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Bond Movies return to ITV after new deal struck with MGM

November 20th, 2013 by

ITV has signed a deal with MGM, rumoured to be for three years, that will see the entire James Bond series return to its original UK broadcaster. Last year Sky Movies caused a stir when it struck a one year deal for the rights to all the films, including Skyfall, which it aired on a […]

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Launch ad for Sky Movies 007 HD channel [video]

September 8th, 2012 by

ky Movies has released a video advertising the new “007 HD” channel to be launched next month. It cuts together seamlessly all Bond actors in a driving sequence that relegates Timothy Dalton to being the hapless truck driver from the opening of Quantum of Solace (perhaps they should have had him for real), and if you thought it was Blofeld who machine gunned down George Lazenby’s Aston Marin at the end of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service then think again.

It’s an excellent advert for the new channel and even if you’re unable to get the channel the video is worth a look – it certainly made me chuckle.

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Sky announces new 007 channel in HD

August 8th, 2012 by

Sky Movies recently grabbed the rights to show all the James Bond films in HD, breaking ITV’s monopoly on the franchise going back to 1975. However, Sky has just announced that it will launch a dedicated 007 channel in October to show all 22 films without breaks. Sky has secured the rights for just a […]

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