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Vodafone CEO warns of Apple, Google threat
News We've seen that movie before and we don't [want to] go there but equally we don't want 30. In his keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona today, Sarin said: "We must as an industry learn to both partner and compete with... [12 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Media wars
Comment It starts with time-shifted programme feeds, plus movie and music downloads, but then moves on to new diversions such as social networking, online games and virtual worlds. But as far as I can see most of the old broadcasters seem to be going in... [31 Aug 2007]
Hollywood gives blessing to BitTorrent store
News Depending on connection speed, BitTorrent president Ashwin Navin said it should be able to deliver movie downloads to users "faster than a pizza delivery". BitTorrent is using its software to launch a download site - called the BitTorrent... [26 Feb 2007]
James Bond beaten by pirates
News It seems the British super-spy has met his match in the pirate community with two illegal versions of the movie being downloaded more than 200,000 times over the film's opening weekend. Versions of the movie appeared online on Friday, before some... [22 Nov 2006]
Minority Report: Apple in your living room
Comment As is often the case with new Apple services, the movie downloads are limited initially to users in the US only. Having secured a lead in digital music, Apple now hopes to rule the digital movie scene too. [09 Oct 2006]
Microsoft grapples with mystery DRM cracker
News One service provider, the British network BSkyB, even temporarily cancelled movie downloads. That has long been part of the technology's draw for record labels and movie studios, which are fearful that content protection flaws will lead to films... [27 Sep 2006]
Steve Jobs
AS Profile This year the justification for Jobs' perennial presence is all about his foray into movie downloads. It's a testament to Jobs' clout that he's already had some success in getting movie studios - who have been traditionally sceptical about that... [25 Sep 2006]
James Murdoch
AS Profile Under his stewardship, the broadcaster got involved with P2P movie downloads and mobile TV but it's the purchase of ISP Easynet that really turned heads. Why? Transforming Sky into a telecoms player James Murdoch is back on the Agenda Setters list... [25 Sep 2006]
Apple uncloaks iTunes movie downloads
News Apple overhauled its digital music and video offerings on Tuesday, introducing new iPods in three categories and announcing plans to make movies available for purchase through the iTunes store. Movies from four studios owned by The Walt Disney... [13 Sep 2006]
Apple set for big push on the living room?
News If the analysts and enthusiasts are on target, the iTunes store and client software will soon offer the option of movie downloads, expanding its offerings from music, television shows and music videos to feature films. [12 Sep 2006]
Cracked patch forces Sky to pause film downloads
News Broadcaster Sky has suspended its broadband movie download service after a Microsoft security patch on Windows Media's digital rights management (DRM) was cracked. The service's homepage currently reads: "In order to make an essential update to the... [11 Sep 2006]
AOL moves into movie downloads
News AOL is adding digital movie downloads from several studios to its video site and providing more on-demand TV shows. The company said on Thursday it has cut deals with several movie studios - Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film... [25 Aug 2006]
Hollywood ready for DVD burning
News Often accused of being anti-consumer when it comes to digital media, the movie industry now has plans to relax controls over how films are copied to DVDs. In the past, watching a movie downloaded off the web meant viewing it on a PC. [11 Aug 2006]
BitTorrent cuddles up to movie studios
News The file-sharing company announced on Monday it has signed licensing deals with four independent movie studios that will allow it to sell 1,600 video titles over the internet. Ashwin Navin, BitTorrent's co-founder and president, said: "This shows... [11 Jul 2006]
Weekly Round-Up: 30.06.06
Round-Up Well how many celebrities have 'beaten the rap' in the US on the back of having a music or movie career.think about it. In all the coverage of McKinnon's case the Round-Up had never heard any mention of his past as a singer/songwriter and actor... [30 Jun 2006]
