movie downloads
RSS movie downloadsYouTube wants a slice of the feature film pie
News YouTube wants to offer movie rentals and is in talks with several top film studios about obtaining licences to stream feature films on a rental basis. The executive pointed out that the studios have these discussions all... [03 Sep 2009]
A new media world: Napster's 10-year anniversary
Comment Too bad the music labels, movie studios and others couldn't get in agreement faster to create a paid version. Their new offering which offers consumers a month of free streaming if they buy a certain number of DRM-free... [03 Jun 2009]
Microsoft increases options to switch stuff off in Windows 7
News The photo gallery, email, and movie-making programs that had been part of Windows will now be available only as separate Windows Live downloads. It is not just Internet Explorer that users will be able... [09 Mar 2009]
iPhone users fickle when it comes to apps
News Only about 10 per cent of iPhone applications appear to retain an audience over time and most of those are games, entertainment applications such as movie listings, and social networking tools such as Facebook. [23 Feb 2009]
Built-in email, editing ditched in Windows 7
News Microsoft has decided Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for email, photo editing, and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista. The software maker included Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Mail and Windows... [23 Sep 2008]
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... [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... [31 Aug 2007]
IPTV for beginners
Comment Broadcast advertisers have grown increasingly upset by the practice of commercial skipping and the loss of their ability to control the timing when viewers watch ads for specific events, such as movie openings or store... [04 Jun 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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [13 Sep 2006]
