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BBC app - now out of beta

Virgin Media TiVo service gets full BBC iPlayer app

By Patrick Goss published

The Virgin Media TiVo box has been given a key update, with the BBC iPlayer app coming out of beta and now apparently offering HD catchup of Auntie's programmes.

For FLUXX sake

ACRyan's FLUXX capacitor

By Dave James published

CES 2011 Intel-powered media streamer goes back to the future

$1.46 billion debts too much to handle

Blockbuster US files for bankruptcy

By Marc Chacksfield published

Video rental service Blockbuster has announced it has filed for voluntary bankruptcy in the US, after admitting debts of $1.46 billion (£932 million).

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Sky Player coming to Humax Freeview HD boxes in October

By James Rivington published

Exclusive Firmware update promises new VOD features

Tesco looking for digital solution

Tesco's Digital Locker to take on iTunes

By Marc Chacksfield published

Tesco is to launch a Digital Locker initiative which is set to take on iTunes in the UK.

TiVo Premiere - pointing to tech that will be in Virgin Media's next-gen box

TiVo: Sky partnership caused UK flop

By Patrick Goss published

Exclusive But Virgin Media deal will not go same way

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DivX TV announced, LG signs up

By Patrick Goss published

CES 2010 DivX has unveiled its 'comprehensive embedded Internet TV platform'

Don't try to trick us, we know it's 'Mall Cop' and not 'Revolutionary Road'

DVD renters choose high brow but watch low brow

By Mark Harris in Seattle published

You might pick up that documentary with good intentions, but it's the mindless action movie that will be first in the DVD player, according to new research.

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How to extract free-to-air recordings from your Sky+ hard disc to a PC

By Martin Pipe published

This month we look at extracting free-to-air recordings from your Sky+ hard disc to a PC. Plus: one way to watch stored recordings in another room

RealDVD legal battle enters final phase

RealDVD court case ends, verdict soon

By Mark Harris in Seattle published

Fair use copying never legal, say studios

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