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1 Welcome to a great new way to enjoy TV
From today, our YouView digital TV service is available for free to TalkTalk Plus customers, offering unbeatable value and great content, with no additional subscription. You can get a free YouView set top box, worth £299, and watch catch-up content from the last seven days so so you‘ll never miss a programme again.  It lets you [...] 		21-Sep-2012
08:42
2 Musical youths show they have the X factor
A star-studded line up of judges including Heart FM’s Jamie Theakston and international recording artist Rumer listened to dozens of entries to find the winner in this year’s Song Academy Young Singer Songwriter Competition, supported by TalkTalk. Children and young people from across Britain took part in the online competition, by recording their songs and uploading them to the internet, [...] 		01-Jun-2012
14:50
3 Fabulous prizes going for a song
Are you looking for a way to keep your children interested in making music until the X Factor returns this summer? TalkTalk is proud to support a brilliant singing and songwriting competition, The Song Academy Young Singer Songwriter Competition. Organisers are looking for children and young people aged six to 18 years who can write [...] 		23-Feb-2012
11:57
4 Matt proves he has The X Factor following tense finale
Last night saw plumber Matt Cardle realise his dream of becoming a recording artist when he was announced as the 2010 winner of The X Factor. With almost 20 million people tuning in to see the final of what the judges agreed to be the best series of the show to dat, Matt emerged triumphant despite facing some of the stiffest competition in recent years. 		13-Dec-2010
17:12
5 The X Factor – it’s the final countdown!
We are just one day away from the biggest TV event of the year – The X Factor finals, with around 20 million people expected to tune in. And with Louis the only judge who isn’t represented, we’re in for a very open final. You honestly wouldn’t be surprised if any of the four remaining contestants – Cher, Matt, Rebecca and One Direction – walk away with that £1 million recording contract. 		10-Dec-2010
17:08
6 Calling X Factor fans: have your questions answered in Access All Areas
We’re offering our customers an exclusive backstage pass to The X Factor in the form of Access All Areas, the official Q&A channel for The X Factor 2010. Each week the site will show videos of the show’s finalists answering TalkTalk customers’ questions, with videos following the format of some of the nation’s most popular Q&A [...] 		22-Oct-2010
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7 Have you had a go at BrightStar Studio yet?
If you’re one of the 10 million people tuned to The X Factor every Saturday night, you’ll no doubt have seen the clips of people singing songs at our BrightStar Studio. BrightStar Studio allows you to film yourself singing a song and means you could end up in one of our ads during the most watched [...] 		13-Sep-2010
10:00
8 Jedward open the X Factor ‘Bright Star Studio’ to TalkTalk customers
We kicked off our sponsorship of this year’s X Factor in a burst of ‘neon rainbow’ today by giving our customers the chance to create their own music video and have it screened on national prime time TV. Our new online Bright Star Studio, launched at today’s event with the help of pop sensations John [...] 		17-Aug-2010
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9 And this year’s winner is: Joe McElderry
Well, if you're like me and was glued to the X Factor this week, you're in good company: 19 million of us tuned in to watch Joe McElderry win this year's contest. 		14-Dec-2009
12:55
10 X Factor final: Olly, Stacey and Joe – who will win?
It’s almost here. Four months in the making: the X Factor final hits our screens this weekend. Over the last few months we’ve all had our favourites, but if you don’t know that it’s down to Olly, Stacey and Joe fighting it out in a very open final….well, you probably live in a cave! 		10-Dec-2009
16:00
11 Neon Rainbow, available to buy on iTunes
‘Life is like a Neon Rainbow’, the famous words from the two hit wonder The Box Tops. You’ve probably heard them on our latest TV advertising campaign and some of The X Factor ads. 		30-Sep-2009
08:37
12 Be a star on The X Factor and create your own Brightdance
Brightdancing is taking over the nation! So far over 5,000 people have already joined in the fun and created their own light graffiti performance – the results, of which, can be seen on The TalkTalk X Factor website www.talktalk.co.uk/xfactor 		23-Sep-2009
15:47
13 TalkTalk announces sponsorship of The X Factor
We’re delighted to announce that TalkTalk has signed as main sponsor to The X Factor. As I’m sure you can imagine, we’re pretty excited to be involved. With the show about to go into its sixth series, few could argue that it’s one of the television events of the year, and this year promises to be bigger than ever. 		03-Aug-2009
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