Entertainment

Channel 4 launches new E4 app in partnership with Spotify
Channel 4 has announced the launch of a new E4 interactive music streaming app hosted by Spotify - the first partnership with a UK TV broadcaster for the leading digital music service.

BBC launches Connected Red Button
The BBC has launched Connected Red Button, reinventing the BBC’s hugely popular red button service for the future by effortlessly bringing TV, radio and online content together in the simplest possible way.

The Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker broadcast live into cinemas
The Royal Ballet's production of The Nutcracker will be broadcast live into cinemas worldwide for one night only on Thursday 13 December.

C4 warmly welcomes The Snowman and The Snowdog
Thirty years ago this Christmas, Channel 4 broadcast The Snowman - an enchanting animated film that follows the adventures of a young boy and a truly remarkable Snowman, adapted from author and creator Raymond Briggs' iconic children's book.
Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, Fringe and Chuck coming soon to Netflix
Netflix and Warner Bros. International have announced a multi-year licensing agreement allowing Netflix members in the U.K. and Ireland to exclusively enjoy complete previous seasons of some of the hottest series on American television.

New album from Heidi Talbot
‘Angels Without Wings’ is an album of original compositions glowing with special guests from the worlds of folk, pop, rock and bluegrass.

Strictly Come Dancing Celebrity Christmas Special
Strictly Come Dancing will be more festive than ever this Christmas day with a special line-up of six brand new celebrities taking to the dance floor.

World-renowned origami artist brings iconic music artists to life
Some music lovers keep gig tickets for sentimental reasons, others let them rot in their wallets without a second thought.

Jimi Hendrix, People, Hell & Angels
Experience Hendrix and Sony have announced the release of "People, Hell & Angels", an essential new album premiering twelve previously unreleased studio recordings completed by guitarist Jimi Hendrix.

See Celine Dion in concert in Las Vegas
US specialist, Bon Voyage, reckons its short break packages to Las Vegas – which include a ticket to see superstar Celine Dion live in concert – are the ideal Christmas present for the man, or woman, who has everything.

P&O Cruises announces Strictly stars for next summer
Strictly Come Dancing judge, Craig Revel Horwood, will join seven Strictly cruises next year, along with a flurry of the BBC show's professional dancers.
England's star is set to rise in 2013
England has a starring role alongside Helena Bonham Carter in the atmosperic adaptation of Great Expectations - just one of a series of star turns for England, which features in huge cinema releases next year.

Luxury vs. Necessity - Laptop and DVD player luxury, mobile necessity
A mobile phone, teabags and a digital camera are considered ‘necessities’ in modern life – while cinema trips, nights out, takeaways and even laptops are still considered ‘luxuries’, research has revealed.
AC/DC now on iTunes
Columbia Records and Apple have announced that AC/DC’s entire catalog is now available digitally for the first time exclusively on the iTunes Store worldwide.
Nicholas Lyndhurst joins BBC One hit drama New Tricks
With ratings for the last series averaging 8.3 million and filming about to begin on series 10 with a two-part episode in Gibraltar, BBC One’s hit drama New Tricks also sees the arrival of Nicholas Lyndhurst as a new recruit to Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman’s (Amanda Redman) team of retired ex-coppers reinvestigating the Met’s unsolved crimes.