Neelie Kroes, the EC’s Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, has renewed her criticism of Europe’s copyright regime, suggesting that the artist should be put at the centre of not only copyright law, but of the EU’s whole policy on culture and growth. Addressing the Forum d’Avignon event – which brings together players from the worlds […]
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has bought 3.2 per cent of Spanish media conglomerate Prisa (Promotora de Informaciones). Slim used his Grupo Carso’s investment arm (Immobilaria Carso SA) as the acquisition vehicle. Prisa’s share price has fallen dramatically by more than 50 per cent this year, although on November 18th they rose 12 per cent on […]
Co-operation between the entertainment, social media and CE manufacture sectors can help curb piracy of intellectual property, according to an Ernst and Young (E&Y) study presented at the Forum d’Avignon event attended by delegates from the worlds of culture, the creative industries, the economy and the media . According to E&Y, the onus for enforcement […]
Rapid proliferation of the Internet made it all the more easier for unauthorised people to gain access to digital information and illegally circulate the same. This situation calls for immediate attention as piracy and data losses not only cause huge revenue losses for the company but also tarnish the image of the company for ever. […]
Brazil’s NetMovies has signed a multi-media deal with Hollywood studio Miramax to cover the streaming of Miramax titles. The agreement covers such iconic hit films and award-winning titles as “Pulp Fiction,” “The English Patient,” “City of God,” “Amelie,” “There Will Be Blood” and “Kill Bill,” will be available to NetMovies customers, beginning December 1st, 2011. […]
Chello Central Europe’s popular children’s channel, Minimax, has launched on Slovenia’s largest TV platform, Telekom Slovenije on 17 November. Minimax comes to Slovenia following a highly successful 11 year presence in Hungary. Fully dubbed, aimed at 2-14 years-old, Minimax is Central Europe’s very first children’s TV channel reaching over 10 million households across 11 territories, […]
A preliminary report detailing the extent and type of digital piracy that is currently taking place in the United States suggests that while individual acts of digital piracy are common, large-scale digital piracy was found to be rare. Sponsored by Columbia University’s The American Assembly project, the results were excerpted from a larger forthcoming survey-based […]
One day after announcing Google Music, the company has unveiled a new Google Music app for Google TV. The app streams music directly from user’s library stored in the cloud and integrates into the Google TV system to play in the background and allow users to set up a playlist to serve as a soundtrack […]
From January 2, 2012, France Telecom Orange will be offering the TF1 group’s TV channels as part of its dedicated television offers. The TF1 group’s channels will enhance the Orange TV offer with several new general and sports channels: The additional channels (Ushuaïa TV. Histoire, Breizh, LCI, Eurosport, Eurosport 2) will be accessible to Orange’s […]
PlayJam, the TV games platform, has announced a collaboration with Philips uWand, a pointing and 3D gesture control technology, to enhance casual gaming on Smart TV. Developed by Philips, uWand is the next generation remote control technology. When embedded in remote controls, it gives users fluid and accurate direct pointing and 3D gesture control on […]