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Bang & Olufsen has revealed that it will be adding a third model to its BeoVision Avant range of 4K/Ultra HD TVs this year. "When we launched [BeoVision Avant] last year we saw unprecedented demand and unsurpassed feedback from consumers around the globe that agreed with out vision of the future of television" stated B&O's Vice President Brand, Design and Marketing Marie Kristine Schmidt. "With this family of Avants, we hope to offer consumers the choice they crave to make sure the TV can fit with their lifestyles and complement their homes. We not only wish to make sure the TV can blend into the bckground when not in use, but also add the wow factor with a show-stopping piece of technology".

To celebrate the UK cinema release of The Dark Knight Rises, Virgin Media has teamed up with Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures to launch a dedicated Dark Knight app for its TiVo service.

Cathy Silvers, the daughter of American comedy actor Phil Silvers, had moist eyes and a lump in her throat as she affectionately remembered her father during what was otherwise a hilarious night at the BFI South Bank to celebrate the first-ever DVD release of the entire Sgt. Bilko TV series. Why hilarious? Well the packed house rocked with laughter at the short extracts from the classic 1950s series selected by Michael Clews and Steve Everitt of The Phil Silvers Appreciation Society. Each showed master sergeant Ernest G. Bilko in fine form as he connived, bluffed and gambled his way through treasured snippets from a sampling of 140-plus episodes of television gold.