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ITV to show Star Wars I to VI in HD

ITV has announced that it's going to be showing Star Wars episodes I to VI in high definition on its ITV HD service that's available on Freesat. It'll be starting on 24 October with Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Then the movies will run each weekend through November...

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...

ITV1 going HD before end of year

ITV has announced that its HD service will be available to half the population of the UK by the time that the 2010 World Cup rolls around next year.

The company has reached a distribution deal with the Beeb that'll let it borrow some bandwidth to launch the...

What's the outcome of a newspaper paywall? Ask ITV

Want to know what happens to a site that puts up a paywall in an attempt to gain extra revenue? Ask ITV.

ITV has finally off-loaded struggling website Friends Reunited for a rather low £25m and in the process losing £150m.

Travel back 5 years...

Friends Reunited sold for £25 million

ITV has finally off-loaded struggling website Friends Reunited.

The broadcaster sold the site for a pittance compared to what it paid for it in its hey-day back in 2005.

Michael Grade, ITV's executive chairman, described the sale as the "best...

Coronation Street becomes fictional first on Street View

Coronation Street will "make history" as the first fictional location to feature on Google Street View.

A Google car, complete with the roof-mounted camera, has driven down the famous cobbles of Coronation Street to capture the real-life set in 360-degrees....

ITV attempts to remove Blu-ray copy ban

ITV has confirmed that it's "talking" to Freesat and Panasonic over plans to make its HD content more usable to consumers by allowing them to copy to Blu-ray discs.

At the time of writing, all ITV HD content is flagged as "Copy Never", meaning that it can't...

ITV messes up The Bill's high def debut

ITV HD's debut broadcast of The Bill on Freesat did not go to plan.

The broadcaster was due to show the first episode of a brand new six-part story "Conviction Cover Up" in high definition, but this was not to be the case.

Those tuning in to watch...

"The Bill" goes high def on Freesat

Do you want to see "The Bill" in five times the resolution that standard definition television currently offers?

Then, my friend, you need Freesat, the UK's free-to-air satellite service, that will be offering just that to its customers from 1 July.

Freesat gets high-def footie finals

Freesat, the free-to-air digital satellite TV service, is highlighting the "two biggest matches of the season" available in "pin-sharp" HD on the service this week.

Freesat brings you a week of the best footballing action in high definition with both the UEFA...

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...

COMMENT: How old media has failed to capitalise on Susan Boyle

It dawned on me, ITV has failed to capitalise on the Susan Boyle Britain's Got Talent phenomenon.

Why? Well because the TV station is too caught up in trying to make money. Overnight the starlet of the first show has managed to propel herself into not only...

ITV losses £2.7 billion, will cut 600 jobs

Results were expected to be bleak, but ITV has announced that write-offs from the value of its assets have meant losses of £2.7 billion.

On the back of this, the broadcaster has confirmed it will be cutting jobs with some 600 positions to go in as-yet unconfirmed...

ITV considering Friends Reunited sale

ITV is considering selling Friends Reunited, a site it bought in 2005 for a deal worth £175 million overall, it's being reported.

Although once popular, Friends Reunited has struggled to achieve the high visitor numbers it enjoyed around the time ITV bought...

Virgin Media sees half a billion on-demand views

Virgin Media says 2008 was the year on demand television "came of age" with its TV viewers watching over half a billion on demand programmes.

With a record-breaking 56 million views in December alone, Virgin says its on demand's popularity has grown by over...

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...

3 launches "Books on the Go"

3 has announced the launch of the new "Books on the Go" service, designed to bring best-selling books to subscribers’ mobile handsets in text or audio format.

The service, provided by Andy McNab's GoSpoken.com, lets users browse, buy and download books from...

BBC iPlayer coming to Freesat

Freesat has announced that despite difficult times on the high street, its sales have doubled in the last quarter of 2008, it also reveals the service will be getting the BBC's iPlayer catch-up programming this year.

By the end of 2008 Freesat, the UK's subscription-free...

Virgin Media viewers to get ITV Player

Virgin Media has announced a deal with ITV that will bring the terrestrial channels on demand service, ITV player, to Virgin Media customers.

Trying to extend the gap even further in the "on-demand" sphere against Sky, the agreement between the two companies...

ITV to slash Friends Reunited's value

ITV is planning to write down the value of Friends Reunited, a Sunday Times report claims.

ITV bought the website in 2005 in a deal worth £175 million overall, but is now expected to state that the company is worth much less than it paid for it.

COMMENT: Our favourite gadgets in 2008

With 2009 finally here, what gadgets, technology or gizmos have the Pocket-lint team most enjoyed in 2008? Below, in our own words, are our favourites.

Stuart Miles
I might work at the so called coal face of gadgets but that doesn't mean that I necessarily...

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...

BBC, ITV and BT reveal TV over broadband proposals

The BBC, ITV and BT have announced they are joining together to work as partners to "promote a common industry approach and consumer offer to deliver on demand TV over broadband".

Open for all public service broadcasters, device developers and other internet...

More book publishers launch iPhone apps

Two major book publishers have just announced mobile phone initiatives, with an emphasis particularly on the Apple iPhone and the App Store.

In the States, the Penguin Group has announced the launch of "Penguin 2.0", which includes Penguin Mobile, and the Penguin...

COMMENT: Is emulating the iPlayer the key to success?

Today saw the announcement that ITV is the latest broadcaster to change the name of its catch-up service to feature the Player moniker.

So now we have iPlayer from the BBC, Sky Player from Sky and ITV Player from ITV. Notice any connection?

That's...