As anticipated, Netflix has further added to its roster of exclusive streaming deals for its planned UK and Ireland roll-out by agreeing a new multi-year licensing agreement with Lionsgate UK, a subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, that will make Netflix the exclusive subscription streaming service in the UK and Ireland for first-run feature films […]
The number of illegally downloaded video games has gone up nearly 20 per cent in the last five years. Figures from research firm Envisional also suggest the top five games from 2010 were pirated online almost a million times. Industry executives are worried these figures mean a generation of people will expect to get games […]
The Associated Press has launched its HD AP Entertainment news service. This is the first phase of AP’s HD rollout timetable, which will see all news content available in HD by the second quarter of 2012. As part of its multimillion-dollar upgrade, the AP is transforming its video business by switching its entire newsgathering, production […]
Viasat Broadcasting announced that its Viaplay online pay-TV service is available to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users in Denmark, Norway and Sweden from the App Store. Subscribers to any of Viaplay’s three online TV packages (‘TV’, ‘TV+Film’ or ‘TV+Film+Sport’) can use the new app to access Viaplay’s multi-screen, on-demand video streaming service, which is […]
The Copyright Protection Centre of China has reported it has deleted more than 400,000 unauthorised Internet audio and video links since June 2010. As part of the country’s efforts to crack down on rampant copyright infringements, the centre launched services for both domestic and overseas copyright owners last summer. Since then, it has detected more […]
Dubai-based Arabic broadcaster MBC has apologised for accidentally showing a movie containing a nude scene. ‘Into the Wild’, directed by Sean Penn, showed a scene of partial nudity which normally would have been edited out. The film was shown on its MBC Max channel. The movie created something of a storm on social network site […]
Steve Coogan’s latest Alan Partridge outing, Mid Morning Matters, is reportedly set to get its UK TV premiere on Sky Atlantic. The BSkyB pay-TV channel is in pole position to land the rights to the show, first aired in November last year online in an initiative funded by Foster’s beer. Mid Morning Matters was streamed […]
Eleven employees from cinemas across the UK have been presented with awards totalling £7,000 for their efforts in preventing illegal recordings taking place. At a specially-convened ceremony at Paramount Pictures, London, each received a cheque for several hundred pounds for their part in thwarting attempts to record films at their cinema. The Federation Against Copyright […]
Chello DMC, the European digital media facilitiy, has been appointed by French broadcaster Marc Dorcel to provide content management and playout services for Dorcel TV and Dorcel TV HD. Dorcel TV and Dorcel TV HD are subscription based, specialist adult entertainment channels. Under the agreement, Chello DMC will playout the channel’s content and manage the […]
Technicolor has confirmed the launch of MediaEcho, an application that synchronises secondary content with Blu-ray, VoD or broadcast programming. MediaEcho synchronises a wealth of content such as cast, crew and production information, historical facts, audio and video onto a tablet device that allows viewers to deepen their engagement with the programme without cluttering the main […]