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  • Warner Bros. takes Facebook to the movies

    Warner Bros. takes Facebook to the movies

    Five more films up for rental 28 March 2011 9:38 GMT

    Warner Bros. has announced that, following a successful trial renting The Dark Knight on Facebook, it is expanding the rental options to five more blockbuster movies.

    From the official pages of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher's...

  • Paramount movies coming to MSN Video Player

    Paramount movies coming to MSN Video Player

    Ad-supported platform gets more content 15 April 2010 14:47 GMT

    Late last year, Microsoft launched the MSN Video Player in the UK. It came with content from the BBC, Endemol, RDF and a number of other big names, but was focused mainly on TV shows. 

    That seems to be changing, with the announcement that Paramount...

  • Sky apes Microsoft with Sky+HD parties promo

    Sky apes Microsoft with Sky+HD parties promo

    Free film and a £10 M&S voucher for snacks 3 November 2009 16:25 GMT

    Sky is taking a leaf out of Microsoft's book with the news that the broadcaster is encouraging those with Sky+HD to hold movie-watching parties in order to persuade their guests to sign up for the high def service.

    Each party host will...

  • Netflix launching streaming service outside of US

    Netflix launching streaming service outside of US

    But won't tell us where yet 23 October 2009 16:59 GMT

    Netflix's CEO Reed Hastings has told journalists in a conference call that his company will be launching a streaming-only service, which will let users watch movies online without having to subscribe to the DVDs-by-mail part of the service that the...

  • DDD reveals Yabazam 3D content store

    DDD reveals Yabazam 3D content store

    Launching within weeks 20 October 2009 13:11 GMT

    DDD, the company behind forthcoming 3D laptops from the likes of Acer, Dell, HP and Sony, has told Pocket-lint that it'll soon be launching a content store for digital downloads of 3D movies and video. It'll be called "Yabazam", and should be open...

  • BT: Antipiracy efforts will cost £1m per day

    BT: Antipiracy efforts will cost £1m per day

    Considerably more than losses sustained by the industry 23 September 2009 9:47 GMT

    BT has warned that the file sharing efforts proposed by the government and Peter Mandelson could cost the industry £1m every day. That would increase each customer's bill by £24 per year, said John Petter, the head of the company's consumer division.

  • Pirate Bay buyer facing bankruptcy

    Pirate Bay buyer facing bankruptcy

    1.3 million Swedish kronor owed 18 September 2009 17:44 GMT

    It's being reported that Global Gaming Factory X has been served with bankruptcy proceedings by its former director and board member Johan Sellstrom, who claims that he's owed 1.3 million Swedish kronor - a debt which should have been paid in July.

  • Piracy kiosk set up in Weimar, Germany

    Piracy kiosk set up in Weimar, Germany

    Bittorrent over Wi-Fi 15 September 2009 16:31 GMT

    Since the imminent closure of the Pirate Bay in its current form was announced, many have attempted to scrape the site of its contents to rebuild it elsewhere on the Web. However, one group of German fans of the filesharing site took it one step further.

  • Pirate Bay buyer removed from Swedish stock exchange

    Pirate Bay buyer removed from Swedish stock exchange

    Deal yet again cast into doubt 10 September 2009 9:51 GMT

    Brief recap for those who haven't been following this story. Earlier in the year, it was announced that Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X would be buying the notorious Pirate Bay bittorrent tracker and attempting to turn it legitimate.

  • YouTube to charge for streaming hollywood movies?

    YouTube to charge for streaming Hollywood movies?

    Video wesbite in talks with major movie studios 3 September 2009 12:36 GMT

    YouTube is looking to charge viewers for the first time in the service's history. The number one video site on the web is currently in talks with a three major movie studios to start a video on demand model which would likely see feature releases available...

  • Pirate Bay deal gets shareholder approval

    Pirate Bay deal gets shareholder approval

    Global Gaming Factory X set for takeover 28 August 2009 11:47 GMT

    Against all the odds, the takeover of the Pirate Bay has been given approval by the shareholders of Global Gaming Factory X. The news comes following reports of executives walking out, allegations of insider trading and the site itself going down following...

  • Government announces filesharing crackdown

    Government announces filesharing crackdown

    Department for Business Innovation and Skills promises broadband cutoffs 25 August 2009 9:33 GMT

    The UK government has announced tougher plans for combating illegal filesharing, in the wake of criticism over the Digital Britain report, which rights holders saw as too weak.

    The Department for Business Innovation and Skills issued an explanatory...

  • Pirate Bay sale suddenly sinking

    Pirate Bay sale back on the rocks

    It was all going so well 21 August 2009 14:51 GMT

    Despite a confident statement to the contrary earlier in the week, it looks like the sale of notorious Bittorrent tracker The Pirate Bay to Global Gaming Factory X might be in serious trouble. All trading in the company's shares have been suspended by...

  • Pirate Bay sale still looking steady

    Pirate Bay sale still looking steady

    GGF publishes shareholder proposal 20 August 2009 10:15 GMT

    Global Gaming Factory X, the company set to take over the Pirate Bay, has defied its critics and published the full proposal that it's due to give to its shareholders on 27 August.

    It's also planning to pay for the purchase fully in cash,...

  • Filesharing banned in Antarctica. Software, Online, ISPs, Movie downloads, Music downloads 0

    Filesharing banned in Antarctica

    For fear of viruses and bandwidth concerns 19 August 2009 10:15 GMT

    The icy wastes of Antarctica, like Hull, are a little less free today, as employees of the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) have been banned from using any P2P filesharing programs.

    There's only so much bandwidth available that goes...

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