to TechRadar, the ISP wants to launch its free BT Sport onto the incoming console, which could mean all those fancy TV streaming features might actually make it to the UK in one guise or another. Read More >>

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Thatcher’s Funeral the Third Most Popular iPlayer Event of All Time

The parading of the dead Prime Minister around London attracted near-record iPlayer viewing figures for the BBC, with some 823,000 people watching the live stream of Lady Thatcher's descent into the pits of... the crematorium. Read More >>