After the success of the Vatican Museums 3D and Florence and the Uffizi 3D, St Peter’s and the Papal Basilicas of Rome 3D will be arriving in cinemas soon – a new film production by Sky 3D and the Vatican Television Centre (CTV) in collaboration with Nexo Digital, Magnitudo Film and Sky Arte HD. During […]
Netflix has confirmed it has finally completed its cloud migration and shut down the last remaining data centre bits used by its streaming service, having begun the process in August 2008, when it experienced a major database corruption and for three days could not ship DVDs to its members. It suggests the development moves it […]
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has welcomed the adoption by the US Senate of The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644). The legislation will streamline legitimate trade, deepen cooperation between enforcement agencies and rightsholders, and address a series of intellectual property issues, including codification of the Intellectual Property Rights […]
A new record for the fastest ever data rate for digital information has been set by UCL researchers in the Optical Networks Group. They achieved a rate of 1.125 Tb/s as part of research on the capacity limits of optical transmission systems, designed to address the growing demand for fast data rates. Lead researcher, Dr […]
Sling TV has added Cinemax to its programming line-up for $10 per month, marking the first time Cinemax is available to US consumers on a live standalone Internet TV service. Available to subscribers of ‘Best of Live TV’ or one of Sling International’s base packages, Cinemax is now available across all Sling TV-supported devices. “Sling […]
The 4th Edition of the International IP Index published by the US Chamber of Commerce has revealed that half of the 38 economies benchmarked recognised the benefits of intellectual property (IP) and strengthened their systems – in turn improving their overall scores from last year. The index is based on 30 measurable criteria critical to […]
In a seeming victory for Australian online content pirates, the Hollywood studio behind the film Dallas Buyers Club has dropped its attempts to demand reimbursement from alleged copyright infringers. Dallas Buyers Club LLC had until midday February 11th to lodge a second appeal against an August Federal Court decision which effectively prevented it from engaging […]
Amazon has ordered four 13-episode seasons of new Amazon Original Kids Series Thunderbirds Are Go for its Prime Video streaming service. Thunderbirds Are Go is a reinvention of the 50-year-old classic Thunderbirds. The first season is scheduled to debut on Prime Video in the US later this year and will subsequently air on Prime Video […]
Netflix has acquired children’s series Beat Bugs from Thunderbird and Beyond Screen Production. The series features original characters and a world created by Josh Wakely, who will direct, write and produce the series, following a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing for worldwide rights to record covers of The Beatles song catalogue for this production. Beat […]
The Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership has revealed the appointment of Media Prima, Malaysia’s leading fully integrated media group, as the free-to-air broadcaster for the country’s top football leagues and cup competitions for the next three seasons from 2016 to 2018. Media Prima will kick off their coverage on 13 February with two LIVE matches […]