AMC/Sundance Channel Global, the international division of AMC Networks, will launch a dedicated Sundance Channel feed for the Polish market. Sundance Channel Polska will be available on the Eutelsat Hot Bird 13C satellite starting July 1st as a 24/7 linear network in HD. The network will feature a diverse selection of first run original drama […]
Former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has accused present incumbent Maria Miller of being in the pocket of Google, complaining that the government has not enforced legislation to combat copyright theft. In a question to Miller in the UK’s House of Commons, Bradshaw said: “Copyright theft costs our writers, artists, musicians billions of pounds a year […]
Wimbledon 2013 on the BBC will have 10 live streams available on computer, tablet, mobile and connected TV. Audiences can follow the action, wherever and whenever they want, with live action and on-demand content available across the four screens. Coverage on BBC television will start at 11:30am during the first week. Viewers can access more […]
Senator Chris Dodd, CEO and Chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has welcomed the Obama Administration’s 2013 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement and its reinforcement of intellectual property as one of the country’s most valuable competitive tools. “As today’s IPEC report reminds us, in 2010, intellectual property industries accounted for […]
Following the launch of Twitter’s video-sharing app, Vine, Facebook-owned Instagram has announced that users will be record and share 15-second clips by tapping a video icon in the app. They can also apply filters to videos to add contrast, make them black and white or different hues. Speaking at a launch event held at Facebook’s […]
The State Duma has voted in favour of amendments to the “piracy bill” introducing pre-trial blocking of pirated video content in Russia. The bill was submitted to the Duma on June 6th and adopted in its first reading on June 18th. It sets out the legal grounds and the procedure for limiting access to websites […]
Grabyo, the TV clip-sharing platform, will launch this weekend with Sky Living’s Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model – letting viewers share their favourite moments from the new series. The second screen platform is enabling Sky to drive and monetise online conversation around the show and letting TRESemmé extend its sponsorship of the TV show […]
Sky News is now offering live 24/7 broadcast news on Apple TV, further extending its international reach. The service, which launches subscription free, will enable millions of Apple TV customers in the US, UK and Ireland to access live Sky News directly on their HDTV through Apple TV. Effective immediately, Apple TV customers will see […]
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, a co-founder of notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has been sentenced to two years in jail after hacking into Swedish government computers and making illegal online bank transfers. The charges against the 28-year-old Warg included aggravated fraud, attempted aggravated fraud and data breaching. Warg was arrested in Sweden last year after […]
UKTV has announced that soft drinks brand Pepsi MAX has extended its sponsorship of Dynamo to Dynamo: Magician Impossible on Watch and has teamed up with the channel to premiere the first episode of the brand new series on the Watch website before it airs on the channel. Dynamo fans can watch the first episode […]