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Sainsbury's now offering free glasses for Channel 4's 3D week

While here at Pocket-lint we had our very own 3D week a little way back, Channel 4's 3D week is fast approaching on 16 November and the broadcaster's promotional partner Sainsbury's is now in full swing distributing the required glasses.

The supermarket chain...

iPlayer will not get ITV and Channel 4 content

The BBC has had its proposals to integrate ITV and Channel 4 content with its popular iPlayer denied by its regulator, the BBC Trust. The corporation wanted to allow its commercial rivals access to the platform to avoid criticism from those who say it has a dominant position...

Channel 4 content to be available on YouTube

YouTube and Channel 4 have done a "landmark" deal that will see full-length versions of the broadcaster's top TV shows available online, on demand on the Google-owned site.

The agreement, 6 months in the making, is for a 3-year period and will mean programmes...

Channel 4 to beat Sky to 3D TV this autumn

Channel 4 has revealed it is to go 3D for a week in the autumn as a special celebration of 3D footage.

Beating satellite broadcaster Sky - which is prepping its 3D TV services for 2010 - the Channel 4 broadcasts will offer a 3D effect with ColorCode technology.

VIDEO: LG's new Crystal ad

LG and Channel 4 are going all irreverent for their joint touchscreen phone ad campaign, which is all right by us. Here's a 15-second spot due to be shown ont' telly soon.

Virgin Media announces 4HD "coming soon"

Virgin Media has announced that Channel 4's high definition channel, 4HD, will join its HD line-up.

4HD's programmes include "Ugly Betty", "Skins", "Shameless" and "Desperate Housewives" broadcast in "glorious" high definition.

4HD will be available...

Orange launches "Monkey" package with "free music"

Orange has unveiled "Monkey", describing it as the first pay as you go package for the UK market that offers free music to customers when they top up their mobile.

Slightly convoluted - and with limited content - the scheme, that will arguably not be so attractive...

All Channel 4 content to be free online

Channel 4 has announced it is set to become the first UK broadcaster to make all its archived programming available on its website completely free of charge, beating the BBC's popular iPlayer service to such an announcement.

From July archived content will...

Hulu launching in the UK in September

TV streaming service Hulu has proved very popular in the USA, but many Brits are frustrated by its unavailability this side of the Atlantic. Luckily, that seems to be about to change.

Senior sources quoted by the Telegraph claim that Hulu is attempting to sign...

Channel 4 4oD arrives on Mac

Channel 4 has finally made its on-demand service 4oD available for Mac and Linux users.

The service, which allows users to catch up with programmes aired on Channel 4, has until now only been available via a Windows powered PC, but from this week will be able...

Project Kangaroo killed by Competiton Commission

Project Kangaroo has been blocked by the Competition Commission.

The online TV project - a joint venture between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide - has been deemed "too much of a threat to competition in this developing market".

The Project had...

Digital Britain report published

Lord Carter's "Digital Britain" interim government report has finally been published and has been described as a "plan to secure Britain’s place at the forefront of the global digital economy".

The 86-page document - plus glossary, foreword and annexes - is...

Project Kangaroo tweaks plans for Competition Commission

Project Kangaroo has volunteered to dump plans to jointly sell catch-up and archive shows to rivals, so that it can get regulator approval to launch.

ITV, BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 - the broadcasters involved in the venture - argue that by changing the plans...

Project Kangaroo deemed anti-competitive

A serious spanner has been thrown in the works for Project Kangaroo, the joint video on demand service from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, as it has failed to gain approval from the Competition Commission.

The regulator has ruled that the scheme, that would allow...

Gov scraps Channel 4 license fee bid

Ofcom warned in September that Channel Four could face a bleak future if it wasn't given a share of the license fee to make the changes necessary before the digital switchover. But now the Government has scrapped this plan.

Channel 4 could have got £14 million...

Gov scraps Channel 4 license fee bid

Ofcom warned in September that Channel Four could face a bleak future if it wasn't given a share of the license fee to make the changes necessary before the digital switchover. But now the Government has scrapped this plan.

Channel 4 could have got £14 million...

Project Kangeroo bounces back

It may have just lost its chief exec to Microsoft, but Project Kangeroo is readying for launch.

Ashley Highfield announced he was leaving the BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 joint initiative after only 6 months in the job, but, although no permanent replacement...

Ofcom okays HD Freeview

Three high definition Freeview channels will launch in the UK before the end of next year, Ofcom has announced.

The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 will each offer an HD Freeview channel over an upgraded terrestrial TV platform.

To be broadcast on the new...

BBC responds to Channel 4 dropping DAB plans

Following the news we brought you about Channel 4's decision to withdraw from 4 Digital Group's plans to launch new DAB radio stations in the UK, the BBC has issued an official response.

Tim Davie, the BBC's director of audio and music, said: "Today's announcement...

Channel 4 dropping DAB radio plans

Channel 4 is dumping its plans for DAB radio stations to be launched and withdrawing from the 4 Digital Group off-shoot.

The 4 Digital Group, led by Channel 4 Radio and including Emap, BSkyB and the Carphone Warehouse were planning to originally launch 10 new...

Channel 4 launches YouTube style website - 4mations

If you watch the likes of Wall-E - and think, pah, I could do that, then why not check out the new YouTube style website from Channel 4, which is designed to let animators show off their creations.

The result of a collaboration between Lupus Films and Aardman...

Channel 4 future's bleak, says Ofcom

Ofcom chief exec Ed Richards has told journos that C4's future may be bleak unless the TV outfit gets some serious funding.

Richards made the statement before a speech at the Royal Television Society, revealing that C4 could face an annual deficit of £100m by...

Channel 4 making game with developers Introversion

Independent UK developer Introversion has partnered up with Channel 4 to produce a new game, funded by the TV channel.

The game, Chronometer, has just finished pre-production. No word as yet quite what we can expect from the game, but designer Chris Delay says...

OFT refers Project Kangaroo to Competition Commission

The supposedly coming-soon video on demand service from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 has been referred to the Competition Commission by the Office of Fair Trading.

The OFT said the three-way team-up could mean Project Kangaroo would "charge higher prices...

Channel 4 plans DAB dongle for mobile phones

Channel 4 plans to launch a DAB plug-in device for mobile phones, reports The Times.

Apparently execs at Channel 4 radio believe the new electronic device that will enable mobile phone users to tune into digital radio broadcasts will "rescue" DAB broadcasting....