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Popular UK TV broadcasterChannel 4has brought its4oDcatch-up service to the iPhone today for the first time. Its iPad app has beenupdatedto become a universal offering, compatible with the iPhone and iPad Touch too, meaning that you can can get up to date with TV shows on the go a little more subtly than having to pull your tablet device out on the bus. Also new to the updated version is a search facility for finding available shows, and a ‘download to own’ feature which allows selected shows to be purchased from iTunes right from the app....

UK television broadcaster Channel 4 is to stream programming live on Facebook for the first time when it broadcasts the T4 On The Beach festival live this weekend,BroadcastNow reports. As part of the show, Channel 4 will place four dedicated cameras around the site allowing Facebook users to watch live music acts from the side of the stage, view interviews with artists and view events backstage and in the green room....

The Digital Economy Act, a controversial piece of UK legislationpassedlast year that, among other things, takes a hard line on unauthorised filesharing, was nudged a little closer to taking effect today after complaints from leading ISPs were thrown out by a High Court judge. ISPs BT and Talk Talk, unhappy that the burden of policing a ‘blacklist’ of suspected filesharers was being placed on their shoulders, had been granted a judicial review of the Bill after suggesting that it was unlawful under EU law....

Chiltern Railways, a local rail operator in the South of England, has launched an innovative new approach to ticketing, involving an integrated mobile ticketing system that enables passengers to buy, receive (instantly) and validate tickets through an app on their mobile phone. The upshot of this is passengers can turn up at a station without a ticket and circumvent the barrier in a matter of seconds. No queues, call centres or ticket machines....

This article was originally published byChristopher CareyonCities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates, follow Cities Today onTwitter,Facebook,LinkedIn,Instagram, andYouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. The UK’s first public e-cargo bike-sharing scheme is being launched in east London this month to help residents and businesses move goods using low-carbon transport. Eight new electrically assisted cargo bikes, each capable of carrying up to 80kg, will be available to rent from four docking stations across the borough of Hackney....