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Apple lands Raymond and Ray movie

Apple Original Films has announced Raymond and Ray, a new feature film set to be produced by Apple Studios starring Ewan McGregor (pictured) and Ethan Hawke, and written and directed by Rodrigo Garcí. Raymond and Ray follows half-brothers Raymond (played by McGregor) and Ray (played by Hawke) who have lived in the shadow of a […]

August 31, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Apple amends app pay rules

Apple app developers will now be able to email customers and tell them how to avoid Apple’s payment systems. The current rules ban app makers from mentioning that there are ways to pay that avoid Apple’s 30 per cent cut, even through email outside the store. But as part of a $100 million legal settlement […]

August 27, 2021

Youlook.tv launches Princess Diana pop-up channel

YouLook.tv, the new UK-based AVoD service, has launched a pop-up channel featuring 13 documentaries to commemorate the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. “We’re thrilled to have been able to source some great documentaries recently which allowed us not only to create this pop-up to celebrate Diana’s life with our viewers, but also to launch […]

August 26, 2021

Avid enhances Media Composer subscription offering

Avid has announced a new version of Avid Media Composer | Distributed Processing that significantly speeds up content production by using adjacent computing resources to help creative teams keep up with the increasing demand for new content. Media Composer | Distributed Processing enables editors to focus more on their craft by offloading processor-intensive media creation workflow tasks to any available local computers, freeing up their […]

August 26, 2021

Collins Cup launches streaming app

The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has launched the Collins Cup player across web, IOS and Android. The app will showcase The Collins Cup broadcast live and on-demand. As well as the live broadcast, the app gives access to the PTOs content library including the newly launched Collins Cup Countdown shows hosted by Charlie Webster, with […]

August 20, 2021

Forecast: 5G smartphones over 50% of sales revenue by 2025

A study by Juniper Research has found that 5G-compatible smartphones will account for over 50 per cent of smartphone sales revenue by 2025; rising to $337 billion from $108 billion in 2021. The study urges mobile handset vendors to ensure hardware maximises the benefits of future mobile cloud computing solutions. Mobile cloud computing enables service […]

August 16, 2021

Hanks’ Finch Apple TV+ November premiere

Apple Original Films has announced that upcoming sci-fi road trip movie Finch, starring Tom Hanks, will debut on Apple TV+ on November 5th. Hanks’ follow-up to the blockbuster Apple Original Film Greyhound comes from filmmaker Miguel Sapochnik, with an original screenplay by Craig Luck, making his feature-film writing debut, and Ivor Powell. The film also […]

August 16, 2021

Vodafone up; no thanks to TV

Vodafone has reported a better-than-expected rise in Q1 service revenue as more stores reopened and tourism made a small return. CEO Nick Read said the company was back to service revenue growth in Europe as well as Africa as it reported a 3.3 per cent rise in service revenue. The company said it maintained momentum […]

July 23, 2021

LATIVO TV launching in US

LATIVO TV is launching in the US this autumn. LATIVO TV will be a multi-platform digital SVoD service offering a curated, relevant catalogue in both English and Spanish. Founded by Austin based American Mexican businessman and entrepreneur, Noel Tristan, LATIVO TV will feature an array of original scripted and unscripted TV series, movies, documentaries and […]

July 20, 2021

Swisscom blue TV on Apple TV

Swisscom blue TV is now available on Apple TV in time for the start of the new Swiss football season, and also giving access to over 250 channels with games from the Super League, Challenge League, Champions League, Europa League and many other top international leagues. “However you watch TV, get ready for Switzerland’s most […]

July 19, 2021